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Winning My Seniority Rehire Rights (SRP)

By Jeffrey Mancilla, Adjunct Language Arts Instructor, SJCC

 

I want to thank the Union for helping me secure SRP for fall 2009. After having completed my third consecutive semester of 5.5 units in the spring of 2009, I assumed that I would be in the rotation for fall 2009. To my surprise, I was not. Since I could not get an answer from my Division as to why I was not being offered a class in the fall, I emailed Barbara Hanfling, Executive Director of San Jose/Evergreen Faculty Association, AFT 6157. She went right to work on this matter.

 

Barbara was told by my division that I would not secure SPR until the end of the fall semester. Barbara, in turn, stated to my Division that I was already considered to have SRP for fall 2009 and needed to be in the rotation for that term. Shortly after, I was offered a class for fall 2009 which I accepted. Without the Union’s help, I would have never been offered a class. I want to thank the Union and Barbara for their help on this matter.