Thank you to all who came out on a sunny SF afternoon to our June 20 bargaining session. Your presence shows the District that faculty mean business. During caucuses, we had a chance to hear and discuss important questions and issues with members. We appreciate these conversations and hearing your input!
The bargaining session, once again, was a disappointment. David Martin’s team has not shown real movement or good faith bargaining. The District is running large surpluses. They can afford AFT’s proposal for what our faculty need to live in one of the most expensive regions of the US. Yet they refuse to even pass along the COLA (Cost-of-Living Adjustment) that the state has awarded the college in the last three years. David Martin’s team has offered us meager salary increases that total 8% in the next three years, less than our 2021 salary concessions! Our employer is more interested in padding the reserves than in providing decent salaries for faculty and educational opportunities for students, and is looking to finance those reserves on the backs of faculty. We won’t stand for it.
The District is taking a hard line on non-economic proposals as well. They have proposed barring faculty from having 100% online assignments, forcing faculty to come to campus when our work is online, deans sitting on on all tenure review committees, and no enforceable requirement to address unsafe working conditions such as extreme cold. You can see all the proposals and TAs here.
The teams have scheduling conflicts in July, so we will have to take a pause. We will resume bargaining on August 8th. Again, bargaining works better when the District knows that faculty are watching. Take a well-earned break for a bit, and then plan to come to open bargaining if you can on August 8. See for yourself what David’s team is doing. To get the contract we deserve, we all need to stay informed and ready for action.
Please join your colleagues at our next open bargaining session:
Tuesday, August 8, 1:00-5:00 PM, Ocean Campus, MUB 261.
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