Posted December 9, 2024
Why We Deserve Annual Raises—and How We Can Win Them In reference to “Union Victories: Let’s Keep up the Fight” (Nov. 2024), I’m sharing some further ideas about compensation. As community college faculty, we know how much we contribute to our students and our institutions. Yet, our salaries don’t reflect the value of our work—or […]
Posted November 15, 2024
SMCCD Students call out inequities of risingtuition costs in California higher education On a rare warm and sunny day in August, the Skyline College Quad was the scene of a successful teach-in on the rising costs of higher education at both the CSU’s and UCs and also the recent, significant tuition increases affecting our own […]
Posted November 15, 2024
Union Victories: Let’s keep up the fight! In Fall 2023, our union finally ratified a contract (2022-2025) that raised our salaries between 15 to 22%, eventually putting more than a year of retroactive pay in our pockets. (The District miscalculated pay for many faculty and had to issue additional checks in Spring 2024). As we […]
Posted November 15, 2024
Part-time faculty win health insurance coverage from SMCCD Certainly the most historic win from our union’s last contract campaign was an MOU for District-sponsored health insurance for part-time faculty working 40% or more of full-time including across multiple community college districts. This benefit was rolled out by the District during a very brief 11-day open […]