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Dear Peralta Community,Every second and fourth Tuesday, the Peralta Federation of Teachers will send out a few quick thoughts on issues, events, and ideas relevant to the union and the broader Peralta community. Welcome to our first e-communiqu\u00e9!<\/p>\n

*At a Sep. 14 meeting, the PFT and the district agreed to pursue a contract extension. In this tough economic environment, an extension would have big upside: our salaries and benefits\u2014including adjuncts\u2019 50-50 plan and office-hour compensation\u2014would be locked in through June 2011. To secure a deal, we\u2019ll likely have to give up 2010-11 sabbaticals, a sacrifice that, while painful, would affect few people and wouldn\u2019t require more general givebacks. By agreeing to a freeze on sabbaticals in advance, we\u2019d spare faculty the frustration of applying for positions only to see them disappear once the paperwork\u2019s in.<\/p>\n

*After many years of outstanding leadership from CoA\u2019s Helene Maxwell, the PFT\u2019s political action committee has a new executive team. Matthew Goldstein, Laney College, has assumed chair duties, while Patricia Dudley, CoA, and Janell Hampton, Laney, will take over treasurer and secretary responsibilities, respectively. Goldstein, Dudley, and Hampton look forward to increasing membership and to continuing the PAC\u2019s proud tradition of supporting candidates and issues that advance the interests of Peralta faculty and students.<\/p>\n

*More than 100 people attended the PFT\u2019s Sep. 9 PFT general membership meeting. The district had a chance to present its view of the budget situation, and spent a good portion of its time stressing \u201cproductivity.\u201d (An article setting out PFT concerns about the district\u2019s insistence on using a standard borrowed from industry will appear in the next Peralta Teacher.) Also addressing the membership Sep. 9: CFT President Marty Hittelman, who spoke about the 250,000 Californians who will lose access to college on account of budget cuts, and Scott Lucas, a staffer from Assemblyman Sandr\u00e9 Swanson\u2019s office, who offered tips on effective participation in the legislative process.<\/p>\n

*The PFT continues to work with the district on fee-based and contract education. To reiterate: we regard all terms-of-employment issues related to fee-based education as negotiable, and we intend to keep all teachers on our established salary schedules.<\/p>\n

*Congratulations to Jessica Jones, daughter of Laney Culinary Arts instructor David Jones, a 2009 winner of the AFT\u2019s 18th annual Union Plus Scholarship Award for AFT members and their families. Now a freshman music student at UCLA, Jessica cited the importance of labor in her own family and education in her scholarship application letter. Nice job, Jessica!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In unity,<\/div>\n
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Debby Weintraub, President<\/div>\n
Peralta Federation of Teachers<\/div>\n
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For more about the PFT\u2014contract information, contacts, downloadable forms, updates, etc.\u2014visit pft1603.org or write PFT1603info@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Peralta Community,Every second and fourth Tuesday, the Peralta Federation of Teachers will send out a few quick thoughts on issues, events, and ideas relevant to the union and the broader Peralta community. Welcome to our first e-communiqu\u00e9! *At a Sep. 14 meeting, the PFT and the district agreed to pursue a contract extension. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-33","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pft1603.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pft1603.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pft1603.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pft1603.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pft1603.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pft1603.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34,"href":"https:\/\/pft1603.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pft1603.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}