Your endorsed candidate for State Assembly District 17, David Campos, is in a tight race. Your union endorsed David because he’s been a long-time ally of City College, and he’s still speaking up for our students and our college.

See his recent Instagram video message urging the Trustees to avoid layoffs here, and then sign up to help David Campos win! Join a campaign event this weekend and urgent phone banking next week. The campaign expects that vast amounts of corporate money will be spent attacking David in the coming weeks, so it’s essential you counter that with people power ASAP.

RSVP for all events here, and here is the Zoom link for phone banking at 5pm-8pm all next week.

Weekend Events/Canvassing
Saturday at 10am we’ll be at Glen Park Rec Center (70 Elk St)

Sunday at 10am we’ll be at Excelsior Playground (571 Madrid St) with former D11 Supervisor John Avalos!

Urgent Voter Education Phone Banking
March 7-11, Monday-Friday, 5-8pm

If you have any questions about these events or how you can contribute to David’s campaign, contact Otto Pippenger at 415 971-9559. There’s less than two weeks until early voting begins, and this is an absolutely critical moment for David’s campaign–after March 15th, many voters will be out of reach so the time to plug in is now.

Despite lacking budgetary justification, CCSF’s elected Board of Trustees voted last Thursday to approve a plan to lay off 50 tenured and tenure-track faculty. This is a move that will necessitate denying assignments for all part-time faculty in targeted departments, and a further erosion of educational opportunity for our majority student of color population.

Your union is calling an Emergency General Membership Meeting on Wednesday, March 2nd @ 2pm (Zoom info below) to check in, discuss the ramifications of the Trustees’ decision, and your plan for fighting back.

We encourage everyone to join this meeting tomorrow. Your union is working to fight these layoffs and move CCSF out of its cycle of crises, but it’s going to take all hands on deck, and that means you.

Topic: Emergency Member Meeting
Time: Mar 2, 2022 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85694533559?pwd=dWZoSTdXWFFiTGVyWHNwQ1pKOFFYdz09
Meeting ID: 856 9453 3559
Passcode: 171641

Despite lacking budgetary justification, CCSF’s elected Board of Trustees voted last Thursday to approve a plan to lay off 50 tenured and tenure-track faculty. This is a move that will necessitate denying assignments for all part-time faculty in targeted departments, and a further erosion of educational opportunity for our majority student of color population.

Your union is calling an Emergency General Membership Meeting on Wednesday, March 2nd @ 2pm (Zoom info below) to check in, discuss the ramifications of the Trustees’ decision, and your plan for fighting back.

We encourage everyone to join this meeting tomorrow. Your union is working to fight these layoffs and move CCSF out of its cycle of crises, but it’s going to take all hands on deck, and that means you.

Topic: Emergency Member Meeting
Time: Mar 2, 2022 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85694533559?pwd=dWZoSTdXWFFiTGVyWHNwQ1pKOFFYdz09
Meeting ID: 856 9453 3559
Passcode: 171641

Trustees & Admin Want Downsizing–Join the Fight Back!

At last Thursday’s Board of Trustees meeting, David Martin finally admitted something AFT and CFT have been saying for a long time: It would be illegal for the District to assign part-time faculty to replace laid-off full-time faculty. He specifically said that the District will not assign part-timers as replacements.

His words clearly show the meaning of these layoffs: Downsizing. David is not planning to replace expensive workers with cheaper workers. He plans to remove faculty, and therefore to remove classes and services.

AFT 2121 will hold an Emergency General Membership Meeting this Wednesday, 3/2, at 2pm to discuss and plan next steps in your campaign to fight these layoffs and grow back your college. This meeting is in addition to our regularly scheduled general membership meeting on March 22. Your union will also be opening a space for informal discussion on Flex Day, March 1st.

→ Informal Flex Day Discussion w/Alan D’Souza & Dayna Holz
March 1, 8am-9am
Zoom link

→ Emergency General Membership Meeting
March 2, 2pm
Zoom link

The CCSF Revenue Unity Coalition Met w/ Mayor Breed Last Friday

Last Friday afternoon, members of the CCSF Revenue Unity Coalition–including AFT 2121, SEIU 1021, the San Francisco Building Trades, & Local 39–met with Mayor Breed and members of her staff.  

In this historic meeting we presented the coalition’s Executive Summary and plan to bring tens of millions in sustainable and dedicated funding to the college. As we made our presentation, the mayor listened intently to what we shared, asked relevant questions, and suggested other constituents she’d like to see brought into the conversation, specifically SFUSD. And while she was not without critiques or concerns about City College, many of her comments touched on the same issues we are trying to address with our revenue efforts.  

Overall, this was an encouraging first meeting, and the start of a long overdue open dialogue between the mayor’s office and the stakeholders of City College. We are already in the process of providing her office with supporting documents and setting up our next meeting.      

As you know from experience, the fight for City College is only going to work if all hands are on deck, so come to your Emergency General Membership Meeting this Wednesday, March 2, from 2-3pm, to hear about your next steps in the campaign to protect and grow back our college. Use the link below to join and encourage your colleagues to join you:

Topic: Emergency Member Meeting
Time: Mar 2, 2022 02:00 PM
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85694533559?pwd=dWZoSTdXWFFiTGVyWHNwQ1pKOFFYdz09
Meeting ID: 856 9453 3559 Passcode: 171641
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The Board of Trustees have voted to authorize issuing pink slips to 50 tenured and tenure-track faculty (press release here), despite millions in federal and state relief, and work underway for long-term local support. These layoffs will also necessitate denying assignments for all part-time faculty in targeted departments and a further erosion of educational opportunity for CCSF’s majority student of color population.

​Tomorrow from 1-2pm on Zoom, leaders of your union and of SEIU 1021 will be presenting the CCSF Revenue Unity Coalition and its vision for building back CCSF. This is the first public meeting of a historic coalition that is working to bring tens of millions of dedicated revenue to CCSF, annually. AFT and SEIU leaders will update you on progress made so far and answer questions about where we go from here. Students, Trustees, and faculty are all encouraged to attend–click here for the Zoom link & invite your students and colleagues to join. 

Shortly afterwards, at 3:30pm, your elected Board of Trustees will vote this Thursday on a plan to downsize your college. They’ll be voting on whether to follow their December layoffs of Classified staff with further layoffs and cuts. There is no budget mandate for this – it’s a choice that David Martin is asking them to make. See here for AFT 2121 President Malaika Finkelstein’s video message on this situation. 

This BOT meeting will be a good opportunity for public comment. What is the heartbeat of CCSF and why should the Board stand up for it? It’s time for your Board to show leadership and courage for the sake of our students and community. You will have either one or two minutes to speak. The meeting starts at 3:30, but the very first thing they’re going to do is recess to closed session. We do not know how long it’ll be before they come back and take public comment. To speak at a BOT meeting, you must sign up ahead of time. They must receive your request at least 30 minutes before the meeting starts. Email publiccomment@ccsf.edu or call 669-444-1266 and let them know:

1. Your Name

2. Meeting Name and Date (You can say, Regular Board Meeting, 2/24/22)

3. Agenda Item Number (Faculty layoffs are item 10.B)

4. Phone number if participating by phone

→ Thursday 2/24, 3:30: Regular BOT Meeting. 
Zoom: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/91340113747

→ Board agendas and links are posted here.