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AFT General Membership Meeting Reminder Sept 21

9/16/2018

 
AFT Brothers and Sisters,
 
Please join us and mark your calendars for a lunch meeting on September 21. We can only be as effective as our member involvement. To this end we are requesting your attendance for the following.
 
Steve Hall, our re-enlisted Chief Negotiator will speak to upcoming negotiations issues. We can not move forward without your involvement and presence.

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Our New Executive Director, Michael Sheetz

9/16/2018

 
Michael Sheetz
A Letter from the Executive Director

My name is Michael Sheetz and it is an honor and a privilege to introduce myself to you as the new Executive Director of the Ventura County Federation of College Teachers. I’m humbled and excited to have the opportunity to work with the Executive Council to lead this important organization into its next chapter.

As many of you are aware, we have a busy year ahead of us, especially with our upcoming contract negotiations right around the corner. That said, I am confident that together we can rise to the challenges ahead of us and make 2019 our strongest year yet.

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Chief Negotiator Message

9/16/2018

 
Steve Hall
Colleagues,

I am honored to return to the position of Chief Negotiator of AFT Local 1828 and look forward to representing the dedicated and incredible faculty of the Ventura County Community College District. Although negotiations ended a few months ago, we return to the bargaining table next semester because our agreement expires on June 30, 2019.


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President's Message

9/16/2018

 
I thought about doing a video instead of this article but wanted to be sure that what I am about to say is clear and not misunderstood. I am focused on the upcoming start of negotiations. I will continue to be transparent and will provide the total cost and distribution data from the last contract when it becomes available and I will work with our Health Benefits committee to insure potential cost saving alternatives are well articulated and disseminated. Bear with me as I express my candid thoughts in this area.     
Doug Thiel

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Union Dues

9/16/2018

 
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This is a short article to remind everyone that while union dues are not collected in June and July paychecks, they were collected in the August paycheck. If you had union dues deducted it is because we have a signed membership form. There is no need to “opt in” post Janus. However, if no dues were deducted you are not a union member. I believe some persons may have heretofore thought they were in the union because a fair share was deducted prior to the Janus decision in June.

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“Wage growth up 2.9 percent in August. . . .”¹ – Fake News?

9/16/2018

 
By Michael Sheetz
msheetz.aft1828@gmail.com


While this recent headline is not fake news, if you are a Ventura College District faculty member, it might as well be. The most recent jobs report is certainly a good sign for the economy as a whole but it certainly doesn’t tell the whole story when it comes to the real economic conditions of individual citizens.​

Partisan politics aside, year-over-year growth in real wages for workers is a key indicator of the strength of an economic recovery. However, if you are a Ventura County Community College District faculty member, these numbers are little comfort. Our reality is that year-over-year wage growth for the past three years has been nothing. We cannot even come close to keeping up with the annual cost of inflation.
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AFT 1828 Sponsored Training Schedule for Fall 2018

9/14/2018

 
Your union leadership is dedicated to providing useful training on topics that are not normally addressed during professional development week. This semester the following workshops will be held.
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By the way, lunch is provided! Please RSVP Julieanne at julieanneflores7@gmail.com.
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AFT COPE is Proud to Endorse Gabriela Torres for VCCCD Area 5 Trustee

9/14/2018

 
Gabriela Torres
Gabriela is a K-8 School Counselor, Oxnard native, Oxnard Supportive Services Association union member and a social justice activist. She is also a former Ventura College student and a graduate of UC Berkeley. She credits the support from VC faculty with her success then and also at UC Berkeley.

​Gabi worked with the UFW during the 2000 Ventura Pictsweet Mushroom strike and later with the California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA). Both groups seek fair labor wages and representation for the farmworker community. She currently also works as a parent educator. 


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Pay for Attendance at Division and Department Meetings for Part-Time Faculty

9/14/2018

 
Do you go to your Division or Department Meetings? Did you know that you will be paid half of your hourly rate for attending those meetings for up to five hours a semester?

In 2007, half pay for part-time faculty attendance at Division Meetings was negotiated, and in the most recent contract, half pay for Department Meetings was also negotiated (excluding meetings held during Flex). The number of hours per semester that you can be paid for attendance is now FIVE rather than three. You are not required to claim these meetings as Flex time, you can, instead, be paid for them, but you cannot double-count them for both Flex and be paid.


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