by CCFT | Mar 4, 2018 | Legislation, March 2018 Faculty Voice, Negotiations, Struggle in the Courts
by David Lau Spring Semester 2018 at the Outset CCFT has held several meetings in the opening weeks of the semester. It is a season of transition for our local and for Cabrillo College. For flex week we welcomed our new executive director, Daniel Dodge, the former...
by CCFT | Apr 4, 2017 | Accreditation, april 2017 faculty voice, Elections, Legislation, Repeatability, Student Equity
David Lau The California Federation of Teachers annual convention took place this year in the sharp contradictions of downtown Sacramento. The walk between small numbers of upscale restaurants in the hotel district was crowded with destitute people. The corporate...
by CCFT | Feb 12, 2017 | Accreditation, Elections, Feb 2017 Faculty Voice, Legislation, Repeatability, Struggle in the Courts, Student Equity
by David LauCCFT Flex Week EventsOn Tuesday January 17, the part-timers Solidarity lunch saw a great turnout. More than fifty faculty members and three governing board members shared mole enchiladas, salad, frijoles, and refreshments. The speak-out and...
by CCFT | Oct 16, 2016 | Legislation, Oct. 2016 Faculty Voice, Part-timers
by David Lau Assembly Bills Give Adjuncts Right to Negotiate New Protections Governor Brown has signed two bills, AB 1690 and 1379. Together they will give adjunct instructors new rights to negotiate seniority, including mandating workloads between 60%-67%. Adjunct...
by CCFT | Mar 9, 2016 | Elections, Legislation, March 2016 Faculty Voice, Struggle in the Courts
David Lau CCFT Flex Week Events CCFT flex week events saw sizable turnout this January. Things kicked off the day after Martin Luther King Jr. holiday with Tuesday’s part-timer luncheon and its some fifty attendees. The CCFT luncheon saw a terrific turnout on a...
by CCFT | Mar 9, 2016 | Legislation, March 2016 Faculty Voice
Maya Bendotoff In November 2012, many of us worked tenaciously to pass Proposition 30, primarily a tax on millionaires, to fund education. Funding from Prop 30 allowed us to stem the massive cuts we experienced as part of the great recession and rebuild educational...
