by CCFT | May 5, 2016 | Elections, May 2016
by Michael Mangin, Robin McFarland, and Conrad Scott-Curtis The State of California no longer automatically funds deferred maintenance and facilities upgrades for community colleges. Instead taxpayers in local districts are asked to fund college facility needs through...
by CCFT | May 5, 2016 | Contract Development, May 2016, Negotiations, Non-credit Courses, Part-timers
Maya Bendotoff, CCFT Director Compensation for 2016 Salary Over the past decade, full-time salaries have fallen significantly in comparison with salaries in other Districts across the state. Much of the relative drop actually happened prior to the recession, when we...
by CCFT | May 5, 2016 | Contract Development, May 2016, Negotiations
Karl Ewald, CCFT Treasurer and Negotiations Team While there is no specific contractual definition of the total time an adjunct unit member spends for 1 teaching unit, the historical breakdown of a teaching unit generally assumes that for 1 teaching unit, an...
by CCFT | May 5, 2016 | May 2016
Brian Legakis, CCFT Historian I have taught Art History at Cabrillo College since 1987 and I am in favor of dramatic action to address the need for faculty salary increases. At Cabrillo we have witnessed the decline in faculty salaries over the past 12 years from a...
by CCFT | May 5, 2016 | Elections, May 2016, President's Report
Conrad Scott-Curtis, CCFT President It’s well known that Cabrillo is going out for a bond totaling approximately $310 million, which will be on the June 7th ballot as Measure Q. CCFT supports the measure and encourages all faculty to do so. Passage of Measure Q...