Enrollment postcards win!
An important update on your push to get the College to mail postcards to San Francisco residents promoting our courses for the fall.
You and your colleagues have been pushing the administration for weeks on this issue and facing obstacles. In response, your President and Vice-President met with other CCSF constituency groups to discuss how to move the matter forward and then met as a group with Chancellor Vurdien to bring up the need for the college to promote City College and build our enrollment. You all supported this meeting with continued lobbying of CCSF’s Trustees and targeted social media posts highlighting the enrollment campaigns underway at other nearby community colleges. All of this had an impact.
On Tuesday, Chancellor Vurdien informed your union leadership team that the College will be printing and mailing postcards to San Francisco residents. The budget for this effort indicates the College is serious about reaching out to all of the amazing communities we serve. The design for the postcards should be approved by Friday, and printing and mailing should begin next week or the week after.
This is a testament to the power you and your colleagues have when you stand together as a union. Organizing is hard but it works, so let’s keep it up.
End of semester picnic
It’s been a hard semester. Spring 2021 saw us mostly through a pandemic. We survived attacks on our jobs, our mission, classes, and programs. We stood by our values and each other for our colleagues, our students, and the college SF deserves. Admittedly, this came at a high cost. So while there’s much to celebrate, there’s also a need to commiserate.
Join your union siblings this weekend in Hellman Hollow in Golden Gate Park. Kvetch over food & drinks. Banter over bocce & toast each other’s successes. Bring a mask, chair or picnic blanket, water bottle & snacks. We’ll provide pandemic-friendly & portioned burritos, chips & salsa, drinks, & dessert. Friends, family & pets welcome!
Unemployment workshops
Reminder! California Federation of Teacher (CFT) is holding Unemployment Insurance Workshops and Office Hours this week to inform you all about the process of applying for unemployment insurance and answer any of your questions/provide support in navigating the process.
Remember, ALL Part-Time Faculty can file for unemployment when you experience a reduction in work. So PT Librarian, Counselors, Coaches, etc can file and should file for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. Plus there is an additional $300 benefit that will be added to UI awards starting April 17th until September. So you could get up to $750 a week.
Come to these sessions to learn more.
Unemployment Insurance Workshop:
- Thursday, May 27th 4-5:30pm
RSVP
Office Hours (ask questions and get support in filling out the application):
E-Benefits letter
You may have received a letter from HR about “e-benefits”. Your colleagues working as grievance officers have talked to HR about it, and you do not need to take any action yet. The letter is only a notification that HSS has a new e-Benefits system, and during the next Fall open enrollment period you’ll be able to use it to sign up or make changes in benefits plans.
HR is also asking each of you to verify your emergency contact information. You’ll need to check your records in Web4 and make corrections if needed. But if you received the hard copy letter, you already know they have the correct address.
Office hours overpayment
There was a data entry mistake early in the semester. If you work part-time you may have been accidentally overpaid for Fall 2020 office hours. If you were overpaid, you may have already received a letter about it.
You can check to see how much your office hour pay should have been by looking at our payscales and our office hours page. If you need help understanding the letter, respond to the letter and payroll can help you. If you disagree with the letter or the amount, you can appeal.
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