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...
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 | March 2016 Faculty Voice, Student Equity
Michael Mangin On the rainy morning of January 19 about 250 students, staff, faculty, and community members attended the Spring Flex Keynote Address by Dr. Veronica Neal on the topic “Why Equity Really Matters.” Dr. Neal shared her own life story to illustrate the...
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...
by CCFT | Mar 9, 2016 | March 2016 Faculty Voice, Negotiations
Dan Rothwell The contract negotiations are proceeding about as fast as a turtle on tranquilizers. We have spent many hours planning the schedule and agenda for negotiations without actually negotiating about substantive issues. As your new chief negotiator, I hope to...
by CCFT | Mar 9, 2016 | Elections, March 2016 Faculty Voice
Barbara Schultz-Perez It is once again time to elect our CCFT officers and division representatives for terms beginning fall 2016. There are many exciting and important opportunities for leadership. This year the offices of President and both full time and part time...
by CCFT | Mar 9, 2016 | Budget, Contract Development, Faculty Voice, March 2016 Faculty Voice, President's Report, Uncategorized
Conrad Scott-Curtis As we move into the heart of negotiations this spring, I want to highlight a key difference in budget perspective and philosophy between CCFT and the District, a difference which illustrates the import of unity among CCFT members and points to a...
