The Coalition of Contingent Academic Faculty conference in San José. This is the international advocacy group for adjuncts, with adjuncts from the US, Canada, and Mexico.
FACCC call to action on AB 310, paid office hour reporting
Hello FACCCtivists, Your advocacy is needed. Please respond to this call for action and forward this email to your networks. FACCC-sponsored AB 310 (Medina), which would require the provision of paid part-time faculty office hours to be reported on local community college districts’ websites, is currently sitting in the suspense file of the Senate […]
CPFA Response to Jim Mahler’s email regarding AB-591 and the 67% PT load limit
Last month, SDAFA Vice Chair David Milroy, who is also Director of Administration for the California Part-time Faculty Association (CPFA), sent out a survey to adjuncts in San Diego County regarding raising the statutory limit on teaching load. His email briefly detailed the history of how CPFA had worked on the 2007/8 bill that raised […]
Open Letter to SDCCD Faculty
[SDAFA response to discussion on the SDCCD district email list] Fellow faculty members, We’ve had quite a beginning to this conversation about our next contract. Unfortunately, some have suggested that adjuncts don’t have enough “skin in the game” and a divisive tone has emerged that pits adjuncts against full-time faculty. There is a […]
SDAFA Statement on Janus
SDAFA wholeheartedly supports the democratic process and true union spirit of all of the community college unions of San Diego county which include the AFT Guild 1931, the Mira Costa College Academic Associate Faculty, the Palomar Faculty Federation, and the Southwestern College Education Association. Two years ago, SDAFA discussed the potential impact of the Friedrichs vs […]
Retirement and the STRS 180 Day Rule
STRS has a rule that on its face, says that for 180 days after you retire, you cannot work for a STRS employer. The reason is that you cannot collect both your STRS Retirement and pay from a STRS employer for those firsts 180 days. It does NOT mean you can’t work. It does mean […]