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FLEX BULLETIN SPRING 2022

Posted on January 13, 2022 by AFT 2121

Help David Campos win| COVID updates | DA | Financial Planning

Posted on January 11, 2022 by AFT 2121

READ THIS if you’re assigned in person

The COVID crisis continues. As of this writing, CCSF plans to continue in-person classes and services as scheduled. But things could change quickly.

On Monday, David Martin discussed this with AFT, SEIU, DCC, and both Senates. He told us that he is open to individual faculty making the choice to work remotely. Some classes have already chosen to shift to remote for the first two weeks.

➜ If you want to shift your assignment from in-person to remote, temporarily or longer-term, talk to your chair ASAP.

David also told us that CCSF will not have building monitors assigned until at least February. In the meantime, there is no plan to ensure that people on campus are vaccinated. Without monitors in place, non-credit and student services will never be fully vaccinated environments. Credit instruction might be — assuming no one ever tries to add a class, brings their kid, comes to office hours, wanders into the wrong room by accident, or simply walks into the building to use the bathroom.

Faculty are not required to check the vaccination status of students or let students into the building. It is not appropriate for us to disrupt our classes, or to ask students for medical information. The District signed an agreement saying they would pay workers to do that. To state the obvious, a boss should not expect employees to work for free. If you are forced to serve as building monitor without pay, or to interrupt your work for this, tell your precinct rep.

In addition, the District has laid off custodians. It is not clear which buildings will have enough staff for even normal cleaning, let alone the high cleaning standards needed for COVID safety.

In some places, in-person classes and services will be safe and well-planned. In other places there may be serious problems. If you work in person, please think about how to keep yourself, your students, and your colleagues safe.

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Posted on January 10, 2022 by AFT 2121

COVID Safety Spring 2022

Posted on January 7, 2022 by AFT 2121

The Omicron variant has driven some schools back to remote instruction. College of Marin, for instance, is holding flex week and the first week of classes remotely. San Francisco State has delayed all in-person classes until Feb 14th. So far, CCSF plans to continue with in-person classes and services as scheduled. But things could change quickly. Here are some things that may be useful:

Some assignments could be forced to return to remote, temporarily or longer term. If you are teaching in-person, you can prepare for this possibility. Some teachers are talking to their students about it ahead of time, and even including it in the syllabus. Some are collecting contact information for their students so they don’t have to count on Banner and Canvas contacts. Some are preparing information about where students can request laptops or other technology.
Faculty are not responsible for checking the vaccination status of students or letting students into the building. This should be done by specifically assigned building monitors who are paid for this work.
CCSF currently does not require boosters. That could change if the CDC changes their definition of “fully vaccinated”.
When there are positive COVID cases on campus, CCSF administration notifies AFT. They say they also plan to post a public dashboard with case numbers, but we don’t know when that will happen. In the meantime, here is a list of cases that have been reported to AFT beginning Fall 2021. See AFT’s Return to Campus page for cases reported to us in Spring 2022.
Most faculty who have assignments in Spring 2022 have already submitted vaccination information or applied for exemptions. We recommend everyone take care of this now, even if you don’t yet have an assignment. Submitting your information ahead of time will ensure you’re eligible if an opportunity for assignment or subbing comes up.
Your AFT 2121 Return to Campus Teams posts updates on the Return to Campus page.
The goal must be safety for workers and students. Unless our District can sort out basic needs such as communication, room capacity, ventilation, custodial services, and building monitors, we could have a fight on our hands. Educators in San Francisco and across the country (see here & here on the Chicago Teachers Union) are standing up for workplace safety. Join your Return to Campus Team and be part of the conversation! Email Rhea Dellimore at rheadellmail@yahoo.com.

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DISTRICT CHOOSES LAYOFFS

Posted on January 6, 2022 by AFT 2121

On January 3rd, classified CCSF workers lost their jobs and livelihoods. The District issued 67 layoff notices in December with no respect to seniority, causing bumping and chaos. At the end of this process, 42 workers were laid off.

AFT 2121 stands with our classified colleagues to express our sorrow and anger at this cruel and unnecessary loss. It’s an attack on essential members of our community and ultimately on our students, who depend on classified staff to make CCSF run.

