AFT 1493 Updates

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

Part-Time Faculty: Don’t Get Sick!

Posted March 10, 2015

Join us at the March 25th Board of Trustees meeting to support more reasonable health benefits for part-timers Save the date: Wednesday, March 25th, 6:00 pm, District Office Board Room Faculty colleagues, Do you feel that $600 per semester is an adequate sum of money to help adjunct faculty pay for medical expenses?  Here are […]

Part-Time Faculty Medical Stipend Survey

Posted February 18, 2015

Results of the Adjunct Medical Stipend Survey As part of a new campaign to advocate for expanded health benefits for part-time faculty, Local 1493 distributed an online survey to all part-time faculty in the District to gauge the usefulness of the current stipend.  This survey was timed to gather feedback for contract negotiations. The survey […]

ACCJC on trial

Posted November 1, 2014

“This Case is About Fairness” The lawsuit filed by SF City Attorney Dennis Herrera, against the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, went to trial on Monday, Oct. 27. Five days of testimony revealed some of the failures of the commission to follow its own policies and the laws that govern accreditation.

New Evaluation Procedures Ratified

Posted September 23, 2014

Below are links to all of the documents developed by the Performance Evaluation Task Force (PETF) which were ratified by faculty in September 2014 to replace the previous Appendix G articles. Evaluation Procedures A. Tenured Tenure Track and Adjunct Faculty B. Faculty Coordinators C. Counselors D. Librarians E. Nurses or Other Healthcare Providers F. Evaluation […]