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 | Dec 15, 2015 | Dec. 2015, Part-timers, Uncategorized
Sadie Reynolds Unemployment Filing Session Did you know that you may qualify for unemployment benefits over winter break? Because our work is contingent on enrollments and departmental need we are legally temporary, part-time workers. While you have the option of...
by CCFT | Dec 15, 2015 | Dec. 2015, Part-timers, Uncategorized
Sadie Reynolds Campus Equity Week 2015: Adjunct Organizing at Cabrillo During the week of October 26th, faculty across the nation participated in Campus Equity Week, a biannual event designed to raise awareness about the national crisis of part-time academic labor in...
by CCFT | Oct 28, 2015 | Contract Development, Faculty Voice, Oct. 2015 Faculty Voice, Part-timers
Karl Ewald Introduction Ultimately, I’d like to propose a strategy for thinking about steady movement toward parity by proposing an “equal raise for equal work” model as a starting point for future discussions. In order to make sense of this proposal, we need...
by CCFT | Oct 28, 2015 | Oct. 2015 Faculty Voice, Part-timers, Uncategorized
Sadie Reynolds During the week of October 26th, faculty across the nation will participate in Campus Equity Week, a biannual national event designed to raise awareness around the issue of part-time academic labor in higher education. The heavy reliance on...
by CCFT | Sep 18, 2015 | Contract Development, Letter to the Editor, Negotiations, Part-timers, sept. 2015 faculty voice
Debra Spencer A Proposal For almost 30 years I was adjunct faculty here. For the last 10 years I’ve been contract faculty. That’s nearly 40 years of discussing and lamenting over the two-tier system, saying how unfair it is. It’s worn me down. I don’t want to discuss...