Part-Timer Index
Bittersweet Legislative Year for CFT Part-time Faculty
Bittersweet would best describe the end results of the 2022-2023 legislative season for community college part-time faculty.
One of the clear positives was the realization of a record 8.22% cost-of-living allowance for California Community Colleges, up .09% from Governor Newsom’s initial proposal of an 8.13% COLA in January. The COLA followed off a fairly robust COLA of 6.56% in 2021-2022.
Part-time Faculty Healthcare Precarity in Two Profiles
A summer vacation and the birth of a child should create happy memories, but for Trevor Krapf and Jennifer Wu, the reality of being part-time and having tenuous healthcare turned both their experiences into financially tragic near misses.
Part-time Healthcare: CFT Locals in the Fight for What’s Morally Right
One year out from the historic passage of AB 190 (the state budget bill for that year), many CFT locals have been successful in securing full-time equivalent medical coverage for their part-time members, while others remain engaged in awakening the moral consciences of their admin and local boards of trustees to do the right thing.
One Tier Task Force Getting Down to Business
Since this past May, CFT’s One Tier task force has been in serious discussions to find solutions to the overuse and exploitation of part-time higher education faculty. This task force was created based on the resolution at the 2023 CFT Convention.
Summer 2023
Volume 34, Number 2
Fall 2022
Volume 34, Number 1
Local bargaining for part-time faculty healthcare ramps up
AFT resolution calls for national study of higher ed faculty
Banner year for legislative advocacy in Sacramento
Next week is Campus Equity Week!
May 2022, Special Edition
Volume 33, Number 3
PART-TIME FACULTY CONFERENCE REPORT
Part-time faculty power up for change!
CFT survey calls out crisis in healthcare for part-time faculty
Conference empowers through learning
Part-timers lobby legislators alongside full-time and student allies
Spring 2022
Volume 33, Number 2
What does losing healthcare look like for part-time faculty in our community colleges?, Part 1
What does losing healthcare look like for part-time faculty in our community colleges?, Part 2
CFT’s red letter year for equity legislation
The pandemic, declining enrollment & unions
HELU Winter Summit hears from progressives
Fall 2021
Volume 33, Number 1
Locals negotiate vaccine stipends and retention of health benefits
CFT campaign sets sights on healthcare for part-time faculty
Governor vetoes increased workload cap bill AB 375
Borrowers denied loan forgiveness have one year to seek waiver, thanks to AFT legal victory
Spring 2021
Volume 32, Number 2
How Peralta won the first pay parity in California community colleges
Adjuncts and their unions fight on in the face of COVID
CFT seeks 85% adjunct teaching load, statewide path to pay parity
Healthcare, transferable training top adjunct priorities at CFT Convention
Fall 2020
Volume 32, Number 1
Peralta reaches 100 percent pay parity; locals win distance education support
Contingent faculty team up, pass national shared governance policy
Prop 15: It’s not just about closing corporate tax loopholes
Legislative gains and losses for adjuncts in a time of COVID
Spring 2020 – Coronavirus Issue
Volume 31, Number 2
Part-time faculty face travails of remote teaching
Adjunct faculty leaders organize to meet challenges of pandemic
Unemployment Insurance: Your COVID-19 guide to benefits
“An Army of Temps” — AFT’s call to action
Fall 2019
Volume 31, Number 1
Part-timer takes helm at State Center Federation
Archive 1999: State Senator Adam Schiff goes to the head of the class
Governor signs loan forgiveness bill, vetoes paid maternity leave
Campus Equity Week 2019
Spring 2019
Volume 30, Number 2
Delegates reaffirm support for part-time faculty participation in shared governance
AB 897: Raising the cap and reducing freeway flying
Student loan forgiveness: State legislation aims to help part-time faculty
Fall 2018
Volume 30, Number 1
Part-timers are still sticking with their union post-Janus
AFT resolution supports $7,000 per three-credit course for adjuncts
CFT resolution reiterates support for statewide health insurance for part-timers
Spring 2018
Volume 29, Number 1
Convention votes to raise part-time workload cap to 80 percent
Health benefits: The successes and challenges ahead
Membership drives in community colleges mean more adjunct power
Fall 2016
Volume 28, Number 1
FINAL PRINT ISSUE
Historic victory: New law brings reemployment rights for part-time faculty
Campus Equity Week can build adjunct-student solidarity
Falling enrollment, cancelled classes, and part-time faculty
Fall 2015-Winter 2016
Volume 27, Number 1
Do you know what to do during a campus emergency?
Part-time faculty join the union in record numbers
Will you be eligible for unemployment this summer?
Spring 2015
Volume 26, Number 2
Lessons learned: Wronged Peralta part-time instructors rehired
Paying for time but not for space: The need for a “room of one’s own” on campus
New CFT bills create minimum job security standards, strengthen the 75:25 regulation
Fall 2014
Volume 26, Number 1
Rehire rights: Long-time instructor describes pain of losing assignment, outpouring of faculty and student support
Join CFT campaign for office hours pay, full-time positions
CalSTRS offers more assistance with service credit reporting
Two new laws will benefit part-time faculty in California