AFT’s negotiators have made virtually no significant progress in contract bargaining due to the District’s flat refusal to show any movement on the following union proposals:
- Quality, affordable healthcare plans for part-time instructors: AFT has proposed that part-timers with loads of 40% or more get access to medical, dental, and vision benefits equivalent to those offered to full-timers.
- Paid parental leave: AFT has proposed a month of paid parental leave before new parents must use sick days or take leave at partial pay.
- A clear disability accommodations process, including the requirement that the District give a status update on requests for accommodation within 30 days of receiving them.
- A provision on remote work that gives all faculty the option to work up to 50% of their hours remotely.
Faculty members spoke out at the SMCCCD Board of Trustees meeting on Wed., Oct. 26, to call for the district to provide healthcare plans for part-time faculty and for paid parental leave. California Federation of Teachers (CFT) President Jeff Freitas attended the meeting to support AFT 1493’s contract proposals. Watch the presentations to the below:
Dozens of faculty colleagues showed their support for the speakers:
(photo credit: Howard Gelman)
(photo credit: Howard Gelman)