Talk to Members of your AFT 2121 Bargaining Team at a Listening Session

AFT 2121 will be negotiating your next contract with the District soon. This is an opportunity for you to have a voice and a chance to fight for the salary, workload, schedule, and functioning facilities you and your students deserve.

Have a question, idea, or comment regarding these negotiations that you want to share directly with members of your AFT 2121 bargaining team? Then reply to this email with the listening session you would like to attend (see list below). AFT 2121 members will be on hand to discuss, and sessions will be offered both in person and online.

Friday, 2/3/2023, 10 – 11 AM via Zoom

Wednesday, 2/8/2023, 2-3 PM @ DTN 322

Thursday, 2/9/2023, 6 – 7 PM via Zoom

Wednesday, 2/15/2023, 4:30-5:30 PM @ Mission 454

Changes to Vaccine and Mask Mandates at City College

The Board of Trustees has voted to modify CCSF’s COVID vaccine and mask mandates. Important updates:

1. The COVID vaccination requirement for employees remains in effect.

2. The Student vaccine mandate for in-person classes will be lifted beginning with registration for summer 2023.

3. The indoor masking requirement will be softened to “masks highly recommended” effective Feb 6th.

4. Masking will continue to be required in the Student Health Center and Allied Health classes where patients are seen.

The College Health and Safety Committee suggested these modifications in an effort to bring City College in line with CDC guidelines and to remove barriers to student registration. The recommendation for change was then discussed at the Academic and Classified Senates, the Participatory Governance Council, and the Associated Student Executive Council.

AFT 2121 would like to raise a few concerns with changing the mask mandate mid-semester since doing so may cause problems for employees and students. First, the change comes after the deadline for students to drop credit classes with a full refund. Second, faculty with concerns about working in an unmasked environment don’t have a simple or quick remedy for accommodations. David Martin said in Thursday’s BOT meeting that he “hopes” there will be an accommodation process, and Monday’s all-college email said that employees can request an accommodation. However, some employees have already reported this process to be flawed.

While faculty are not unanimous on our opinions about these changes, we are in agreement that we need to protect the most vulnerable among us. AFT 2121 conducted a faculty survey in the fall on COVID safety protections. Results were posted 11/15/22, and can be seen here. Monday’s all-college email suggests that members of the college community can make themselves heard through upcoming PGC meetings and by talking to our representatives on the PGC Health and Safety Committee.