I just posted this to the AFT Guild Google Group, addressed to Ian Duckles with the request that he share this with the other members of the Negotiating Committee. Equal Protection for Adjuncts under the Contract Our legal system is built on one basic concept: Equal Protection under the law. I ask the Negotiating Committee […]
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 […]
Add to clause 4.4.9: The AFT representative must be from a different school
Unions have had a long tradition of standing up for their members. One of the first things I learned about unions in a history class was that if a union member had to meet with their boss, their Shop Steward, as their union representative, would go with the union member to the meeting to stand […]
Preliminary Results of the Survey of Part-Time Faculty Bargaining Issues for SDCCD 2018
The preliminary results of the survey are in the following PDF file: SDAFA PT Contract Survey 6 4 2018
Democratize the Bargaining Committee
SDAFA presented the following resolution at the AFT Guid Meeting on October 5, 2017: Resolution to Adjust the AFT Guild Bargaining Committee for the SDCCD Faculty CBA to Be More Representative of and Open to the Membership Whereas the motto of the AFT Guild is “An Open, Active, Vital, Membership-Driven Organization”; Whereas of the approximately […]
Support Adjuncts fight for a Fair Deal in the Current Negotiations Last Chance for Input – SDCCD Faculty – Initial Contract Proposal for Period 7/1/18 – 6/30/21
I just sent rhis out to the DLs for SDCCD Did you get the email from Christian Sweeney, Deputy Organizing Director, AFL-CIO asking us to Support AT&T workers’ fight for a fair deal? In his email of May 25, 2018, he states that: “Communications Workers of America (CWA) members at AT&T Midwest and AT&T’s national […]