We continue bargaining about the impacts of the shutdown, remote instruction, and eventual return to campus. Many urgent questions and issues remain.
Please help craft our response the the District about wage freezes and COVID response by responding to our survey:
Administration has already cut fall FTE to 1200. They have already laid off faculty. At the same time, Administration has made a proposal to AFT 2121: Freeze our wages to help stave off further cuts. Their original proposal was for a 6-month freeze. Now they’re asking for an entire year, July 2020 – June 2021.
THIS IS NOT DECIDED. We need more information, and we need input from faculty.
We still need to know:
- What level of cuts and layoffs is administration contemplating, with this proposal and without it? How many people would lose medical benefits?
- If we negotiate around this, what could we win in exchange?
At our DA meeting last night, faculty had great input and ideas. But we need much more information. We’ve scheduled two emergency meetings with faculty (information below). But not everything can come from meetings. We’re also distributing a survey to collect reactions, feelings, and ideas.
- Mon. 5/18, 4pm: Special Emergency General Membership Meeting
Agenda:
1. Rationale for the special meeting to discuss wage freeze proposal and defending against additional class cuts
2. Discussion to identify major concerns and potential solutions
3. Next steps
To attend, go to https://tinyurl.com/y7dzouzz OR call 1-669-900-6833 and follow the prompts to enter the Meeting ID: 865 4280 0962 and Password: 496487 - Fri. 5/22, 10am: Special Emergency Delegate Assembly Meeting
To attend, go to https://tinyurl.com/y72yzfun OR call 1-669-900-6833 and follow the prompts to enter the Meeting ID: 815 4745 4591 and Password: 432208
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