{"id":65,"date":"2013-04-19T20:26:24","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T20:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pft1603.org\/?page_id=65"},"modified":"2013-04-19T20:26:24","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T20:26:24","slug":"e-communique-vol-ii-no-01","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pft1603.org\/?page_id=65","title":{"rendered":"e-Communique Vol. II, No. 01"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dear Peralta Community,<\/div>\n
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Welcome to the first second Tuesday of the 2010-11 academic year and\u00a0PFT\u2019s leadoff e-Communiqu\u00e9. Email\u00a0PFT Communications Director Matthew Goldstein (mgoldstein@peralta.edu) with events, items, etc., you\u2019d like to see in this space.<\/div>\n
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*The Peralta Board of Trustees convenes tonight at 6:30 at 333 E. Eighth St. in the district boardroom for an unusual half-hour meeting. Trustees are set to vote on expanding the Chancellor Selection Committee from 11 to 13 members, a change that would violate Board Policy 1.20<\/a>. The board is cutting short its public meeting to hold a \u201cBoard of Trustee Special Training Workshop\u201d on how to respond to last summer\u2019s highly critical accreditation report, which recommended trustees \u201cadhere to their appropriate roles\u201d and undergo \u201congoing and annual training . . . on roles and functions as it relates [sic] to District policy and operations.\u201d\u00a0SEIU and the DAS have joined\u00a0PFT in asking the board to reconsider the item on the Chancellor Selection Committee.<\/div>\n
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*As reported over the summer,\u00a0PFT won its dispute with the district over parity pay. Eligible faculty should now be getting their checks\u2014smaller, sadly, than some may have expected. The cut came from the state, not the district: Peralta, pushed by\u00a0PFT to honor our contract, passed along parity money directly; the district got half its 2009 amount, and this year’s distributions are likewise 50% lighter.<\/div>\n
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*Last week the district rejected a straightforward\u2014and virtually cost-free\u2014PFT proposal to start SDI deductions, disability insurance payments part-time faculty overwhelmingly voted for last spring. The district has put up several arcane roadblocks to completing the simple agreement. As a result, nothing\u2019s likely to get done before spring 2011.\u00a0PFT is pushing for a swift resolution.<\/div>\n
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*Part-timers wanting to take advantage of the district healthcare plan need to enroll by Fri., Sep. 17, to be eligible for 2010-11 coverage. If you have not received the forms by mail, download them at http:\/\/www.peralta.pswbenefits.net\/<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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*PFT\u2019s political action committee (PAC) endorsed Linda Handy, Area 3, and Bill Riley, Area 5, in the fall\u00a0PCCD board elections after the two incumbents agreed to keep supporting current faculty benefit packages. President Abel Guill\u00e9n, unanimously endorsed by\u00a0PFT PAC in spring, is running unopposed and won\u2019t appear on the Nov. 2 ballot.\u00a0PFT PAC looks forward to strengthening its relationships with the trustees, and will push them hard in the months and years ahead to get the district back on track (see the first item, above).<\/div>\n
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*Meetings focusing on part-time issues are set for 12-1 p.m. on three consecutive Wednesdays: Sep. 15 at\u00a0CoA in C 210; Sep. 22 at BCC in 451A; and Sep. 29 at Merritt in R 127. Contact\u00a0PFT part-time rep Cynthia\u00a0Mahabir at\u00a0cmlaney2003@yahoo.com for more information.<\/div>\n
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In unity,<\/div>\n
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Debby Weintraub, President<\/div>\n
Peralta Federation of Teachers, AFT Local 1603<\/div>\n
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For more about the PFT\u2014contract information, contacts, downloadable forms, updates, etc.\u2014visit\u00a0pft1603.org or write PFT1603info@gmail.com.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear Peralta Community, Welcome to the first second Tuesday of the 2010-11 academic year and\u00a0PFT\u2019s leadoff e-Communiqu\u00e9. Email\u00a0PFT Communications Director Matthew Goldstein (mgoldstein@peralta.edu) with events, items, etc., you\u2019d like to see in this space. *The Peralta Board of Trustees convenes tonight at 6:30 at 333 E. Eighth St. in the district boardroom for an unusual […]<\/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-65","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pft1603.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65","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=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pft1603.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66,"href":"https:\/\/pft1603.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65\/revisions\/66"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pft1603.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}