In voting from Monday, May 3 through Thursday, May 6, District faculty overwhelmingly ratified the Tentative Agreement for a new multiyear contract.  371 members, or 40% of our 930-person bargaining unit, voted in the ratification election. Of these, 361 people (97%) voted YES to ratify the contract. Five people (1%) voted no, and five people […]

When will the contract go into effect?If we ratify (in our electronic ratification vote May 3rd through 6th), the Board will vote on approving the contract at their meeting on May 12th. If they approve it, it will immediately go into effect. If we ratify, will negotiations begin on another contract soon?Yes, the current contract […]

Good news! AFT and SMCCD reach agreement on new multiyear contract Dear faculty colleagues, We write with good news: yesterday, March 25, AFT and the District arrived at a tentative agreement on compensation and benefits—the final issue that remained outstanding for the contract we are currently negotiating. Yesterday’s agreement means that negotiations for our new […]

Questions?  Contact: AFT 1493 Executive Director Marianne Kaletzky Negotiations Reports contents: Reopener Negotiations (July 2022 through June 2025 contract): March 19, 2024 Negotiations Session March 14, 2024 Negotiations Session March 7, 2024 Negotiations Session February 29, 2024 Negotiations Session New 3-Year Contract Negotiations: July 2022 through June 2025: August 30th Negotiations Session August 23rd Negotiations […]

Jessica Silver-Sharp, Timothy Rottenberg, Michael Phipps and Lucia Lachmayr made comments to the Board of Trustees at the February 24 Board meeting calling on the Board to support a 4-year path to part-time parity (at 85% pro rata) and a mirrored salary schedule for part-time faculty members. 180 letters in support of part-time parity were […]