By Kristie Iwamoto CPFA Northern Regional Representative Long Beach City College part-time union President Dr. Kashara Moore was fired for allegedly “elbowing” a student after the student took issue with her name being mispronounced during […]
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‘It’s been a long time brewing,’ one of the plaintiffs said over the suit which alleges violations of state law. By Thomas Peele an Investigative Reporter at EdSourceReposted with Permission of EdSource Seven part-time community college […]
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For the second consecutive year, Gov. Gavin Newsom has rejected a bill that would have made more community college part-time professors . . .
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“Pay parity” is a term perennially associated with part-time faculty in a two-tiered workplace, not part-time workers in other professions paid on the same basis as full-time workers, such as part-time engineers, physicians, retail cashiers, or K-12 teachers. The “parity pay” bill, AB-1752...
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Three decades ago part-time college professors were paid at a much lower rate than their full-time, tenure-track counterparts, had artificial caps imposed on their workload limits, received few benefits. . .
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“If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.” This is a list of the most recent California Community College faculty contracts (collective bargaining agreements) that can be found online. This page is periodically […]
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LOS ANGELES — In a news conference this morning, two Long Beach City College (LBCC) part-time faculty members announced they have filed a class-action lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against Long Beach Community College District (LBCCD) over failure to compensate them and hundreds of other adjunct faculty. . . .
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Academic gig workers. Freeway flyers. The Uber drivers of academia. Call the part-time instructors who make up two-thirds of classroom teachers in the country’s largest higher-education system what you will. What matters most to them […]
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How Social Security Offsets Harm Community College Faculty Presentation by Jennifer Baker – Legislative Advocate, California Retired Teachers AssociationFACCC Part-time Faculty Conference, November 19, 2021
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California has long prided itself on its community college system, with some 73 districts serving over 400,000 students each year. In recent decades, the state has seen two-year colleges as a means to balance the unequal […]
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