PFT hopes that your summer\u2019s off to a good start and that\u2014whether you\u2019re working, vacationing, or maybe doing a little of both\u2014you\u2019re managing to recharge the batteries between the long semesters. We\u2019re sending out this brief communiqu\u00e9 to call faculty attention to a few items of interest:<\/p>\n
*The district has begun issuing checks for the 3% retroactive pay raise PFT negotiated in the spring. Full-timers should have received checks\/paystubs for their 2014-15 retro pay at the end of June, and the district has assured PFT that it would have retro checks to part-timers by summer\u2019s end. An additional overall raise of 3% will appear on checks in 2015-16\u2014that is, in the coming year faculty will see an improvement of more than 6% in their pay relative to 2014-15. The first contract paycheck of 15-16 comes at the end of August; the first part-time check is at the end of September.<\/p>\n
*Checks for parity pay, a state effort to bring part-time wages closer to full-time wages, also went out at the end of June. PFT fought successfully for the restoration of parity pay in 2011 after a district effort to withhold it.<\/p>\n
*Faculty serving on faculty hiring committees this summer may be eligible to receive a $500 stipend for their work, thanks to an agreement negotiated by PFT. Details are available on the PFT website.<\/p>\n
*PFT is pleased to announce that Ed Jaramillo, late of the CoA Auto Tech Department, has begun his term as president of the faculty union. Ed brings decades of experience to the job, and he looks forward to getting to know faculty around the district. PFT is also happy to welcome Peralta\u2019s new chancellor, Jowel Laguerre, who, like President Jaramillo, moved into his new office on July 1.<\/p>\n
*A pair of sunglasses and a water bottle were left at PFT\u2019s May contract-ratification meeting at Laney. Please contact the office at 510.763.8820 if you think they may be yours.<\/p>\n
The union\u2019s regular publications\u2014the e-Communiqu\u00e9, PCCD Board Watch, and the Peralta Teacher\u2014will return in fall. Until then, follow PFT on Twitter at @PFT1603, and like us on Facebook, too.<\/p>\n
Have a nice summer!<\/p>\n
Ed Jaramillo<\/p>\n
President, Peralta Federation of Teachers AFT Local 1603<\/p>\n
500 E. Eight St., Suite B<\/p>\n
Oakland CA 94606-2825<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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