A Win-Win: Ongoing Funds for CCSF and Expanded Access to Medical Insurance

AFT 2121 joined other locals and CFT leaders to plan coordinated action
to expand medical coverage.

We have a great opportunity to bring new money into the college and expand medical insurance to cover more employees. The Governor signed AB-190 last month, setting aside $200M in stable, ongoing funding to support expansion of medical benefits for adjunct faculty.The State of CA will reimburse CCSF for the cost of broadening medical coverage for PT faculty and for money we’re already spending.

• All Districts get reimbursed for 50% of what they spend on medical insurance for part-time faculty, without changing anything. That would be about $800,000 for CCSF each year.

• Districts that meet additional conditions get reimbursed for 100% of what they spend. That would be about $1.6 million for CCSF each year. to get this larger reimbursement, CCSF would need to:

— Cover all faculty who work 40% or more load, and cover them immediately when they begin working. (Right now, CCSF covers faculty who work 50% or more, and only starting their third semester.)

— Cover a percentage of the cost of insurance for faculty who work in multiple districts. We don’t know all the details of how this would work. CFT is working out the implementation and the formulas, and the state chancellor’s office has said they will publish guidelines in November. In the meantime, we need the CCSF administration to commit to participating.

To be fair, there will be some fine print. The program will not reimburse for dental or vision coverage. But what CCSF spends on those will be more than covered by the new money this program provides. This is a win-win for faculty and our college.

We can expand medical coverage to more workers. At the same time, we can bring in new money to CCSF for all of our priorities, including pay, restoration, protecting programs, lab parity, the stability of our programs, growth, and more. We know that our working conditions are students’ learning conditions – healthy faculty means better education.

Stay tuned! We hope to get to the bargaining table soon and get the District on board.

1 Week Left! Trustee Phone Bank Tonight & Thurs 5:30-8pm & Prop O Phone Banks this Tues & Weds 5:30-8pm

City College needs more investment & better leaders. You know this, and now you have one week to make sure the voters of San Francisco know this.

Trustee Candidate Phonebank: Monday (10/31) & Thursday (11/3) 5:30-8pm

Prop O Phonebank: Tuesday (11/1) & Wednesday (11/2) 5:30-8pm

Sign up now for phonebank shifts 5:30-8pm (come for as long as you can) on Zoom Monday through Thursday of this week, and help make sure we pass Proposition O & elect Vick Chung, Anita Martinez, Susan Solomon, & Adolfo Velasquez for the City College Board. RSVP here and you’ll receive the link for the phonebank: https://bit.ly/ccsfWINS