California

For Second Time, California Gov. Vetoes Bill to Make PT Faculty Eligible for Health Care

by Thomas Peele For the second consecutive year, Gov. Gavin Newsom has rejected a bill that would have made more community college part-time professors eligible for health insurance by upping the number of classes they can teach in a semester, citing cost. Assembly Bill 1856,...

California’s Legislature Classifies State’s Adjuncts as Exempt Professionals—Here’s What That Means

Over the past several years, California colleges and universities have chosen to settle faculty overtime violation lawsuits filed by a California law firm. Last year, Stanford University settled for nearly.

How California's "Part-Time Faculty Job Security" Bill Will Hurt PTers

by P.D. Lesko California State Senate Bill 1379. Where do I even begin? SB-1379 was sold to California adjunct faculty as the so-called Part-Time Faculty Job Security Bill. However, the legislation on.

After Providing Paid Health Benefits for 31 Years, College Asks 1,000 PTers To Give Them Up

by Nanette Asimov A raucous rally staged by hundreds of faculty at City College of San Francisco could easily have been mistaken for a run-of-the-mill labor protest, drawing cheers and horn-honking from passing motorists along Ocean Avenue. But the upbeat demonstration, featuring a nine-piece band with horns and...

California Dreamin'

For the past week, I have been on holiday with my family in California. Family from Italy is visiting, and we all decided to take a trip to California together..

Letters to the Editor

A Tale of Gluttony and Greed in California I was so angry and frustrated after I read the May/June 2004 cover story that I could have spit nails. Millions and.

Parity of Partiality in California? Only Time Will Tell

by Pamela Dillon IN ITS 1998 report, “Marching Toward Equity,” the American Federation of Teachers documented that part-time college faculty accounted for 42.6 percent of the total number of college faculty in America. Furthermore, 72 percent of part-timers were paid less than $3,000 per course, and a typical part-timer teaching four...

California Part-Timers Picket Chancellor’s Office

by Pamela Weiger WHILE IT MAY ONLY be part of their reason for teaching, pay has become a major issue for part-time instructors at California’s community colleges. The compensation issue turned.

California Part-Timers Picket Chancellor's Office