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  • PTers: Due Sept. 30–How to get improved, expanded healthcare benefit

  • AUGUST 2023 NEGOTIATIONS SUMMARY

  • AFT Action Updates: Facts, Fairness, Equity!

  • Wear your union T-shirt on Wednesdays!

  • Faculty wear AFT shirts every Wednesday to support union negotiators

  • Contract Action Team (CAT) celebrates new faculty contract (April ’21)

  • AFT 1493ers at 2021 May Day Labor March in SF

  • Faculty, students call for fair contract at 2/26/20 Board meeting

  • Faculty jam Nov. 20, 2019 Board of Trustees meeting

  • Some of over 90 faculty who attended Nov. 20, 2019 Board meeting

  • Faculty wear AFT T-shirts to support union negotiators

  • AFT 1493 members have joined for many reasons. What about you?

What’s New?

  • DUE SEPT. 30—HOW TO GET THE IMPROVED, EXPANDED PT HEALTHCARE BENEFIT
  • THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON NEGOTIATIONS
  • VICTORY! PT HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENTS SIGNED AND IN EFFECT *NOW*
  • AUGUST 2023 NEGOTIATIONS SUMMARY
  • VIEW ALL ACTION UPDATES

What’s New?

  • DUE SEPT. 30—HOW TO GET THE IMPROVED, EXPANDED PT HEALTHCARE BENEFIT
  • THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON NEGOTIATIONS
  • VICTORY! PT HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENTS IN EFFECT *NOW*
  • AUGUST 2023 NEGOTIATIONS SUMMARY
  • NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE: PART-TIME HEALTHCARE MOU; DISTRICT MAY DECLARE IMPASSE
  • COLLECTIVE ACTION WORKS—CLASS MINIMUMS TO REMAIN AT 10
  • VIEW ALL ACTION UPDATES

The Advocate

May 2023 (Issue 46, Num. 6)

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In this issue:

  • AFT presents petition for a fair contract to Board & Chancellor

    Board & Chancellor were presented with a petition signed by over 1000 faculty, students, staff & community members
  • Faculty organize to keep the class size minimum at 10, oppose Moreno’s call for raising minimum back to 20

    When Interim Chancellor Melissa Moreno proposed raising class size minimum from 10 back to 20, faculty organized and spoke out at the May 24th Board of Trustees meeting. Skyline Kababayan learning community students also organized against the increased class size proposal.
  • End-of-the-semester update on contract negotiations
    Rules of mediation require confidentiality, but faculty input is always welcome and your actions help support the negotiatiators
  • Workload points system update
    Improved process for submitting plans, upcoming opportunities to give formal feedback on the pilot program
  • What if we have to go on strike to win a fair contract?
    Lessons from two-day strike at Yosemite Community College District
  • District rejects a timely disability accommodation process for faculty
    ” I feel stressed as I work hard to respond to all of my students in a timely manner, but the District often doesn’t respond to ADA requests for months or even years!”
  • Adjunct faculty: Don’t miss out on unemployment benefits
    Detailed instructions and Zoom workshops May 25 & 26
  • Sign up to get updates on AFT negotiations

 

AFT 1493 UPDATES

  • DUE SEPT. 30—HOW TO GET THE IMPROVED, EXPANDED PT HEALTHCARE BENEFIT

    September 21, 2023
    Attention part-timers! Thanks to an agreement negotiated by our union, eligible part-time faculty can now …Read More »

  • THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS

    September 19, 2023
    AFT is all of us. Dear faculty colleagues, Thank you to the 70+ attendees at …Read More »

  • VICTORY! PT HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENTS IN EFFECT *NOW*

    September 12, 2023
    Good news! Your advocacy moved the District to significantly improve the current part-time healthcare reimbursement …Read More »

  • AUGUST 2023 NEGOTIATIONS SUMMARY

    September 5, 2023
     Read More »

  • NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE: PART-TIME HEALTHCARE MOU; DISTRICT MAY DECLARE IMPASSE

    September 5, 2023
    At our most recent negotiations on August 30, AFT and the District came to agreement …Read More »

  • ACTION UPDATE: WHY DOES THE DISTRICT WANT TO MICROMANAGE COUNSELORS?

    August 29, 2023
    Each of our weekly messages include a quick survey on your thoughts about the current …Read More »
See All Updates

In the News

Recent articles related to community college faculty issues, labor and SMCCCD, selected from local, state and national news sources.

