AFT Bargaining Survey for Next Multiyear Contract

Our current contract expires June 30, 2022, and AFT plans to begin contract negotiations in early Spring 2022. In preparation for negotiations, we want to have an accurate grasp of faculty priorities. What new provisions could we negotiate that would be most important to SMCCCD faculty? Please share your perspective by taking this 5-minute survey.

We want to hear from you based on your own experience of working in our district. If it's helpful, you can also see our current contract by clicking here and the list of significant new provisions we won in our last round of contract negotiations by clicking here.

	Extremely important	Important	Somewhat important	Somewhat unimportant	Unimportant	N/A
Increase salaries	Increase salaries Extremely important	Increase salaries Important	Increase salaries Somewhat important	Increase salaries Somewhat unimportant	Increase salaries Unimportant	Increase salaries N/A
Increase the District’s contribution to medical benefits	Increase the District’s contribution to medical benefits Extremely important	Increase the District’s contribution to medical benefits Important	Increase the District’s contribution to medical benefits Somewhat important	Increase the District’s contribution to medical benefits Somewhat unimportant	Increase the District’s contribution to medical benefits Unimportant	Increase the District’s contribution to medical benefits N/A
Add paid maternity/paternity leave (distinct from sick leave)	Add paid maternity/paternity leave (distinct from sick leave) Extremely important	Add paid maternity/paternity leave (distinct from sick leave) Important	Add paid maternity/paternity leave (distinct from sick leave) Somewhat important	Add paid maternity/paternity leave (distinct from sick leave) Somewhat unimportant	Add paid maternity/paternity leave (distinct from sick leave) Unimportant	Add paid maternity/paternity leave (distinct from sick leave) N/A
Increase professional development funds (e.g. for sabbatical leaves, conference attendance, etc.)	Increase professional development funds (e.g. for sabbatical leaves, conference attendance, etc.) Extremely important	Increase professional development funds (e.g. for sabbatical leaves, conference attendance, etc.) Important	Increase professional development funds (e.g. for sabbatical leaves, conference attendance, etc.) Somewhat important	Increase professional development funds (e.g. for sabbatical leaves, conference attendance, etc.) Somewhat unimportant	Increase professional development funds (e.g. for sabbatical leaves, conference attendance, etc.) Unimportant	Increase professional development funds (e.g. for sabbatical leaves, conference attendance, etc.) N/A
Codify the procedures for assigning courses to FT faculty	Codify the procedures for assigning courses to FT faculty Extremely important	Codify the procedures for assigning courses to FT faculty Important	Codify the procedures for assigning courses to FT faculty Somewhat important	Codify the procedures for assigning courses to FT faculty Somewhat unimportant	Codify the procedures for assigning courses to FT faculty Unimportant	Codify the procedures for assigning courses to FT faculty N/A
Codify the procedures for canceling classes due to low enrollment	Codify the procedures for canceling classes due to low enrollment Extremely important	Codify the procedures for canceling classes due to low enrollment Important	Codify the procedures for canceling classes due to low enrollment Somewhat important	Codify the procedures for canceling classes due to low enrollment Somewhat unimportant	Codify the procedures for canceling classes due to low enrollment Unimportant	Codify the procedures for canceling classes due to low enrollment N/A
Add provisions for paying part-timers who have their courses canceled for low enrollment	Add provisions for paying part-timers who have their courses canceled for low enrollment Extremely important	Add provisions for paying part-timers who have their courses canceled for low enrollment Important	Add provisions for paying part-timers who have their courses canceled for low enrollment Somewhat important	Add provisions for paying part-timers who have their courses canceled for low enrollment Somewhat unimportant	Add provisions for paying part-timers who have their courses canceled for low enrollment Unimportant	Add provisions for paying part-timers who have their courses canceled for low enrollment N/A
Offer a healthcare stipend for part-timers whose appointment falls below the current threshold of 40%	Offer a healthcare stipend for part-timers whose appointment falls below the current threshold of 40% Extremely important	Offer a healthcare stipend for part-timers whose appointment falls below the current threshold of 40% Important	Offer a healthcare stipend for part-timers whose appointment falls below the current threshold of 40% Somewhat important	Offer a healthcare stipend for part-timers whose appointment falls below the current threshold of 40% Somewhat unimportant	Offer a healthcare stipend for part-timers whose appointment falls below the current threshold of 40% Unimportant	Offer a healthcare stipend for part-timers whose appointment falls below the current threshold of 40% N/A
Add an academic freedom clause to the contract	Add an academic freedom clause to the contract Extremely important	Add an academic freedom clause to the contract Important	Add an academic freedom clause to the contract Somewhat important	Add an academic freedom clause to the contract Somewhat unimportant	Add an academic freedom clause to the contract Unimportant	Add an academic freedom clause to the contract N/A
Add a section dealing with intellectual property rights	Add a section dealing with intellectual property rights Extremely important	Add a section dealing with intellectual property rights Important	Add a section dealing with intellectual property rights Somewhat important	Add a section dealing with intellectual property rights Somewhat unimportant	Add a section dealing with intellectual property rights Unimportant	Add a section dealing with intellectual property rights N/A
Add a permanent section dealing with distance education classes	Add a permanent section dealing with distance education classes Extremely important	Add a permanent section dealing with distance education classes Important	Add a permanent section dealing with distance education classes Somewhat important	Add a permanent section dealing with distance education classes Somewhat unimportant	Add a permanent section dealing with distance education classes Unimportant	Add a permanent section dealing with distance education classes N/A

