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 […]
From: Jim Mahler <aftjim@mac.com>Sent: Friday, April 9, 2021 3:25 PMSubject: $500 Remote Work Stipend Approved for All SDCCD Employees! Dear SDCCD AFT Guild Members, I am pleased to report that yesterday we were able to finalize our negotiations with the District for a “remote work” stipend in the amount of a one-time $500 payment to all SDCCD employees. (NANC employees whose gross […]
Dear SDCCD Adjunct Faculty and Department/Program Chairs, I’m pleased to report that we have reached agreement with the District on extending the temporary contract language we negotiated last year regarding maintenance of POA status throughout the pandemic. Specifically, what this means is: 1) Adjunct faculty who were not given assignments or had their assignments reduced […]
Jim Mahler released his tentative Contract Bargaining Agreement (CBA) for the San Diego Community College District (SDCCD), and it’s an overall win for adjuncts! No more Chairs and Deans trying to scare us out of applying for job security (PoA); automatic Our PoA wait-time goes down from 8 semesters back to 6 The ability to […]
AFT Guild President Jim Mahler today sent out the announcement below regarding economic issues for next year along with the attached salary schedules. Of note is that Adjunct Faculty will receive 0.84% increases and Contract Faculty will receive 0.50% increases. That’s right, folks, 4/5’s of a percent for Adjuncts and 1/2 of a percent for Contract. […]