Dear Members,
Early this morning, after two days of 12-hour plus sessions, we finally reached a tentative agreement with the district. Your bargaining team worked incredibly hard to accomplish what we as a union set out collectively as our number one priority: to save jobs and classes.
We’ve reached an agreement that does that. The administration has agreed to rescind all 163 pink slips issued to full-time faculty and to preserve part-time jobs as well. However, this is possible only if we all collectively agree to one-year progressive concessions on salaries. The concessions range from 4% to 11% depending on your salary–this is the sacrifice we have to make right now to save our jobs.
See your bargaining team’s FAQ on the agreement, and join your bargaining team at 4pm today for an Emergency Member Meeting to review the details of this agreement.
This is far from a perfect agreement–it’s a painful one, but it’s also far better than what we were facing just days ago. This is a short-term solution that protects jobs and courses while giving us the space we need to continue advocating for a long-term budget solution to our college. I encourage everyone to take a moment to digest this news and to vote yes for this agreement to send a resounding message to the Trustees who meet Monday, May 10, at 4pm. See details on how to vote below.
Absent a tentative agreement, the Trustees would have been voting on layoffs, and many have indicated a troubling willingness to shrink our college and the opportunities it offers. We can’t let that happen. We need to give them something else to consider, and to make sure they know our members stand as one in the fight to preserve and expand our college.
So please vote, and know that this is a first step in a much larger fight. We are committed to working with political and community allies to win the long-term funding necessary not simply to preserve CCSF, but indeed to restore and expand it. San Francisco deserves no less.
In Solidarity,
Malaika Finkelstein
President, AFT 2121
1. Emergency membership meeting 4pm Saturday May 8
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2. How to Vote!
Open Your Ballot: Check your CCSF email (@ccsf.edu) account to open your ballot email. The email will be from “AFT Local 2121 ”
Either click on the link in the email or copy the link and paste it into your browser’s address bar. Both methods will automatically take you to the ballot for the election.
Vote: Once at the ballot, you will see instructions to vote Yes or No on the agreement.
Verify the ballot and submit: Verifying your ballot takes you to a second page to review and confirm your vote.
Important Note: You can only vote once and your ballot cannot be shared with anyone else.
For questions and support, please contact aft2121@electionbuddy.com
CCSF’s Trustees meet at 4pm today to make the final decision on layoffs and cuts. We urge you all to join the meeting and to make public comment (
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