• Reminders

    Important Dates:
    HCAFA Executive Committee Meetings
    Light Meal Served
    At Harper College, Rooms Listed Below
    12:00 - 2:30, L200

    Summer 2017
    • Friday, May 12, 2017
    • Friday, June 9,2017
    • Friday, July 14, 2017
    • Friday, Aug. 11, 2017

    For information or to check if the time or location has been changed, call Hasmig or Amy at the IEA office
    (847 359-0300).

Unemployment Compensation for Adjuncts

Posted on May 26, 2017 by hcafawebmaster

In case you were unable to attend the unemployment seminar held recently to inform adjuncts of the possibility of their obtaining unemployment compensation, you might be interested in these two attachments

Unemployment slide show 2017

Unemployment Compensation Links 2017

 

 

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May 1 in International Workers’ Day

Posted on April 29, 2017 by hcafawebmaster

Dear HCAFA members,

In celebration of May Day this year, HCAFA is asking our members to WEAR RED during the week of May 1-5. If asked before or after class time, tell your students about the importance of Unions for all workers.

This is how child labor laws were begun, how safety at work got started and how the rights of all workers are guaranteed. Unions set the standards for all workers and changed the laws so all are protected.

May 1 is International Workers’ Day.

If you would like to share the historical information, May 1, 1886 was the first May Day when thousands of workers across the U.S. walked off their jobs in support of the new concept of the eight-hour workday. Chicago was the epicenter of the movement which culminated in the infamous Haymarket Square Massacre.  If it were not for the union movement then and now, the eight-hour workday, the five-day work week, minimum wage — and, indeed the middle class — would not exist in this country.

Thank you for educating our students and others about the importance of unions.

 

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Latest Harper Adjunct Advocate Highlights the Benefits of Union Membership

Posted on April 25, 2017 by hcafawebmaster

Check out the Harper Adjunct Advocate for explanations of what it means to be a union member as well as information on the new federal guidance that allows adjuncts to file for unemployment compensation.

Harper Adjunct Advocate – April 2017

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The 2015 – 2021 Adjunct Faculty Teachers, Librarians, and Counselors Contract Is Now Available on This Website

Posted on March 30, 2017 by hcafawebmaster

The contract for all adjunct faculty at Harper has finally been proofed and can be accessed on this website.  Full members of HCAFA will receive hard copies as soon as they are available.  If you don’t receive one, check to make sure that you are a full member (only $15 a semester more than partial membership, fair share membership).   We have discovered recently that some of our members had assumed they were full members when in fact they were only fair share members.)

To see the contract, click on the Documents tab and then scroll down to contracts.  Click on 2016 – 2021 Contract for Adjunct Faculty Teachers, Librarians, and Counselors.

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March 2017 Harper Adjunct Advocate in Mailboxes This Week

Posted on March 28, 2017 by hcafawebmaster

Check out the latest edition of The Harper Adjunct Advocate for details about our latest contract as well as information about other topics of interest for adjuncts.

Harper Adjunct Advocate – March 2017

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Possible Tax Deduction for Union Dues

Posted on March 13, 2017 by hcafawebmaster

Your union dues and related expenses may be able to be included as a deductible item on your income tax IF you itemize your taxes rather than take the standard deduction.  It will not be a dollar for dollar deduction.  Check with your tax preparation service to find out if you qualify for the deduction..

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Call for Nominations for HCAFA Officers and Representatives

Posted on March 11, 2017 by hcafawebmaster

              NOTICE OF LOCAL ELECTION for HCAFA 2017 – 2019

Election of officers for the Harper College Adjunct Faculty Association will be held on Friday, April 21 in room L-219 on campus from 12 noon – 2pm.  Details of the election are on the attached document.
 
Our Executive Committee solicits your help!  Several of our long-serving members are retiring this year and volunteers are needed for those positions.  Please consider serving as treasurer, secretary, or membership records chair.  Department representatives serve on the Executive Committee as liaisons for their area.  While candidates are encouraged from all departments, we have a need for persons in the liberal arts and business/social science departments.  The time commitments are minimal; the rewards are immense. 
 
Executive Committee meetings are always open to dues-paying members and we look forward to hearing from our membership.  Increased membership and involvement make a better teaching and learning environment for all!

HCAFA Members, please nominate yourself or another HCAFA member for one of the HCAFA Executive Committee positions–officers and division representatives.

All nominations must be received by Friday, April 14, at 1:00.

Click on the link below for further details.

HCAFA Call for Nominations of Officers and Representatives 2017

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