Dear GCCCD AFT Members,
It is with great pleasure that I am able to announce that subsequent to only two Board meetings after being sworn in, newly elected Board members Linda Cartwright and Brad Monroe provided the needed votes, joining with Debbie Justeson and Elena Adams, to finalize our 26 month long arduous contract negotiation process! Last night the Board voted to tentatively accept our new contractual agreement, subsequent to ratification by our faculty.
This new agreement, once ratified, will run from January 1, 2019 through June 30, 2021.
The details of the economic pieces of this package are as follows:
Effective January 1, 2019:
- 3.0% across the board salary increase on all salary schedules and department chair/coordinator June 30 stipends.
- New Adjunct/Overload salary schedule Class IV, same number of steps as Classes I – III, Class IV values will be 5% greater than than the values on Class III. 15 additional units needed to move to Class IV.
- An increase in the percentage between steps 16 and 17 on the Tenured/Tenure-Track salary schedule from the current 1.40% to 2.60%.
- An increase in the percentage between steps 17 and 18 on the Tenured/Tenure-Track salary schedule from the current 0.535% to 2.60%.
- Establishment of a pilot paid office hour program for adjunct faculty for the duration of this agreement. Rate of pay will be fixed at $30/hour, and will follow exact same parameters as San Diego CCD office hour program.
- An increase in the Department Chair/Coordinator reassigned time by 10%.
- 80 hours of fully paid maternity leave benefits for all faculty to augment any accrued sick leave.
- Unit members with an off-campus teaching assignment shall receive a 10% additive to their compensation for that off-campus assignment.
- Athletics Head Coaching stipends increased to $8,000 annually.
- Speech and Debate Team Coaching stipends increased to $8,000 annually.
- Respiratory Therapy faculty to receive same stipend as Nursing and Cardiovascular Technology faculty, i.e., $1,000/month for contract faculty, $20/hour for adjunct faculty market additives.
- Contract faculty flex obligation reduced from 40 to 20 hours annually.
- Increase in AFT reassigned time from 2.0 to 4.0 LED annually for representation and organizing work.
Effective on April 30, 2019 payroll:
- One-time, off-schedule payment equivalent to 20% of gross earnings for the period July 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018.
Effective July 1, 2019:
- 3.0% across the board salary increase on all salary schedules and department chair/coordinator June 30 stipends.
- New Adjunct/Overload salary schedule Class V, same number of steps as Classes I – IV, Class V values will be 5% greater than than the values on Class IV. 15 additional units needed to move to Class V.
- An increase in the percentage between steps 18 and 19 on the Tenured/Tenure-Track salary schedule from the current 0.535% to 2.60%.
- An increase in the Department Chair/Coordinator reassigned time by 10%.
- Re-opener on Compensation Article, with the intent for new provisions to take place effective July 1, 2020.
Effective Fall 2019 Semester:
- Reduction from 20 to 17 in the number of lab hours required to equal 1.0 LED.
I have attached copies of the new salary schedules. The first tab on each is the salary effective January 1, 2019. The second tab is the salary effective July 1, 2019. Payroll informs us that they should have the new schedules in place by the February 28th payroll run, including the retroactive amounts for the month of January.