The Adjunct Voice

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Urge Governor Newsom to increase the workload cap for part-time community college faculty

Please take a moment to sign the CFT letter urging Governor Newsom to sign AB 375, which would formally increase the workload cap available to part-time faculty from 67% up to 85% of a full-time faculty workload in California’s community colleges. Under the current law, too many part-time faculty members are forced to work in […]

Resources from “Health Care Options for Adjunct Faculty”

On Wednesday, September 8th from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm during our monthly SDAFA open meeting, we hosted an online presentation of the latest information from Covered California and VEBA. Video: available on Facebook for now PROGRAM3:30 – 3:45 – SDAFA – Short business meeting3:45 – 4:00 – Employee Provided Health Care by District: San Diego Community CollegeGrossmont/Cuyamaca CollegePalomar CollegeSouthwestern CollegeMiraCosta CollegeImperial Valley College4:00 – 4:10 – Getting Your Own Health Care – An Overview4:10 –  4:30 – Covered California – Keith Glenn, San Diego County Regional Field Representative4:30 […]

Resources from “Adjunct Retirement and Benefits – What You Need to Know!”

On Tuesday, August 17, SDAFA hosted a program on part-time faculty retirement featuring:  VEBA – Health Benefits – Shannon Hoffman, CalSTRS –  Jennifer Helfend-Gomez The San Diego Office of Education – Dan Puplava  Social Security –  Jeffrey Rodriguez The California Retired Teachers Association (CalRTA) – Suzie Dixon and Jennifer Baker. The event was recorded and is available below. There are also the […]

SDAFA Spring General Meeting Time: Apr 29, 2021 05:00 PM Pacific Time

Video is now available! https://youtu.be/4pN51TWyL-s Annotated Agenda/Minutes with links: Welcome and greeting- David Milroy                                                                   II. Updates on California legislation impacting part-time faculty. – Carol Whaley       80-85% load limit – AB-375 (Medina)       Pay parity – AB – 1269 (C. Garcia) Write to bill authors (click names above) and Appropriations Committee members urging them to remove these […]

$500 Remote Work Stipend Approved for All SDCCD Employees!

From: Jim Mahler <aftjim@mac.com>Sent: Friday, April 9, 2021 3:25 PMSubject: $500 Remote Work Stipend Approved for All SDCCD Employees! Dear SDCCD AFT Guild Members, I am pleased to report that yesterday we were able to finalize our negotiations with the District for a “remote work” stipend in the amount of a one-time $500 payment to all SDCCD employees.  (NANC employees whose gross […]

SDCCD POA has been extended to December 31, 2022

Dear SDCCD Adjunct Faculty and Department/Program Chairs, I’m pleased to report that we have reached agreement with the District on extending the temporary contract language we negotiated last year regarding maintenance of POA status throughout the pandemic. Specifically, what this means is: 1) Adjunct faculty who were not given assignments or had their assignments reduced […]