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 […]
The Adjunct Voice
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 […]
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 […]
Unemployment for the SDCCD Adjuncts
SDCCD Adjuncts: Did you file for unemployement? I do it after I get home from my last class since there is a one week waiting period, and I want that week to start. Jim Mahler, from AFT Guild always sends out good reminders to apply. I got my EDD robo call this morning and it […]