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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.
1.Are you full-time or part-time?(Required.)
2.What is your primary role?
3.What College do you work at? Select all that apply.
4.Please rate each of the following areas based on its importance to you:
Extremely important
Important
Somewhat important
Somewhat unimportant
Unimportant
N/A
Increase salaries
Increase the District’s contribution to medical benefits
Add paid maternity/paternity leave (distinct from sick leave)
Increase professional development funds (e.g. for sabbatical leaves, conference attendance, etc.)
Codify the procedures for assigning courses to FT faculty
Codify the procedures for canceling classes due to low enrollment
Add provisions for paying part-timers who have their courses canceled for low enrollment
Offer a healthcare stipend for part-timers whose appointment falls below the current threshold of 40%
Add an academic freedom clause to the contract
Add a section dealing with intellectual property rights
Add a permanent section dealing with distance education classes
5.If the District offers a total compensation package, which should the union prioritize?
6.Our entire contract will be open in the next round of negotiations, so any issue related to working conditions can be an appropriate subject for discussion. We encourage you to read our contract and think about your work. Are the issues that are important to you properly addressed in the contract? Have there been changes in your work in the last few years that the contract does not address?

See our complete contract at this link.

Please use this space to give us any ideas or comments you might have regarding our contract: