AFT 1521 in Los Angeles secures major healthcare settlement
Earlier today dozens of leaders and members from AFT Local 1521, the Los Angeles College Faculty Guild, were joined by officials from their college to announce a breakthrough agreement that secures affordable healthcare for over 1,500 part-time faculty at the LACCD.
The agreement was achieved by thousands of CFT members across California, including members of the LA College Faculty Guild, uniting and mobilizing for part-time faculty healthcare and securing $200 million in ongoing funding in the state budget last year.
Under the signed agreement, all adjunct faculty currently working at least 33% of a full-time faculty workload will be eligible to receive the same medical and district premium contribution as full-time faculty. To date this is the largest healthcare settlement for adjunct faculty in California community colleges.
The LA College Guild agreement represents the ninth healthcare agreement in the state following our victory in the state budget, with organizing and progress accelerating in multiple other districts. That includes AFT 6157 in San Jose and Adjunct Faculty United, each of whom rallied this week.
Fantastic work everyone! Keep up the great organizing!
45th AFT PSRP conference now underway in Baltimore
Classified professionals from across the country are gathering this weekend in Baltimore, MD for the 45th PSRP Conference. The conference is an opportunity for classified leaders and rank-and-file activists to celebrate classified union victories and to build the union for future challenges.
CFT Council of Classified Employees President Carl Williams (pictured above left) also serves as the PSRP Program and Policy Council Co-Chair and helped put together the program for the conference.
