• HCAFA – Celebrating 20 Years

  • Reminders

  • HCAFA Executive Committee monthly meetings listed below (conducted via Zoom). All HCAFA members are invited to join the sessions. Dates as follows:

    • November 7th (10:00, Zoom)

  • For information, contact HCAFA President Steven Titus at satitus@gmail.com . Voice-mail messages (847.359.0300) are forwarded to us. For an emergency situation, you may contact the HCAFA President via email (hcafapresident@gmail.com) or IEA's central office in Springfield at https://ieanea.org/ieaconnect/ for telephone and live chat during their limited weekday hours as well as the email option. 

Results of the 2025 HCAFA Elections:

Posted on May 11, 2025 by tprater

The Harper election board of Steven Titus, Charmian Tashjian, and Rich Krupa want to thank all of those who voted in the most recent election. Voting ended on Monday, April 14th. After a tally of votes through our online system, election buddy, the following nominees were voted into the following executive team positions for the union. The next set of leaders will assume their two-year terms on June 1st, 2025.

President:                    Jennifer Merritt

Vice-President:           Adrian Fleisher

Secretary:                    Cory Long

Treasurer:                   David Bergman

Membership Chair:     Vacant – position is open

The following adjuncts were voted in as Division Representatives. The Health Careers division representative was elected by a quorum vote during the Friday, April 18th executive session.

Health Careers – Marybeth Kuhn

Liberal Arts – Kristin Walk               

Career and Technical Programs – Tom Kirchner

Business and Social Science – Robert Allare

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January 2025 Newsletter (PDF format)

Posted on January 15, 2025 by tprater
January2025HCAFAnewsletterDownload

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HCAFA Newsletter – August, 2024

Posted on August 23, 2024 by tprater
August 2024 HCAFA newsletterDownload

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HCAFA Newsletter – March 2024

Posted on March 11, 2024 by tprater
March 2024 HCAFA newsletterDownload

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How your dues are allocated

Posted on March 23, 2021 by tprater

What do I get for one dues dollar?

The below PDF document shows how one IEA dues dollar ($1) is allocated to support and represent members and affiliates in their efforts to achieve IEA’s mission.

HCAFA – IEA-Dues-Dollars-postcard-7.2020Download

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PRESENTATION ON SOCIAL SECURITY OFFSETS THAT AFFECT SURS PENSIONS

Posted on April 28, 2019 by hcafawebmaster

Sara Stephens gave an in-depth presentation on the penalties those who have both SURS and Social Security are likely to face.  The penalties are placed on two different sets of teachers:  The first is on those who have worked fewer than 30 years for Social Security and have also worked under SURS.  The second is on those who receive spousal benefits.  In both cases there is a radical reduction in benefits paid out by Social Security.

Sara  Stephens urged us to contact our congressmen and urge them to vote for the Social Security Fairness Act (HR 141 and S925).  Both of those bills would repeal the “windfall deduction program.”

Numbers to call:  Senate DC Switchboard 202 224-3121

Senator Durbin in Chicago office – 312 353-4952

Senator Duckworth in Chicago – 312886-3506

House DC Switchboard, 202 225-3121

 

Click below for an information sheet prepared for our members.

SURS SSA OFFSETS

For more information on the offsets, go to the link below.

http://www.ssfairness.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/SSFRNESS-PPT-no-narrat-9-8-11.ppt

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Understand Your Retirement! Learn about the Offset Penalties at the Next HCAFA Exec Committee Meeting.

Posted on April 22, 2019 by hcafawebmaster
  • HCAFA members:
    Will you get both Social Security and SURS benefits when you retire?  No!  If  you take your SURS benefits, your Social Security benefits will be decreased.  Not fair?  Come find out more from Sara Stephens at the upcoming HCAFA meeting this Friday, April 26th from 10-12:30 at Harper in  L200. Sara has been researching about and working to eliminate the GPO and WEP offset penalties that people are hit with if they have paid into both Social Security and SURS.  Please note that Sara is not giving financial advice at all, but is giving out information that many are not aware of.  In doing so, she is trying to repeal these repressive government penalties.  Come hear all about it!  A light lunch will be served.
    And, a gentle reminder that Wed., April 24th at 4 pm is deadline to vote for IEA Higher Ed Council positions.  If you did not receive the light blue envelope from IEA or have misplaced it, please contact Kim Trader at IEA:  1-800-252-8076 X2250 or kim.trader@ieanea.org.

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Read the May Issue of The Harper Adjunct Advocate to Understand the Importance of May 1 to Unions

Posted on April 21, 2019 by hcafawebmaster

In the May issue of The Harper Adjunct Advocate, Dwain Thomas, HCAFA Exec Committee member and Harper librarian, gives a personal account of what May Day means.   This issue also explains the cancellation of assignments as laid out in our contract.

Harper Adjunct Advocate – May 2019

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March Adjunct Advocate Focuses on Problems Facing Adjuncts at Harper

Posted on March 21, 2019 by hcafawebmaster

The latest issue of The Harper Adjunct Advocate has the complete report from the Achieving the Dream Study that focused on adjuncts at Harper and at 5 other community colleges.   The report equates adjunct success with student success.

The issues are the issues that HCAFA has concentrated on for many years.  We all know the issues.  We are hopeful that Harper will address the problems in a meaningful way.

For the newsletter and Achieving the Dream report, click on the attachments below.

Adjunct Advocate -March 2019

Adjunct Advocate March 2019 – Achieving the Dream Report 2019

 

 

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Election of IEA-NEA Rep

Posted on February 19, 2019 by hcafawebmaster

All members welcome!  Join us at our March 8 meeting to elect HCAFAs representative to the Illinois Education Association-National Education Association meeting.

Come just to vote or to have lunch and stay for our meeting.

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