Additional Guidance for the Benefits Elections Process
by dara It was brought to my attention that a couple of newly hired faculty members had difficulty at the time of benefits elections,...
Updates on Supplemental Paid Sick Leave
by Jeanine Sepulveda Charlie Ng sent us an email recently that highlights many of the main points presented in Senate Bill 114 and its...
Recruiting Fresh & Diverse Perspectives to FA Council
by Jeanine Sepulveda We are getting to that time of year again, in which we consider our roles in service to the college and select a...
Open Enrollment Is Upon Us! (And your Fringe Benefits Update)
by dara Open Enrollment Is Here It’s open enrollment season, and if you haven’t read Carolyn Sneary’s recent emails (especially from...
FA Budget Update
by Jeanine Sepulveda This year has been met by many challenges… FA Council has been busy over the past year addressing the needs of our...
Corrective Action vs. Discipline
Last year, the FA negotiated a new, comprehensive article in our contract, Article L.3.0: Investigations, Due Process, and Discipline....
Positive Changes for Fringe Benefits
This year, Mary Gross, Scott Fallstrom, and I represented full time faculty on the District’s Fringe Benefits Committee (FBC). Before I...
Overview of 2021 Negotiations
On July 1, 2021 our current, full time faculty contract will expire as we reach the end of its 3-year length. The FA is currently...
Negotiations on Contract Re-openers
When a full contract is approved, all subjects in the agreement are frozen for the length of the contract. The only exceptions to this...
Faculty Stories From the Homefront
In efforts to help FA members connect with one another during the 2020 pandemic, we have asked folks to share individual takeaways from...
