Dear Colleagues, While things certainly did not turn out the way we had wanted nationwide, locally and statewide our endorsed candidates did quite well. In our #1 targeted statewide race, Tom Torlakson was re-elected as Superintendent of Public Instruction with...
RATIFIED: Tentative Agreement Approved on 2014 Resource Allocation Formula (RAF)
Dear GCCCD Faculty Colleagues, As the first of hopefully many bright spots in tonight's election returns, I am pleased to report that the 2014 RAF settlement (details below) was approved with 91.6% (196) voting YES and 8.4% (18) voting NO. Now if we could only keep...
GCCCD Adjunct Faculty Health Insurance
Dear GCCCD Adjunct Faculty (Department Chairs please forward to your adjunct faculty email lists), I am pleased to be able to send you the process by which you can enroll in fully paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for coverage effective February 1, 2015....
AFT Guild Union Meeting: Thursday, November 6th
Dear Colleagues, Our next AFT Guild Union Meeting will be held this Thursday, November 6th, beginning at 3:00pm at the Handlery Hotel and Resort, 950 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, CA 92108 in Mission Valley. We will be meeting in the Presidio Ballroom. Agenda for...
Tuesday is Election Day!
Colleagues, You might have missed it, but next Tuesday, November 4th, is Election Day! Based on the number of mail ballots received by the Registrar of Voters thus far, it looks like we are on track for a record low turnout. Don't become part of that bad statistic! If...
Why Tom Torlakson needs your vote for State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Notes From the Education Wars: Marshall Tuck and the Plot Against Public Education By AFT Guild, Local 1931 Political Action VP Jim Miller After my column last week on the battle between Tom Torlakson and the corporate education reform machine backing Marshall Tuck, I...
Tentative Agreement Approved on 2014 Resource Allocation Formula (RAF)
Dear GCCCD Faculty Colleagues, Although delayed by nearly a year, I am pleased to finally share with you the terms of our 2014 Resource Allocation Formula (RAF) economic improvements. For those of you who take careful notes, recall that prior to January 2014, the...
Tom Torlakson Versus The Corporate Education Reform Machine
The Most Important Race on the Ballot is the One No One is Talking About By AFT Political Action VP Jim Miller This fall in San Diego the Peters vs. DeMaio and Kim vs. Cate showdowns are getting all the attention, but my pick for the most important race on the ballot...
Job Security Program Reminder for SDCCD College Adjunct Faculty
Dear SDCCD College Adjunct Faculty, If you have been teaching in the San Diego Community College District in the college credit program for five or more semesters, I would like to take this opportunity to remind you of an important job security benefit the union had...
“Extra Credit” for Student Voting is not Legal
Dear Faculty Colleagues, Many of you, with the best of intentions, have offered some form of extra credit to students who can demonstrate they voted in this current election. Unfortunately, this practice is illegal. In elections in which federal candidates are on the...