At the bargaining table, SEIU and District negotiator Dianna Gonzales had crafted a deal that would have saved the money the District was seeking through furloughs. But the District turned its back on the deal and on the workers. Chancellor David Martin chose layoffs, as he made clear in his email to the school last Monday.

This is illegal regressive bargaining. More importantly, it’s a clear statement of values from the CCSF Trustees and the chancellor. This administration chooses layoffs and cuts, even when they have other options. Faculty are facing this too. David threatened further unneeded faculty layoffs and class cuts to take effect Summer 2022.

All of these decisions are choices. The CCSF Trustees and Chancellor are choosing to respond to the state’s chronic under-funding of public education with layoffs and cuts instead of leadership and vision.

As your union made clear with the AFT alternative budget, the District has no budgetary justification for layoffs at this time. Projections of the State budget look hopeful. City funding is a real possibility. The CCSF Revenue Unity Coalition is a historic partnership of AFT 2121, SEIU 1021, and the Building Trades Council, working together to advocate for the local funding our college needs to sustainably meet the demand of our students and our city. Deputy Chancellor Dianna Gonzales had been working with us as well. At the last Board of Trustees meeting, the Board and Chancellor Martin effectively fired her, but the work of securing long-term funding continues with our labor siblings and community allies.

Fortunately for us, there’s a new day in local and national discussions around public education, and the CCSF Revenue Unity Coalition will continue with added clarity and urgency about who and what we fight for. From City Hall to DC, there’s renewed interest in building up the hopes and dreams of our students and our communities, and that’s exactly what we as a collective will do.

We will not sit by while our students and colleagues are thrown out the door. At December’s Delegate Assembly, your organizing team presented a campaign timeline–it’s a plan to win, and I urge you to take an active role in it. This semester will not be business as usual. If we want San Francisco to have a functioning community college, we have work to do. That means you!

• Sign up here to join AFT’s Committee on the CCSF Budget
• Sign up here to join AFT’s Committee on CCSF Enrollment
• Sign up here to join AFT’s Communications Committee
• Sign up here to join AFT’s Organizing Team to learn how to talk about these issues with your colleagues and the public.

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Your union is working to help David Campos win!

Posted on January 4, 2022 by AFT 2121

David Campos, our endorsed candidate for assemblymember and a strong ally to your Union and our college, needs your help to win! AFT 2121 is sponsoring a remote and an in-person volunteer eventwith the Campos campaign for AFT 2121 members. Please remember to wear your AFT 2121 shirt when you volunteer!

Remote Phone Bank with AFT 2121 and Local 2!

January 12th, 2022

https://bit.ly/campospb

Start time: 5pm

End Time: 8m

To register, follow this link (link here) and look for Jan 12th in the drop down menu.

Lit Drop in the Excelsior with AFT 2121 and President Norman Yee!

January 22nd, 2022

Start time: 12pm

End Time: 4pm

Location: Excelsior Playground btw Madrid and Russia St.

GOTV is coming soon!

GOTV Sign Up Form: https://forms.gle/Dxy1TQn5KZ7kPDLd7

If you know of anyone in AFT2121 or your personal circle that would like to volunteer with us during GOTV, let us know! You can also share the google form around to people and they can sign for a shift before or during Election Day!

Have questions or need more info? Contact AFT 2121 Political Director: afailes@aft2121.org

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Register now for January 2022 Financial Planning Day

Posted on January 3, 2022 by AFT 2121

The Retiree Chapter of AFT 2121 will be hosting its 13th annual Financial Planning Day virtually this year! The event is open to all CCSF union members. Newer AFT 2121 members are encouraged to attend.

Participants needing disability accommodations must contact anvanderslice@gmail.com by January 7.

If you are CCSF faculty but not yet an AFT 2121 member and would like to attend you can fill out the AFT 2121 membership form.

The AFT 2121 Retiree Chapter needs volunteers to help with breakout groups during the zoom event. If you are interested in volunteering to be a co-host and helping with technical zoom questions for one of the panel breakout rooms please email retirees@aft2121.org.

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