Real News August 2019

August 2019

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President’s Message

Challenges and Opportunities

With the fall semester about to begin, we welcome our new tenure-track and adjunct faculty to our ranks, bringing the total to 4,500 faculty districtwide. We encourage the new faculty to attend the orientations offered by the campuses. The 2019-2020 academic year will bring many challenges: Our 16th round of negotiations, new administrative leadership at half of our colleges, AB 705 implementation, an “aligned” election cycle the likes of which we’ve never seen, and the 2020 Census. We expect to find the opportunities in those challenges.

In Solidarity,

Joanne Waddell

AFT 1521 President

Los Angeles Pierce College Sociology Professor Julio Tsuha.

Julio Tsuha – Guild Activist Promotes Unionism at Pierce

At each LACCD college, faculty step up to be part of the Guild’s Contract Action Team, helping to maintain a strong union presence at that campus. At Los Angeles Pierce College, that team member is sociology professor Julio Tsuha , an AFT 1521 Executive Board delegate who just finished his fourth year as a full-time faculty member. Before coming to Pierce, he worked for the Dolores Huerta Labor Institute (DHLI) and for his alma mater, UC Riverside.

As a member of the Action Team, Tsuha devotes his energy to organizing. In addition to signing up new faculty at Pierce as union members, he also helps strengthen the union by identifying leaders on campus who want to be more involved and assigning them tasks.

Guild Supports Labor 411- Buy Union!

(L-R) Guild Recording Secretary Mindy Chen, President Joanne Waddell and State Senator Maria Elena Durazo at the Labor 411 Blue Tie Gala.

Faculty Pay Increase

All faculty — part-time, full-time, including all differentials -- are receiving a 3.26% increase in their salary. In addition, adjunct faculty on the K column are receiving an additional $2.33 from State Equity 1 funding.

Although we negotiated a growth element, our district-wide enrollment did not grow, so we did not receive “growth.”

You should see this additional increase on your first fall semester check.

Contract Negotiations to Start Soon

Negotiations between the Faculty Guild and the LACCD for the 2020-2023 Collective Bargaining Agreement are set to begin early in the fall semester. The current contract expires June 30, 2020.

Representatives from each campus and from constituent groups, including adjunct faculty, both classroom and non-classroom faculty, and faculty with distance education experience will serve on the faculty team, which will be headed by Chief Negotiators William Elarton-Selig (Guild Executive VP) and Mindy Chen (Guild Secretary).

“We are starting early and expect the negotiations to be more open than they have been in the past,” said Elarton-Selig.

Watch for the surveys being circulated on Opening Day and at campus chapter meetings. The Guild is seeking your input!

Save the Date: Annual Guild Health and Retirement Conference

Where: Sheraton Universal Hotel

When: Friday, September 27

Watch for information from the Guild on registering for this informative conference on your health benefits and retirement options.

Motions Passed

Motions Passed by the Guild at Executive Board May 21, 2019

Adopted the 2019-2020 Guild Budget

Adopted the 2019-2020 Executive Board and Executive Committee meeting dates

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