AFT 2121 met with Chancellor David Martin on January 19, 2022. We asked him why he was considering issuing March 15 layoff letters. His answers were both revealing and disturbing. The reasons that he gave had only to do with pleasing fiscal managers and administrative agencies that have little to no concern for meeting the public education needs of our community.
The Chancellor talked about the ACCJC having CCSF on its “growing concern” list. He talked about implementing recommendations in the FCMAT report. At no time did he express any concern about the impacts of layoffs on students, faculty, and classified staff, or what these cuts would mean for the future of the college and our mission to educate our community. Make no mistake about it, the policies that are foremost in his mind will devastate our faculty, our staff, our students, and our community.
What made the discussion even more disturbing was that our own AFT 2121 analysis of the budget for the coming year makes it crystal clear that these policies are both unnecessary and counterproductive.
There is enough money for the district to do two things:
–One, restore all salaries to what they were before our concessionary agreement of last year,
–Two, have a balanced budget without any March 15 letters, layoffs, or cuts.
We need all hands on deck to take action if we are going to stop these draconian austerity measures.
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Contact your precinct rep first thing Monday morning to add your name to a Valentines ‘No Layoffs/Don’t Break the Heartbeat of City College’ Card to the Trustees
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Sign up now to join the contingent who will deliver these cards to the Trustees by replying ‘yes’ to this email
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Next Tuesday, Jan 25 from 3-5pm, participate in your Delegate Assembly (link here) to discuss next steps in this fight
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