[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 […]
Advocacy Needed on Part-Time Faculty Measures on Office Hours and Parental Leave
This is from the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges (FACCC) FACCC-sponsored AB 310 (Medina) and FACCC co-sponsored AB 2012 (Medina) will both be heard in the Senate Appropriations Committee on June 25. AB 310 would require community college districts to post the provision of paid part-time faculty office hours on their websites while AB […]
research survey and good bibliography
Please take a few moments to help Steve with his dissertation, and check out his first chapter for a great recent bibliography of sources on adjuncts: I am pursuing a PhD in education at Northcentral University in San Diego. I received my AA at Pasadena Community College, and my masters at CSUN. I am collecting […]
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 […]