Informed and experienced leadership whose sole goal is to fight for equitable working conditions, a fair contract, and protect the rights of faculty!
Local, informed, and expert negotiations and contract enforcement.
24/7 expert grievance representation with dedicated faculty that know the local politics and administrators to get the best result for our full time and part time faculty.
Transparent and democratic Executive Board elections open to Full Time and Part Time faculty.
A designated Full-Time and designated Part-Time Executive Board position.
Regular meetings with divisions and departments on campus.
Union solidarity across California with other California community college independent unions.
Low dues in Fall and Spring semesters only, with all dues money going to directly support faculty needs at Pasadena City College.
Strong, on-site representation during the grievance process.
Comparably low dues that stay with our organization to fund our faculty needs.
A legal fund that supports faculty and organization needs and local-issues advocacy.
Intimate knowledge of local labor issues for strong representation in contract negotiations.
Fair and transparent elections with non-board-member witness to election results.
In the last 9 years the FA has successfully negotiated a cumulative pay increase of over 29% for Part Time Faculty.
In the last 9 years the FA has successfully negotiated a pay increase of approximately 25% for full time faculty.
Successfully litigated PERB case reinstating (2015) the return of Winter Intersession with approximately $1.5 Million dollar settlement for faculty.
Maintained full health care benefits for full time faculty.
Successfully negotiated Article 18 (Part Time Rehire Rights) into the contract.
Successfully negotiated for Part Timer Paid Office Hours.
Successfully endorsed four (4) Board of Trustees candidates who won their respective elections.
COVID Pay & COVID Safety Gains.
Successfully negotiated a pay increase of over 29% for Part Time faculty over the last 9 years.
Proposed and successfully negotiated new protections for part-timers in Article 18 which affirms Part-Timer rehire rights through the priority rehire list.
Proposed and successfully negotiated paid office hours for part time faculty.
Compensation for ancillary work (SLO Assessment Coordinator, Curriculum Development and C&I revisions).
Our union provides immediate access to on-site grievance representation
Our grievance officers are PCC faculty who know this campus – we are familiar with PCC Deans and administrators, have experience navigating the College’s specific departments and resources, and we know the PCC faculty contract inside and out
We provide support to faculty facing issues that are not strictly contractual in nature but that are distressing nonetheless.
Successfully negotiated:
Paid DE Training during COVID
Stipend for COVID Vaccine and Booster for all faculty
Compensation for Weekly COVID Testing for all faculty
Masking policies, safe and sanitized work stations, and PPE
50% Cap room capacity for working spaces
Remote office hours and meetings
Compensation for conversion due to work-load increase for all faculty
Required social distancing for non-instructional faculty work spaces
Compensated Self-paced I and II training for Distance Education during COVID
Increased percentage for Distance Education instruction opportunities.
Online office hours.
Negotiated Self-Evaluation Rubric Process for Distance Education evaluation during remote transition.
Faculty support for navigating the DE Certification equivalency process.
Stipends for campus-wide DE Coaches.
Successfully negotiated paid DE Certification Training for all faculty.
6% pay increase for 2022-2023 and another 6% pay increase for the current 2023-2024 year.
One-time payment of $3000 for full time faculty and $1500 per semester for part-time faculty for the 2022-23 year.
80% of office hours online for Full-Time and 100% of office hours online for Part-Time regardless of the teaching modality.
Part-Time Health Care Benefits Opportunity for PT faculty assigned 40% of a Full Time load with the district covering 80% of the cost.
PT Faculty eligibility for a composite Dental and Vision plan.
Additional 8 steps to the PT Non-Credit Faculty Pay Schedule.