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Important

Somewhat important

Somewhat unimportant

Unimportant

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Increase salaries

Increase salaries Extremely important

Increase salaries Important

Increase salaries Somewhat important

Increase salaries Somewhat unimportant

Increase salaries Unimportant

Increase salaries N/A

Increase the District’s contribution to medical benefits

Increase the District’s contribution to medical benefits Extremely important

Increase the District’s contribution to medical benefits Important

Increase the District’s contribution to medical benefits Somewhat important

Increase the District’s contribution to medical benefits Somewhat unimportant

Increase the District’s contribution to medical benefits Unimportant

Increase the District’s contribution to medical benefits N/A

Add paid maternity/paternity leave (distinct from sick leave)

Add paid maternity/paternity leave (distinct from sick leave) Extremely important

Add paid maternity/paternity leave (distinct from sick leave) Important

Add paid maternity/paternity leave (distinct from sick leave) Somewhat important

Add paid maternity/paternity leave (distinct from sick leave) Somewhat unimportant

Add paid maternity/paternity leave (distinct from sick leave) Unimportant

Add paid maternity/paternity leave (distinct from sick leave) N/A

Increase professional development funds (e.g. for sabbatical leaves, conference attendance, etc.)

Increase professional development funds (e.g. for sabbatical leaves, conference attendance, etc.) Extremely important

Increase professional development funds (e.g. for sabbatical leaves, conference attendance, etc.) Important

Increase professional development funds (e.g. for sabbatical leaves, conference attendance, etc.) Somewhat important

Increase professional development funds (e.g. for sabbatical leaves, conference attendance, etc.) Somewhat unimportant

Increase professional development funds (e.g. for sabbatical leaves, conference attendance, etc.) Unimportant

Increase professional development funds (e.g. for sabbatical leaves, conference attendance, etc.) N/A

Codify the procedures for assigning courses to FT faculty

Codify the procedures for assigning courses to FT faculty Extremely important

Codify the procedures for assigning courses to FT faculty Important

Codify the procedures for assigning courses to FT faculty Somewhat important

Codify the procedures for assigning courses to FT faculty Somewhat unimportant

Codify the procedures for assigning courses to FT faculty Unimportant

Codify the procedures for assigning courses to FT faculty N/A

Codify the procedures for canceling classes due to low enrollment

Codify the procedures for canceling classes due to low enrollment Extremely important

Codify the procedures for canceling classes due to low enrollment Important

Codify the procedures for canceling classes due to low enrollment Somewhat important

Codify the procedures for canceling classes due to low enrollment Somewhat unimportant

Codify the procedures for canceling classes due to low enrollment Unimportant

Codify the procedures for canceling classes due to low enrollment N/A

Add provisions for paying part-timers who have their courses canceled for low enrollment

Add provisions for paying part-timers who have their courses canceled for low enrollment Extremely important

Add provisions for paying part-timers who have their courses canceled for low enrollment Important

Add provisions for paying part-timers who have their courses canceled for low enrollment Somewhat important

Add provisions for paying part-timers who have their courses canceled for low enrollment Somewhat unimportant

Add provisions for paying part-timers who have their courses canceled for low enrollment Unimportant

Add provisions for paying part-timers who have their courses canceled for low enrollment N/A

Offer a healthcare stipend for part-timers whose appointment falls below the current threshold of 40%

Offer a healthcare stipend for part-timers whose appointment falls below the current threshold of 40% Extremely important

Offer a healthcare stipend for part-timers whose appointment falls below the current threshold of 40% Important

Offer a healthcare stipend for part-timers whose appointment falls below the current threshold of 40% Somewhat important

Offer a healthcare stipend for part-timers whose appointment falls below the current threshold of 40% Somewhat unimportant

Offer a healthcare stipend for part-timers whose appointment falls below the current threshold of 40% Unimportant

Offer a healthcare stipend for part-timers whose appointment falls below the current threshold of 40% N/A

Add an academic freedom clause to the contract

Add an academic freedom clause to the contract Extremely important

Add an academic freedom clause to the contract Important

Add an academic freedom clause to the contract Somewhat important

Add an academic freedom clause to the contract Somewhat unimportant

Add an academic freedom clause to the contract Unimportant

Add an academic freedom clause to the contract N/A

Add a section dealing with intellectual property rights

Add a section dealing with intellectual property rights Extremely important

Add a section dealing with intellectual property rights Important

Add a section dealing with intellectual property rights Somewhat important

Add a section dealing with intellectual property rights Somewhat unimportant

Add a section dealing with intellectual property rights Unimportant

Add a section dealing with intellectual property rights N/A

Add a permanent section dealing with distance education classes

Add a permanent section dealing with distance education classes Extremely important

Add a permanent section dealing with distance education classes Important

Add a permanent section dealing with distance education classes Somewhat important

Add a permanent section dealing with distance education classes Somewhat unimportant

Add a permanent section dealing with distance education classes Unimportant

Add a permanent section dealing with distance education classes N/A

AFT Bargaining Survey for Next Multiyear Contract

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* 1. Are you full-time or part-time?

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* 2. What is your primary role?

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* 3. What College do you work at? Select all that apply.

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* 4. Please rate each of the following areas based on its importance to you:

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* 5. If the District offers a total compensation package, which should the union prioritize?

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