9/15/23 — How California lawmakers embraced hot labor summer (Cal Matters)

8/30/23 — As California community colleges struggle with transfer, some find success (EdSource)

8/29/23 — San Mateo County Community College Dist. still searching for new leader (S.M. Daily Journal)

8/22/23 — A California law beefed up health care funding for part-time community college faculty. Is it working? (Bay News Rising)

8/20/23 — This Bay Area college sparked the Black Panther movement. Its relocation changed everything (S.F. Chronicle)

8/19/23 — Big remake is coming to Calif. community college education, new chancellor says (L.A. Times)

8/18/23 — First Amendment lawsuits challenge state’s DEI rules for community colleges (S.F. Chronicle)

8/11/23 — Why Cal State is pushing back on community colleges’ plans to offer bachelor’s degrees (Cal Matters)

8/10/23 — College of San Mateo president steps down (Half Moon Bay Review)

8/9/23 — Company involved in alleged ‘play-to-pay’ scheme with former chancellor files claim for economic harm, reputation damage (Almanac)

8/9/23 — San Mateo Community College District hit with $32M complaint (S.M. Daily Journal)

8/8/23 — ‘Staggering solidarity’: How California’s summer strikes broke down wealth, class barriers (Cal Matters)

8/3/23 — Bay Area Community College Transfer Rates Among Highest in CA (San Jose Inside)

8/1/23 — Former San Mateo County Comm. College Dist. chancellor case to proceed (S.M. Daily Journal)

7/27/23 — What to know about bachelor’s degrees at California Community Colleges (EdSource)

7/24/23 — High schoolers account for nearly 1 in 5 community college students (KQED)

7/24/23 — Community college transfer numbers vary widely in California (Cal Matters)

7/7/23 — Online Learning Still in High Demand at Community Colleges (Inside Higher Ed)

7/5/23 — Former San Mateo County Community College District chancellor Ron Galatolo speaks out (San Mateo Daily Journal)

7/3/23 — From north to south, CFT locals win healthcare for part-time faculty (CFT)

7/3/23 — CFT task force to end the two-tier system in the community colleges convenes (CFT)

