San Diego Adjunct Faculty Association
SDAFA | Adjuncts Helping Adjuncts
Different faculty groups define equity in different ways. Adjuncts prioritize equal pay for equal work and job security. Doctoral faculty prioritize recognition of training and credentials. Early-career contract faculty want competitive starting salaries. The district prioritizes flexibility and cost control. And the union is attempting to negotiate progress within structural constraints that many faculty argue should be challenged more aggressively.
The proposal to change the Resource Allocation Formula in the San Diego Community College District would collapse the Classes on both the FT Tenured/Tenure Track Salary Schedule and the Adjunct/Overload Salary Schedule and give a one-time off-schedule payment to all faculty equivalent to 1.70% of their gross earnings for calendar year 2025. Details of the […]
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The lawsuits and progress towards a Unified Faculty Model have polarized full-timers and unions, forcing them to choose between continuing to exploit their part-time colleagues or working towards equal work for equal pay.
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Please take a moment to sign the CFT letter urging Governor Newsom to sign AB 375, which would formally increase the workload cap available to part-time faculty from 67% up to 85% of a full-time faculty workload in California’s community colleges. Under the current law, too many part-time faculty members are forced to work in […]