The Adjunct Voice

Social Security Checklist for Adjuncts

Did you pay into Social Security at some time?  Will you be able to collect anything under Social Security?  Hopefully this checklist will help you find the answer. I also have it posted under Files in the San Diego Adjunct Faculy page on Facebook Note:  Prepared for SDAFA by Carlynne Allbee, in the spirit of […]

If you’re in a CFT local, you should take this survey at aftvotes.org

AFT sent this out but it is interesting that not all AFT members received it. Thank you to Sandy who made sure we saw it. If you’re in a CFT local, you should take this survey at aftvotes.org. AFT has committed to make a candidate endorsement based on rank and file input this time, and […]

Social Justice Conference, City College 3-21-19

San Diego Adjunct Faculty Association Stage Silent Protest at City College Social Justice Conference

Press realease: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 20, 2019 SAN DIEGO ADJUNCT FACULTY ASSN. TO STAGE SILENT PROTEST AT CITY COLLEGE SOCIAL JUSTICE CONFERENCE Adjunct professors are paid only a fraction of what Full-time tenured professors make for doing the same work in the classroom San Diego, CA: City College is holding it’s fifth annual Social […]

Adjuncts – Do you have a Student Loan?

Read this from AFT Guild 1931 President Jim Mahler – you are needed! From: Jim Mahler. Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 9:40 AM Subject: Adjunct Faculty Needed to Testify on Loan Forgiveness Bill Dear AFT Guild Adjunct Faculty Members, CFT is sponsoring a bill (AB 463-Cervantes) during this legislative session that will help relieve the […]

Tax deductions we have lost for 2018 taxes

For years, I have been sharing with my fellow Adjuncts a tip my tax preparer taught me long ago. When we travel from school to school on the same day, as freeway flyers, this mileage has been a deduction as a Business Expense, if you itemized deductions. Under President Trump’s Tax Reform, this deduction, among […]