AFT 1493 Updates

What’s new and of interest to AFT Local 1493 members

COVID-19, THE ADA & AFT SUPPORT

Posted July 14, 2021

Note: Below is an email from Skyline Anthropology Professor Lori Slicton, who gives an overview of the process to obtain reasonable accommodations for faculty who have a disability covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Many health conditions qualify as disabilities for which an employer must provide reasonable accommodations. However, we also want to […]

PAY FOR JUNETEENTH AND STATUS OF REOPENING PLANS

Posted June 25, 2021

Pay for 2021 Juneteenth holiday (Monday, June 28, 2021) As you’ve probably heard, the SMCCCD Board has voted to make Juneteenth a District holiday and decided to observe it this coming Monday, June 28, so no classes will be held and the colleges will be closed for business. (In future years, the District will commemorate […]

DISCUSSION OF CAMPUS REOPENING AT JUNE 9 BOARD MEETING

Posted June 10, 2021

June 9, 2021 SMCCCD Board of Trustees Meeting: Discussion of campus reopening issues Click on the links below to watch specific sections of the discussion: Mike Claire on draft policy parameters Mike Claire on reopening campuses Public Comments: J. Carson: “You should already have a map of ventilation of all of your buildings, every room […]

AFT AND FACULTY MEMBERS SPEAK OUT ON SAFELY RETURNING TO IN-PERSON WORK

Posted May 13, 2021

SMCCCD plans for returning to in-person work for the 2021-22 academic year were discussed at the May 12 Board of Trustees (BOT) meeting. Vice Chancellor Aaron McVean and others presented an Update on District Recovery of Operations Relating to Covid-19 and Policy Recommendations Relating to Vaccination Requirements for Employees and Students which called for: Summer 2021 […]

SUPPORT CCSF FACULTY & STUDENTS

Posted May 10, 2021

Our colleagues at AFT 2121, the City College of San Francisco faculty union, need support. They have been battling layoffs and course cuts that would decimate CCSF. City College faculty agreed to big sacrifices, including progressive salary reductions from 4% to 11% to prevent the layoffs of 163 full-time faculty and to prevent the loss […]