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Posted on July 14, 2020 by AFT 2121

(7/16) SF Prop 15 (Schools & Communities First) kickoff & phone bank

As our city, state, and nation stand up for equity, there has never been a better time to fight to bring resources back to our communities. That is why we are kicking off our efforts here in SF to ensure Schools and Communities First passes this November. Join us on July 16th from 5-7:30pm for our virtual kickoff rally and phone bank to ensure our city shows up!

Summer training to teach online – Pay and EDD

We’re getting a lot of questions about how the pay works for summer training. We’re paid for the hours at the “non-instructional rate”, but we’re also told we’re not being paid hourly. On top of that, the payscales are the same whether the assignment is teaching or not. Confusion ensues!

We’re being paid by workload, and the workload rate is identical whether the assignment is teaching or non-instructional. But different kinds of assignments are weighted differently when you calculate load. Here’s how it works:

8 hours non-instructional (for the full training) is a workload of 0.196
3 hours non-instructional (for those taking the abbreviated training) is a workload of 0.073
Go to our payscales. Use the pay by workload scale.

Find your place according to step and column, and multiply by workload.

This will be figured into your August load and pay.

There’s also an online calculator where you can see all the different assignment types and how they add up to your total load.

For unemployment benefits, this training will be reported to EDD as part of your August assignment. In the eyes of the EDD, it happens in August.

Honoring the Legacy of Harry Britt

San Francisco gay rights icon Harry Britt passed away on June 24^th, 2020. AFT 2121 supports efforts by Alex Randolph and others on our board of trustees to name a City College building after Harry Britt. We also urge our trustees and our college community to use this opportunity to honor other heroes of San Francisco’s people’s history, especially those who are not white. Here is the SF Chronicle’s obituary of Harry Britt.

WERF legislation: Please send a letter to the Board of Supes and Mayor Breed!

The scarcity brought on by COVID-19 means that now, more than ever, we must fight to ensure that our City College has adequate funding to continue to serving our City. Today, Supervisor Gordon Mar is introducing another piece of legislation that, if passed by the Board of Supervisors in August, will begin the process of establishing the Workforce Education & Recovery Fund (WERF). You can view the meeting agenda for instructions on how to join the virtual Supervisors meeting.

In order to make WERF real we need the support of San Francisco Supervisors and Mayor Breed! Now is the time to push. Please sign and share this petition.

Call on Mayor Breed and the SF Board of Supervisors to establish the Workforce Education Recovery Fund to protect essential services provided at City College.

Sign the petition.