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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif">AFA,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif">You are asking the membership to approve an approximate 24% increase on our union dues to join FACCC. Your email states this is what we will receive:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif">By joining FACCC as a Contract Member, AFA will receive<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif">• guaranteed representation on the FACCC Board in Sacramento;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif">• direct advocacy at the state level, including support for AFA visits with our local State Legislators;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif">• increased power in addressing local political issues and will receive research support for negotiations;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif">• greater access to FACCCs high-quality professional development opportunities, including an annual event at Santa Rosa Junior College to support AFA members’ interests.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif">I am a strong supporter of AFA and proud union member. This cost increase does not sit well with me and I strongly do not support this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif">Our strength is being the local union dealing with local issues here at SRJC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif">I will encourage my colleagues to vote no on this referendum.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif">In solidarity (except on this issue),<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times",serif">-Bill<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D">1501 Mendocino Ave | Santa Rosa, CA | 95401<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> GU.All.Faculty.Association <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 30, 2024 5:48 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> McCracken, Bill <wmccracken@santarosa.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: *Reminder* AFA Message to Members: FACCC Town Hall (online) & Referendum<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Bill, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">FACCC Contract Membership, is distinct from AFA membership. Currently, many AFA members are also FACCC members, but this is a choice that is independent of their membership in AFA. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All AFA members pay .74% (.0074) of their gross pay. You can find your current AFA dues and your year-to-date dues on your paystub each month. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The total cost for FACCC dues for contract faculty will be $189 annually (10 monthly installments of $18.90), should this referendum be passed by the membership. That cost would be in addition to members’ current AFA dues, though it would
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<p class="MsoNormal">But to be clear, should the referendum pass, all AFA members would become FACCC members. Those who are presently FACCC members would receive a discount on their current FACCC dues, while those who are not currently FACCC members would be
granted this discounted rate for their FACCC dues. Upon analysis of union dues across the state system, the combined costs for both AFA and FACCC would remain highly competitive with other district bargaining agents. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This vote would have no impact on AFA dues (which will remain .74% of gross pay for all members).<o:p></o:p></p>
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-- AFA is working for you. The strength of faculty working together.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Jan 30, 2024, at 5:31 PM, McCracken, Bill <<a href="mailto:wmccracken@santarosa.edu">wmccracken@santarosa.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We will be charged $189 per year under the new contract. What do we pay per year now with AFA?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-Bill<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> GU.All.Faculty.Association <<a href="mailto:guser31@santarosa.edu">guser31@santarosa.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 30, 2024 4:40:59 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> *Reminder* AFA Message to Members: FACCC Town Hall (online) & Referendum
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<p class="xxxdefault"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">On October 25, 2023, the All Faculty Association Executive Council (AFA EC) voted unanimously to present a referendum to the AFA Membership, recommending that AFA join the
Faculty Association of California Community Colleges (FACCC) as a Contract Member organization.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxxmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Please participate in our upcoming referendum, opening on February 2, 2024 and closing on February 12 at 5:00pm. </span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Ballots
will be delivered to your SRJC Outlook email.<b> </b>Only members of AFA will receive a ballot. </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxxmsonormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Please join AFA and FACCC leaders on Thursday, February 1 at 3:00pm, for a Zoom Town Hall discussion on the referendum </span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">(</span><a href="https://santarosa-edu.zoom.us/j/82729724122">https://santarosa-edu.zoom.us/j/82729724122</a>).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxxdefault"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">What question is being posed in this referendum?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxxdefault" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#091D31">Should AFA become a <b>Contract Member</b> of FACCC?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxxdefault"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Who is FACCC?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxxdefault" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">The Faculty Association of California Community Colleges (FACCC) is a <b><i>“professional faculty membership organization that advocates solely
for all community college faculty”</i></b> <span style="color:#091D31">(</span><a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.faccc.org%2fthe-history-of-faccc&c=E,1,GI25XOGmCQbiRfF9FPHpnGmoDTYNmymYLhc2c9q326E6ok6Gi7QwkYXgbuvsUCAklIH1wz2fDZj_VD-saScnKxQsqxALST48mWPR1zeFd4rkGkzehUuxOci_yy_Z&typo=1">https://www.faccc.org/the-history-of-faccc</a><span style="color:#091D31"> ).</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxxdefault"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#091D31">What are the Benefits of joining the FACCC as a Contract Member?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxxdefault" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#091D31">By joining FACCC as a Contract Member, AFA will receive</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">guaranteed representation</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> on the FACCC Board in Sacramento;</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">direct advocacy</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> at the state level, including support for AFA visits with our local State Legislators;</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">increased power</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> in addressing local political issues and will receive research support for negotiations;</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">greater access to FACCCs high-quality <b>professional development</b> opportunities, including an annual event at Santa Rosa Junior College to support AFA members’ interests. </span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">AFA will be joining with community college faculty unions across the state who are working with FACCC to enhance their state-level advocacy. FACCC has a proven record of
improving conditions for faculty and students across the state (e.g., by advocating for increased funding, academic freedom, and retirement benefits). By becoming a FACCC Contract Member, we will join with thousands of CCC faculty members across the state
to fight for our students by securing much needed resources and support for faculty.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxxdefault"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#091D31">What’s in the Contract?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxxdefault" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#091D31">The AFA EC and FACCC have collaborated on the attached contract, which is straight-forward and speci</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">fi<span style="color:#091D31">cally
tailored to the needs of the AFA. Accordingly, if the subject referendum passes, then this agreement will be executed, thereby making AFA a Contract Member of FACCC.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxxdefault"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#091D31">How have members been informed?</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxxdefault" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#091D31">The AFA EC (along with the FACCC President and the FACCC Executive Director) hosted numerous discussions in open session over the
Fall 2023 semester and hosted a Town Hall discussion on September 14, 2023. In order to ensure all AFA members have an opportunity to be informed about the referendum, AFA EC will be hosting an additional Town Hall session on <b><u>February 1 at 3:00pm</u></b> by
Zoom </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">(</span><a href="https://santarosa-edu.zoom.us/j/82729724122">https://santarosa-edu.zoom.us/j/82729724122</a>).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxxdefault"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#091D31">What are the costs for AFA Contract Membership with the FACCC</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxxdefault" style="margin-left:.25in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#091D31">Should the referendum pass, all AFA members will become members of FACCC at a discounted rate via monthly payroll deductions.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Associate members working at least 33% load will pay prorated dues of $63 annually (installments of $6.30 to be made monthly, and only when working for the district). </span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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