CFE EXECUTIVE BOARD ELECTION RESULTS
(3/18/2014)The following members were elected to two-year terms beginning July 1, 2014:
Contract Negotiations Update - March 13, 2014
(3/13/14) Your negotiation team met with district management on February 21 and March 7. Here is an update of where we are in negotiating our next contract.
CFT Workshop at OCC
(3/6/2017) CFE invited CFT Training Director Laura Kurre and Political Organizer Jessica Ulstad to an all-day retreat on February 28, 2014 for a strategic, union building workshop for the Executive Board. CFE is dedicated to improving union outreach by learning new ways of expanding communications.
Topics that were discussed included budgeting, outreach and communications, as well as future goals. Our focus was setting SMART (specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, timely) goals and tactics to reach new and current members.
Assemblymember Rob Bonta Introduces Community College Fair Accreditation Bill
(3/14/2014) On Wednesday, February 19, Assemblymember Rob Bonta (Oakland) introduced AB 1942, the Fair Accreditation Practices for Community Colleges Act, before an appreciative audience of faculty and students in Sacramento. The bill, co-sponsored by CFT and the City Attorney of San Francisco, will allow community colleges to choose their own accrediting entity; currently the rogue Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges holds a monopoly on accreditation of the state’s community colleges.
UPDATE: Hire Full Time Faculty
(2/24/14) After years of resistance by District management, the Board of Trustees finally compelled the Chancellor to agree to increasing the hiring of FT Faculty now to start in Fall 2014 from 12 to 20 positions. Management continued to exaggerate the cost of additional positions, and tried to sway them with concerns about spending down the reserves, but the Board was unwavering and approved the additional positions unanimously. We don't yet know how many positions will be hired at each college.
2/12/14 BOT Study Session Information
(2/20/14) CFE Members and Coast District Faculty attended the Board of Trustees Study Session on Feb. 12, 2014 which focused on hiring full time faculty. CFE President Dean Mancina presented a report to the BOT and statements were presented by CFE Executive Board Members, Marilyn Kennedy and Eduardo Arismendi-Pardi. All three are available in the links below:
CFE's Report to the BOT: http://cfe.ca.aft.org/files/cfe_report_bot_faculty_hiring_session.pdf