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 […]

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 […]

CollegeBuys is the place to buy software

If you need software for your computer, where do you buy it? Do you know about CollegeBuys? It sells software to Educators at unbelievable discounts. I just renewed my Adobe Creatve Cloud for $19.99 for the year. “CollegeBuys, powered by the Foundation for California Community Colleges, offers discounts of up to 85 percent on a […]