The MSACFA Forum for Board of Trustee Area 2 is tomorrow at 4 PM in 28A-103. Come help us decide which candidate to support!

Thanks to Prof. Tom Edson for sending me this link -- while Mark Janus may not wish to be supported by his union, his union has certainly worked to support him. labornotes.org/2018/05/i-work…

Negotiations finally over for this year -- sort of. 2.71% pay increase, a few nice benefits for adjuncts, but medical benefits and any one-time payments have been postponed to January.

The MSAC-FA website is updated (except for agendas and minutes, which I'll get to soon). Check it out at msac-fa.org!

Free coffee for faculty 9-11 AM today and tomorrow at the Prime Stop!

It's happy hour and our VP is buying. Cocktails with the FA VP are today from 5 - 7 PM at Chili's in Diamond Bar!

Yosemite CCD has authorized a strike vote! uniondemocrat.com/localnews/6550…

The FA needs people who live in or near Covina to canvass for Ruth Luevand! We will be going door to door from 10 - 2 on the 13th and the 27th. Contact Joan Sholars at [email protected] if you can help elect Ruth!

As a reminder, CTA is strongly supporting Tony Thurmond for Superintendent of Public Instruction. This position oversees county offices of education, which oversee fiscal aspects of most local community colleges. Vote for Tony!

The FA award applications are now available on the FA's website, msac-fa.org in the "Documents" section. Please encourage your top Mt. SAC students to apply!

The current version of the FA contract is now on our website! (msac-fa.org) Paper copies should be available in a couple of weeks.

It's not looking good for Oakland teachers. Let's hope their district settles soon.

Come have coffee in Founders Hall until 11:30 today! I will also be at Common Grounds between 1:30 and 2:30 if you would like me to buy you a coffee there!

Your leaders are learning at the CTA Region 3 Leadership Conference. Do you want to learn about what we do? Ask Pres. Joan Sholars about attending a CCA conference in February or April.

There is a STRS workshop for newer faculty (1st 5 years) at Chaffey College on 19 January. See ccfa.us/docs/flyers/MR… for more information. This same workshop will be at Mt. SAC on 9 March. See the calendar at pod.mtsac.edu .

Oops. The workshop at Mt. SAC mentioned in the last post is on 23 March.

The proposed State budget includes 2.51% for COLA but no new money for STRS contributions. A new online college is proposed as is a move away from FTES funding. These are aggressive changes to our structure.

Why does the Janus case exist? Here is an interesting article that explains the powers behind Mark Janus: inthesetimes.com/features/janus…

Here is another article about the Janus case: slate.com/news-and-polit…

Don't forget about Coffee with the FA President this Wednesday and Thursday at the Prime Stop. Free coffee for faculty between 9-11 if you stop by and see me!