A large empirical study by economists at Columbia and Princeton, tracking millions of workers over decades, found that unionized workers typically earned 10 percent to 20 percent more than similar workers.  Early in Barack Obama’s recent Netflix documentary series about American jobs, viewers meet a housekeeper at the Pierre Hotel in New York named Elba. She spends

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Spring 2023 negotiations have ended, Tentative Agreements (TA’s) have been signed, and soon we will be asking members to ratify the agreements by voting. We will be holding membership meetings next week to discuss these agreements. All members are encouraged to zoom in: Monday, June 12, 3:00 pm Tuesday, June 13, 10:00 am Tuesday, June

Dear Fellow Faculty, This is important!!! Article 51.2 A/B paragraph-5 states that faculty with DE* assignments may conduct those assignments in a location remote from the primary worksite. This has been a part of our contract for 17 years! But now the administration is demanding that all counseling faculty perform 100% of their work from

Speak from the heart and tell your story! Over the last few weeks, many faculty have expressed their frustration with the District’s proposals put across the table during negotiations. So many have said how demoralizing it is to work intensely during a global pandemic, keeping the college and students afloat, only to realize that the

Starting at the end of this semester, there will be two faculty vacancies on the WVC Conference Leave Committee. Both Bickie Choy and Michelle Francis will be stepping down from the committee. We thank them for their outstanding and valuable service and now it is time to recruit others to fill those spots.  Please consider this

John M. Sobrato, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees Santa Clara University 500 El Camino Real Santa Clara, CA 95053 Dear Mr. Sobrato, The West Valley Mission Federation of Teachers (WVMFT) Executive Board wishes to express our support for the non-tenure track faculty at Santa Clara University (SCU) who have been organizing with SEIU in

The Faculty Union Contract states that “Anonymous letters or materials, excluding student survey data, will not be used in the [appraisal] process.” WVMFT has learned that Form F – Reassigned Time Faculty Appraisal Peer Survey does not have a place on the form for the respondents to identify themselves.  Any information provided on Form F that does

The Elections Committee is pleased to announce a call for nominations of candidates for Officers and College Representatives for our upcoming Executive Board Elections in April 2021. The Executive Board positions are: President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer and four Representatives, two from each college, one each for part-time and full-time faculty. Informational for the

We have put together a faculty survey because we would like everyone’s opinions about returning to campus next Fall. Please take a minute to complete this short survey by clicking here. Thank you in advance for your input!