WVMFT and the District negotiated additional payments for faculty with Spring 2020 assignments. All faculty with a Spring 2020 assignment will receive a $700 one-time payment. Faculty with Spring 2020 assignments who completed or provided training related to distance education modalities will also receive $150.  The exact agreement can be found in the MOU (Memorandum

Memorandum of Understanding Between West Valley-Mission Community College District and West Valley-Mission Federation of Teachers (WVMFT), AFT 6554 Regarding the Effects of COVID-19 May 29, 2020 This MOU is made by and between the West Valley-Mission Community College District (“District”) and the West Valley-Mission Federation of Teachers, AFT Local 6554 (“WVMFT”), referred to collectively as

What a semester this has been! Your efforts to get through this semester while shepherding your students to learn and thrive is nothing short of heroic. Teachers all across the country are the hidden heroes during this crisis. If we have learned a few things through this ordeal it is how essential public education is to our economic

If you are an associate faculty member and you do not have an assignment between terms, you are eligible for Unemployment Insurance (UI). UI is not retroactive, so it is important to apply as soon as possible, i.e. the last day of the term. Due the Federal CARES Act, the normal cap on benefits of

On behalf of WVMFT’s entire membership, we’d like to thank those amazing faculty who zoomed-in and spoke up at the Board of Trustees meeting this past Tuesday evening. Faculty spoke from the heart, told their personal stories, and together we made headway at bringing the District back to the bargaining table to negotiate the impact

Two weeks ago, on May 5th, many of you showed up to explain to the Board of Trustees just how difficult and time consuming it has been to convert your teaching assignment to fully online. We thought the Trustees were listening and cared. The Chancellor even stated at that very meeting that the District Team