FACULTY ASSOCIATION, AFT 6157 NEWSLETTERFall 02, Issue 3 – Monday, October 28, 2002 Call For Self-Nominations ENDORSEMENTS By Mark Newton FA President SAN JOSE/EVERGREEN CC DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES Seat 2………………………………………. Fred Tovar Fall Means Elections! Seat 6………………………………………. Richard Hobbs The Faculty Association (FA), AFT 6157 STATEWIDE represents faculty interests in bargaining Governor…………………………………… Gray Davis (D) and working conditions. The Faculty Lieutenant Governor……………………….. Cruz Bustamante (D) Association Executive Board is a Attorney General……………….…………... Bill Lockyer (D) Secretary of State…………………………... Kevin Shelley (D) voluntary body that determines policy of Controller…………………………………... Steve Westly (D) the FA. It is again time to call for self- Treasurer…………………………………… Phillip Angelides (D) nominations to the FA Executive Board. Insurance Commissioner…………………… John Garamendi (D) Four positions are up for election this fall: Superintendent of Public Instruction………. Jack O’Connell Board of Equalization, District 1…….…….. Carole Migden (D) District-Wide Board of Equalization, District 2…….…….. No Endorsement Fiscal Officer Board of Equalization, District 3…….…….. No Endorsement Internal Information Officer Board of Equalization, District 4…….…….. John Chiang (D) EVC Full-Time Representative STATE SENATE 08 Jackie Speier (D) 14 William Fjellbo (D) write-in SJCC Part-Time Representative 10 Liz Figueroa (D) 16 Dean Florez (D) 12 Rusty Areias (D) 18 No Endorsement Any SJECCD faculty member (and FA member) is eligible to run for the first two STATE ASSEMBLY 12 Leland Yee (D) 22 Sally J Lieber (D) positions. Obviously, the second two 13 Mark Leno (D) 23 Manny Diaz (D) positions are taken from a more restricted 14 Loni Hancock (D) 24 Rebecca Cohn (D) pool. Ballot statements (up to a page 15 Donna Gerber (D) 25 E. Denise Smith (D) typed) need to be made in writing and 16 Wilma Chan (D) 26 Tom Hallinan (D) delivered to SJCC either to the FA office 17 Barbara S. Matthews (D) 27 John Laird (D) (W114) or to FA President, Mark Newton, 18 Ellen M. Corbett (D) 28 Simon Salinas (D) (W106) by 2:00 pm on Friday November 19 Gene Mullin (D) 29 Richard Martinez, Jr. (D) 8th, 2002. It is acceptable, and in fact 20 John A. Dutra (D) 30 Nicole M. Parra (D) preferred, if the document is transferred 21 Joe Simitian (D) via email. The election is scheduled to th US CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES begin Monday November 18 . 07 George Miller (D) 13 Fortney (Pete) Stark (D) 08 Nancy Pelosi (D) 14 Anna G. Eshoo 09 Barbara Lee (D) 15 Mike Honda (D) 10 Ellen O. Tauscher (D) 16 Zoe Lofgren VOTE: NOVEMBER 5, 2002 11 Elaine Shaw (D) 17 Sam Farr (D) 12 Tom Lantos (D) 18 Dennis A. Cardoza All of us have an obligation to vote in the upcoming election. Because the Faculty PROPOSITIONS Association is part of the American 46 Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2002………………. YES Federation of Teachers (AFT), we are 47 Education Facilities: Kindergarten University able to use the vast resources of a Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2002………………….……….. YES nationwide Union. Through its political 48 Court Consolidation……………………………………………….…….. YES 49 After School Programs. State Grants. Initiative Statute………………….NO organization, the AFT/CFT endorses 50 Water Quality, Supply and Safe Drinking Water Projects. various candidates and takes positions on Coastal Wetlands Purchase and Protection. Bonds. propositions that are before the electorate. Initiative Statute…………………………………………………………. YES 51 Transportation. Allocation of Sales and Use Taxes Raised This is a list of endorsements that affect From Sale or Lease of Motor Vehicles. our every day life as Community College Initiative Statute………………………………………………….No Recommendation Instructors. Please take this list with you to 52 Election Day Voter Registration. Initiative Statute………………..……..YES the polls: 2100 Moorpark Avenue, San Jose, CA 95128–2799 • (408) 288–3779 • FAX (408) 295–7482 • [email protected] FACULTY ASSOCIATION, AFT 6157, NEWSLETTER Fall 02, Issue 3 – Monday, October 28, 2002 Page 2 of 4 FA FIGHTS FOR SENIOR As you know, if you want something done thinking by them, but they were a big part FACULTY MEMBER in government, you need to lobby. You of it, along with CFT and other unions and The Reinstatement of Anne Heffley may or may not succeed with your political organizations. By Patrick Butler lobbying, but you’re almost guaranteed that FA Grievance Officer you’ll get nothing if you don’t lobby. As a member of the Executive Board of our FACCC is the lobbying arm of California local union, the Faculty Association, AFT On October 17 the District responded to an Community College faculty; the primary 6157, my final comment should clarify that informal grievance filed by the Faculty role of FACCC is to represent you (if you the FA