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Posted on February 14, 2022 by AFT 2121

Bargaining Update and Survey

Your bargaining team met with the district on February 10. It was a disappointing session. It is clear that the District is not bargaining in good faith. We, as a united faculty, need to move the needle outside of bargaining. Below is an important and quick survey asking what you, AFT 2121 member, are willing to do to help win and to prevent layoffs.

Your bargaining team began working on the CalSTRS retirement incentive in August and formally proposed it at the table in early November. The district has been stalling ever since, and now has the nerve to say it’s too late. They rejected the proposal. Their excuse was that previous SERP plans hadn’t raised enough money. But this AFT proposal was a different kind of plan – CalSTRS incentives only go into effect there is actually a savings. In essence, AFT proposed a plan that would have provided a benefit to faculty while saving money and protecting the District from losses. The District turned it down with no counter-proposal and no discussion of the actual merits or mechanics of the proposal. A District that wanted to save money would be interested in discussing a retirement incentive.

Another sign that the District’s goal is not to save money was the layoff of classified staff in January. They walked away from the table and laid off dedicated workers. SEIU estimates that if they had instead agreed to the furlough plan they had on the table, they would have saved almost $2 million more than they achieved through layoffs.

All of the district’s actions since Chancellor David Martin was hired point to a clear downsizing agenda. In an attempt to convince faculty to go along with it, the chancellor has even suggested that faculty salaries will be restored only if we proceed with layoffs. This is false. Our temporary one-year agreement ends June 30, 2022 and our salaries automatically revert back to what they were before our concessionary agreement. We do not need any negotiation to make that happen – it’s already provided in the existing agreement.

However, we are not in the same dire budget situation as we were at this time last year. We are not in a deep financial hole as the district would like you to believe. The possibilities are real. We can build back our college rather than shrink it further!

Take action now:

➜ Come to the delegate assembly at 3:00 on Tuesday, February 15 and join the conversation about next steps.

➜ Fill out this survey by Monday, February 21 (link here), to let your bargaining team know how you can support your colleagues and what actions we can take together.

In solidarity,

Your AFT2121 Bargaining Team

Building Monitors

We are finally close to an agreement on building monitors! AFT 2121 proposed a framework for paid assignments, and the District seemed open to it. They may go ahead and put out a call for interested faculty as soon as this week.

However, we do not know when the assignments would actually begin. We are working with SEIU to hammer out details of pay and load. Building monitor work is under classified purview, and should be offered to classified first. Then faculty can fill in where there is still a need.

Here’s what we know so far:
– Assignments will be scheduled and paid.
– No one will be forced to be a door monitor while simultaneously doing other assigned work.
– Faculty who are not assigned as door monitors are not responsible for door monitor work.

If you’re interested in a door monitor assignment, go ahead and respond when the District puts out a call.

Tues 2/15 COPE Meeting–Let’s Get Out to the Polls and Into the Streets for Election Day!

During our Tuesday, February 15th regularly scheduled COPE meeting, we will not

be meeting on zoom BECAUSE…it’s election day! Instead, let’s make a showing at the polls and in the streets to increase turnout for this election! Can you join us Tuesday afternoon to volunteer for our endorsed candidate for District 17, David Campos, doing visibility and reminding voters to turn in ballots? We are encouraging members to attend during our regular COPE meeting time, but the 4-8pm shift is also a critical need, if you have flexibility that day. If you can’t join in on election day, there are volunteer shifts happening every day until then, so plenty of ways to pitch in! See you out there!