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We have a win to report in the midst of these tough times. Your Impacts Bargaining Team has continued to negotiate with the District about the impacts of COVID, and after months of pushing, your team is happy to confirm that the District will now provide the equipment necessary to work at home.

• Our agreement addresses the college’s responsibility to provide technological equipment to faculty who have been working remotely for nearly a year, and to reimburse those faculty who had to purchase their own equipment at the beginning of the pandemic. You can read the full agreement here.

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Dear AFT 2121 Colleagues,

This week’s board packet clarified the District’s intent to issue a devastating 160 pink slips to full-time faculty, taking for granted an untold number of part-time faculty layoffs. This does irreparable harm to our beloved City College of San Francisco. It dismisses the tireless work and commitment of faculty to change lives in their classrooms, it closes doors for thousands of vulnerable students, and it threatens to change the very fabric of our city and the things we hold dear.

AFT has long rejected Interim Chancellor Vurdien’s aptly named “MYBE” (multi-year budget). Interim Chancellor Vurdien has no stake in our City College of San Francisco. Like many Chancellors before him, he will not stay in our community to see the destruction he leaves behind, the faces of those denied a better life, or the pain of the employees who don’t know how they will feed their families. He is not our leader; he will not lead us out of this crisis.

To those who are our leaders: Where are you? What calls you to action? This is the moment to stand up and fight for the mission and existence of our City College.

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Federal COVID relief funding

The new Federal COVID funding, CRRSAA, will bring $16,223,115 into CCSF this year. CRRSAA is similar to last year’s CARES act, and some sources are referring to it as new CARES Act money.

Some of us have been told that the money must be spent on direct student services, but that is not accurate. There are some restrictions on the money. $3,504,937 of it can only be spent on “emergency financial aid grants”, meaning direct payments to students.

The rest of the money, and anything left over from last year’s CARES Act, can only be spent on programs or items related to COVID recovery. The CRRSAA FAQ gives some guidance starting on question #10. Specific examples of allowed use include technology and training costs for distance education and student support activities associated with COVID. AFT and CFT are actively investigating to see what uses of the money will be allowed. Uses of the CRRSAA are limited and funding is not ongoing. But we expect the District to work with us on exploring creative ways to use these funds to safeguard our institution.

(Saturday, 2/20) UESF holds candlelight vigil for COVID victims and to highlight what’s needed for a safe return to in-person instruction

Our Union siblings in San Francisco’s pre-K-12 education system have been working overtime to get students back into the classroom. They’re ready and doing their part. They needed the District to work with them this week to get an agreement around classroom instruction and for elected leaders to prioritize getting educators vaccinated!

No deal has been reached yet between UESF and SFUSD. UESF teachers are holding a socially distant candlelight vigil tomorrow (2/20) at Civic Center Plaza on Polk Street, directly across the street from City Hall at starting at 5:30pm to honor the nearly half a million lives lost in this country so far, including the 437 San Franciscans and the nearly 50,000 Californians that have died. UESF members also want to make it clear they have been doing their part to get a plan in place to bring students back; and District and City leaders need to step up to do theirs.

Please RSVP to CFT Organizer Valarie Bachelor:vbachelor@cft.org.

Can’t make it? Recruit another member, a friend, a neighbor, a parent or community member to stand in solidarity with us. All supportive Bay Area community members are welcome.

(Tuesday, 2/23) Rebuild City College campaign holding a budget teach-in

 

 

Please click the link below to join the webinar:

(Friday, 2/26) Lend your voice to save the Aircraft Maintenance Technology Program

This forum, called by SF BOS President Shamann Walton and co-hosted by San Francisco Labor Council and CCSF Associated Students, will bring together decision makers from San Francisco Airport and City College, along with student leaders and labor allies, to discuss the revitalization of the CCSF Aircraft Maintenance Technology program at SFO. Public comment invited.

PLEASE RSVP NOW

Click here to join the Zoom session [https://tinyurl.com/SaveAMT]
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Sign the petition: Reinvest in a New Deal for Higher Education

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and their team have been working at a furious pace to identify what needs to happen fast—containing the coronavirus, getting our country vaccinated, helping struggling Americans and their communities, and reversing the discriminatory, hate-driven executive actions of the last four years. That’s just the start. But Biden and Harris cannot do it alone. Now is the time for us to roll up our sleeves and work together to build back better. It’s time to reinvest in a New Deal for Higher Education so that our nation’s colleges and universities can continue to work for the common good.

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