What Has the Union Done For You Lately?

By Barabara Hanfling, AFT 6157 Executive Director

Full Time Temporary Faculty-Education Code Rights Enforced

Over the past 8 years, the Union has strongly advocated for filling essential vacant positions on a temporary basis with what is called: “Full Time Temporary Faculty”. We also have encouraged the Colleges to create categorically funded positions when there is grant money that is ongoing for a number of years, such as the HSI (Hispanic Serving Institutions) Project and METAS program which will enable faculty to be hired on a temporary basis, but with most of the benefits of the contract such as: benefits, sick leave, movement on the salary schedule etc.

Often times these full time temporary or categorical faculty then immediately get hired into the full time position which become vacant. If a full time temporary or categorical faculty member gets hired in the next consecutive year, the Education Code allows the District to count their previous consecutive year as the first year of their tenure track process.

A few years ago the District and the Union agreed to ensure this Education Code was implemented which lead to moving at least 3 faculty at EVC up one year on their tenured track process. The implementation of this Education Code section makes it even more important that all faculty get evaluated in their first year of hire. Many of our bright and shining new faculty get hired as full time temporary and then permanent tenured track and the Union is pleased to be able to enforce the Education and benefit our faculty in many ways.