bargains with the district about how Association by rescinding the cancellation are a faculty member) and lobby for you to use the money we receive from the state. of the only class assigned to English within the California legislature—it’s a big FACCC also helps to convince the Instructor Anne Heffley. job and they’re good at it. FACCC works legislature and the governor to send us with our parent organization California some—and the reasons why. As you can Ann Heffley had retired two years ago after Federation of Teachers (CFT) in see, both are critical to making sure that completing a distinguished career of over Sacramento, fighting hard for our rights. faculty, full time and part time are treated forty years at San José City College. Dean with dignity and respect. Lois Lund cancelled Anne’s only class The operation of FACCC is dependent (Directed Study) without consultation with upon voluntary membership dues. After 35 the instructor. This is required by the FA years in the system and many years of contract. A meeting with Dean Lois Lund, working on the state level and interacting …AND ON THE SEVENTH District HR Director Pauline Clarke, Anne with the members of FACCC, I can assure DAY, FACULTY REST and FA Grievance Officer Patrick Butler you that every penny is well spent. I see a Sabbaticals Defined By District: 8th Year resulted in the return of her class in this fall problem approaching, though, and that is By Barbara Hanfling schedule and a promise of another adjunct that we old faculty members—most of FA Executive Director teaching assignment for her this spring. whom are long-time members of FACCC-- are going to retire. If you young faculty Much to the surprise of the FA, AFT 6157, Anne Heffley has a record of campus members don’t see the importance of an email put out to the entire faculty from activism that stretches back to her days as a joining, the organization will become the head of the PRC informed faculty that graduate student at Berkley. Anne is the weakened. Remember that UC, CSU and sabbaticals could not be taken until the senior member of the SJCC Academic K-12 have even stronger lobby eighth year of service with the District. We Senate, a past officer of the FA and the organizations. Why does UC faculty spend immediately filed a grievance stating that President of the Fund for the Advancement more money on lobbying than we do? We the District had violated Article 14.2 and of Education Inc., a non-profit organization outnumber them. Could it be that they are past practice. The FA demanded that the dedicated to serving the cause of education more politically savvy District continue to follow past practice in this district. Ironically, a few days before and give faculty members the right to apply her termination, Anne had received the If every CCC faculty member joined in the sixth year and take their sabbaticals Silver Recognition Award for Service to FACCC, our lobby voice could double or in the seventh year (root of the word Education from the American Federation triple what it already is. It is my sabbaticals is seventh). Right now the of Teachers (AFT). understanding that fewer than half of our District is maintaining that faculty must district faculty members belong, and most apply in the seventh year and take their of those who do not are relatively new. If sabbatical in the eighth year. you decide to join, call FACCC at FACCC LOBBYS FOR (916)447-8555 or talk to the FA (x 3779) - Last year we heard from many faculty who it’s easy to set up an automatic payroll FACULTY AT THE had applied for their sabbatical in their deduction. I know you don’t make enough sixth year, taken it in their seventh and LEGISLATIVE LEVEL money, but you would probably be making again every seventh year thereafter. By Bill Jacobs a lot less if it were not for the efforts of Suddenly the District thinks they can FA Executive Board Member FACCC over the years. English Instructor, EVC rewrite the contract and reinterpret 20 years of past practice. One faculty member, Should part-timers join FACCC? Consider If you are new to the faculty, you are stated: “I took my sabbatical in my the great pay raise you recently received. It probably confused by all the organizational seventh year…like God on the seventh day was funded, for the most part, by the state acronyms; I have to confess that I was for in the seventh year. That’s what Sabbath is legislature. How do you think that came longer than I will admit. I think you should about and sabbatical derives from and about? Through a lot of different ways: learn what they are and what they do for don’t let any one tell you otherwise.” great negotiations, lobbying our Board and you, so let me begin with FACCC Trustees, but importantly, it did not come (Faculty Association of California It seems ironic that the FA would need to because the legislature all woke up one Community Colleges).