See All Stories

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Attention part-timers! The first receipts for our Attention part-timers! The first receipts for our improved and expanded PT healthcare reimbursement are *due September 30th* You won’t have another chance to submit July through September premium receipts for reimbursement up to $913.74 a month. See the link tree in our bio to find out more on how to submit and to join a webinar your union will host this Tuesday on getting the new PT healthcare reimbursement
Victory!!! Thanks to your organizing, AFT was able Victory!!! Thanks to your organizing, AFT was able to get the District to significantly increase the PT healthcare reimbursement, with the Spring 2024 max reimbursement of $6128 almost **double** the previous max amount of $3305. AND we expanded eligibility: part-timers with a total load of 40% between multiple community college districts can now be reimbursed a portion of their costs by SMCCCD based on how many districts they work in. PLUS we expect even bigger improvements at the end of this one-year agreement. Stay tuned for more on logistics. When we fight, we win! ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻
Despite recent HUGE progress on part-time healthca Despite recent HUGE progress on part-time healthcare, our District has indicated it may call for impasse. Why is that and what does it mean? See these slides and then attend our Sept. 13th membership meeting to discuss our way forward
SMCCCD faculty: we need your perspective on propos SMCCCD faculty: we need your perspective on proposals currently on the table for our next contract. Join our forum on District Flex Day (Monday): 1-2:30 pm in CSM Bldg 10 Rm 195 or on Zoom (you must register beforehand; use the link in our bio or stories). See you at the forum!
Over the past twelve years our District’s genera Over the past twelve years our District’s general fund revenues have increased by over 100%—but full-time faculty salaries have only increased by 30%! Our working conditions are our students’ learning conditions. So why aren’t faculty needs a priority for our District? 🤔
AFT’s negotiating team and SMCCCD negotiators ha AFT’s negotiating team and SMCCCD negotiators have been in confidential mediation since January. Mediation concluded without an agreement on Friday; after this, the District sent its first public post-mediation proposals. Read more about the District proposals at the link in our bio and our stories. We look forward to continuing to work together to secure a strong contract for all ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼✊🏼✊🏻
Action Update #6: Dual Enrollment. Next year, SMCC Action Update #6: Dual Enrollment. Next year, SMCCCD admin want to double the size of dual enrollment, where college courses are taught to high school students. AFT has proposed that our faculty should have the choice to opt in to dual enrollment teaching—but the District has consistently refused
@aft_1493 members were in LA this week for union t @aft_1493 members were in LA this week for union training, so of course we had to stop by the @wgastrikeunite picket line to show our support for striking writers! Let’s be honest—good TV and movies got so many of us through hard years of teaching and AI just isn’t going to produce the humor or human stories that talented writers do. Studios need to pay these workers what they’re worth ✏️✊🏿✊🏽✊🏾✊🏼✊🏻
SMCCCD pays part-time faculty only 71 to 77% of wh SMCCCD pays part-time faculty only 71 to 77% of what they pay full-timers for the same work. Our district relies on all faculty, including part-timers, to make their equity goals a reality. To support student equity SMCCCD must pay part-timers fairly ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻
SMCCCD does not currently offer *any* fully paid p SMCCCD does not currently offer *any* fully paid parental leave to faculty. That means faculty who welcome a new child can only maintain their regular income if they have enough sick days to cover the entire time they are out. By agreeing to AFT’s proposal for a month of fully paid parental leave, the District can advance gender equity, make faculty work more accessible, and show all parents in our community (including student parents) that it values their work as caregivers ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻
MemberVoice Action Update 3: Disability Accommodat MemberVoice Action Update 3: Disability Accommodations. Faculty with disabilities just want to support our students. Too often, however, faculty struggle with unnecessary and unexplained delays in getting the accommodations we need to continue working. SMCCCD must offer faculty a clear, transparent, timely process for obtaining reasonable accommodations. Disability rights are civil rights! ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻
Thanks to $200 million in ongoing funding from the Thanks to $200 million in ongoing funding from the state, our District can get reimbursed up to 100% of its costs for providing adjunct faculty with quality healthcare. Yet SMCCCD still refuses to offer adjuncts—who are 55% of our faculty—the care they need. When faculty have quality care, everyone benefits! It’s time for SMCCCD to do the right thing and give adjuncts the healthcare they deserve
Faculty must have a fair contract so we can focus Faculty must have a fair contract so we can focus on serving our students! At our District’s final Board meeting of the academic year, faculty reps presented Chancellor Moreno and the Trustees with more than 1000 signatures calling for the District to provide faculty with fair wages and healthcare access. Our scroll of signatures was 20 feet long! Thanks to the @sanmateodailyjournal for covering it, and to everyone who signed to support us. Link to article in bio ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻
AFT MemberVoice Action Update 1: Compensation. Did AFT MemberVoice Action Update 1: Compensation. Did you know administrators in our District are paid *double* what faculty make, while a similar neighboring district pays admin only 1.5 times as much as faculty? Our faculty are struggling to pay rent and keep up with inflation. It’s time for the San Mateo Community College District to give equitable raises to our teachers, counselors, librarians, coaches, and nurses
Adjunct faculty are eligible to receive unemployme Adjunct faculty are eligible to receive unemployment over sunmer—even if you have a contract for fall. But the application process can be confusing. Come to our unemployment office hours to learn how to answer tricky questions and troubleshoot specific issues to increase the chances your application will be approved. Union members can register at the link in our bio
Students and faculty were out tabling again yester Students and faculty were out tabling again yesterday to talk to our communities about our struggle to get fair pay, affordable healthcare, and equitable campuses. Want to help faculty get a fair employment contract? Sign our online petition—QR code and link in last slide
Part-time faculty: Claim the benefits you're entit Part-time faculty: Claim the benefits you're entitled to. Sessions this week! linktr.ee/aft1493
Our AFT student interns joined us yesterday at Sky Our AFT student interns joined us yesterday at Skyline to discuss our campaign for fair faculty pay and working conditions with students. Want to support your faculty so we can keep supporting you? Sign our petition! Link in bio and stories
Faculty are here to support our students—and we Faculty are here to support our students—and we need the District to support us. Please share our campaign and sign our petition for a fair SMCCCD faculty contract. We love student support, so students are especially welcome to sign and share! To sign, use the QR code above or follow the link in our bio ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻
Repost with QR code. We’ve gotten 100 signatures Repost with QR code. We’ve gotten 100 signatures since yesterday so please keep signing and sharing. Thank you for supporting a fair contract so that our hardworking teachers, counselors, librarians, coaches, nurses, and instructional designers can stay in our district and keep serving our students!
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