(7/28 & 7/30) WERF moves forward, let’s make sure Mayor Breed hears from us this week!
Our efforts are working! On July 14, Supervisor Mar and 4 co-sponsors introduced an ordinance to establish the WERF as a 2 year pilot program that would bring $15 million annually to City College. The ordinance will sit for 30 days before being brought to the Board again.
In the meantime, we’re keeping the momentum going. The Mayor needs to hear from us this week as she is making critical decisions about the City’s budget by August 1st. Here’s how you can help:
- Please join our Phone Bank to call the Mayor’s office on Tuesday 7/28 at 10am asking her to include WERF in this week’s budget proposal. To join use this link: https://tinyurl.com/PhoneBankWERF
- Sign on to our WERF letter writing campaign. Send a letter to Mayor Breed and SF Supes about WERF.
- Already signed on to the letter writing campaign? You probably got a response from the Mayor’s office stating that a WERF Charter Amendment is making its way through the Board of Supervisors. This information is a bit outdated. The current plan is to establish the WERF through this year’s budget process which is happening RIGHT NOW. Please join our WERF Listening Session on Thursday 7/30 at 10am to learn more about the current version of WERF, give us feedback, and find more ways to advocate for it!
- Please RSVP: https://forms.gle/EL97BR5CHTQFfVd56
- To join use this link: https://tinyurl.com/WERFLiSe
(7/30) Support our PT librarians, ESL & non credit faculty at the Board of Trustees meeting
Please join us in supporting our PT librarians, ESL and non credit faculty at this week’s board of trustees meeting. Faculty will be speaking out about the layoffs in their departments and the impacts of these lost services and classes on our students. During this COVID crisis our students need more not less support in achieving their educational goals. Shame on the District for taking away educational opportunities and supports when they are needed most!
Support your laid off colleagues by attending the meeting during the public comment period. Logging in to show the Board that we show up to support each other makes a difference!
(8/3) Final Skill Share series session: Health Insurance 101
Join colleagues to learn the basics of purchasing health insurance:
- Monday, August 3, from 10-11am
To attend go https://tinyurl.com/yd5hcgyw OR call 1-669-900-6833 and follow the prompts to enter the Meeting ID: 869 9696 3088 and Password: 720786.
This session is useful for people who have lost (or anticipate losing) insurance due to a reduction in load or layoff. Please join us if you have experience with buying health insurance and share your stories and tips with colleagues – they will appreciate your wisdom and learn from your successes and/or your failures!
A reminder that if you’ve had health insurance in Spring 2020 from CCSF, your coverage continues through August 31.
Recordings of earlier Skill Shares on applying for unemployment insurance and health insurance have been posted to the Unemployment resources page of the AFT 2121 website. Scroll down to the bottom: https://www.aft2121.org/unemployment/
(8/5) Save the date: Protecting Part-timers Town Hall
August 5, at 10am. Please save the date and stay tuned for more info on our upcoming Town Hall on how we can work together to protect faculty who work part time.
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