To City College Trustee Tom Temprano and the Board of Trustees
To City College Trustee Tom Temprano and the Board of Trustees
May 12, 2021
CCSF students and the community were peacefully protesting to protect their education and faculty when they were surrounded by police at Tom Temprano’s house. Despite the clear effort to intimidate them, the students did not back down. A CCSF student holds a sign that says “Abolish SFPD! Not CCSF! Stop the 600 layoffs!” – Photo: Glenn Mercado
by Alexis Yonan, Gracie Quinn and Eira Kien of CCSF Collective
Last night, on May 10, the Board of Trustees unanimously voted to accept American Federation of Teachers – AFT2121’s – bargaining agreement, effectively preventing all 600 plus layoffs of part-time and full-time faculty. This is a victory with a cost: Our faculty is forced into yearlong 4-11 percent salary concessions, the continuous trend of downsizing through fewer FTEF (full time equivalent faculty) – from 575 FTEF in the
City College of San Francisco instructors accept pay cuts to save classes, jobs
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Students descend the staircase leading from Science Hall at City College of San Francisco’s Ocean Campus before the pandemic last year. On Monday, faculty member
s agreed to pay cuts to save hundreds of instructors from being laid off and their classes from being eliminated.Jessica Christian/The Chronicle 2020
City College of San Francisco faculty members have agreed to pay cuts averaging 9% next year to save hundreds of instructors from being laid off and their classes from being eliminated.
The one-year contract, ratified by 82% of faculty members voting, will preserve most of the roughly 600 classes that the college had planned to eliminate next academic year as a result of laying off instructors. The prospect of such a loss prompted months of protests by students and faculty in person and online.
City College of S.F. avoids deep cuts for now, but long-term future is cloudy
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A rally outside Mission High School last week protests proposed cuts to City College of San Francisco.Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Student protesters call out trustees of City College of San Francisco, who authorized sending pink slips to more than 600 full- and part-time instructors to help close a $35 million shortfall.Tenaya LaforeShow MoreShow Less
City College of San Francisco and its faculty union headed off drastic layoffs and class cuts for at least a year over the weekend, after marathon negotiations meant to stave off the largest downsizing in the school’s history.