Below is a link to the August 2020 newsletter:
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The possible Covid case (noted below) in the N building turned out to be negative.
FYI.
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This is an important message from HCAFA.
There was a confirmed case of Covid-19 at Harper last Friday in the S building. There has been a potential case today that occurred in the N building.
Please take precautions to avoid exposure to this risk.
Stay safe and stay well,
The HCAFA Executive Committee
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We are sure that by now you have heard that Harper will only be having alternative teaching and working during this coming week and the two weeks after Spring Break (i.e., from March 16 through April 12). After that time it will be determined whether or not employees will return to campus or not. During this time there will not be any meetings or events on campus, so all HCAFA meetings,elections, coffees, etc. are cancelled. We will post updates on our website, www.harperadjuncts.org and our Facebook page, HCAFA. In addition, there is a lot of information in the IEA website, www.ieanea.org as well as the Harper website regarding Covid-19 precautions (visit harpercollege.edu/advisory). Also the Academy for Teaching Excellence is providing materials that you can access online or in person regarding online teaching. They are open this week and even during Spring Break next week to help you get up to speed if you need it. Here is their resource page with the essentials for making this transition quickly: https://harper-academy.net/planning-for-a-rapid-transition-to-online-instruction/
and here are their sessions for this week :
Essential Online Skills Sessions:
A recorded session will be posted to the Planning for Rapid Transition to Online Instruction webpage.
Questions? Please contact the Academy at 847.925.6174, academy@harpercollege.edu.
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The following members have agreed to serve as Executive Committee Officers:
Co-presidents: Robert Allare and Charmian Tashjian
Treasurer: Dwain Thomas
Membership Records Chair: Janice Cutler
We appreciate their dedication to HCAFA.
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NOTICE OF ELECTIONS
HARPER COLLEGE ADJUNCT FACULTY ASSOCIATION
Dear HCAFA member,
Our Executive Committee members hope the semester is going smoothly for you. It’s election season for our membership and we solicit your support and involvement.
Our membership will fill HCAFA leadership positions to serve through May, 2021 at our annual meeting on Friday, December 6 from 11:30 am – 1:00 pm in room L200 on campus.
Attached is information describing the roles as well as a nomination form to be submitted as noted. We have a pressing need for members to help guide our local to serve our members! All elected positions may be shared between members; for example, we may have two co-Presidents or two division representatives. Some officers are given reassignment time by the college and some have dues paid by HCAFA.
The time requirements are minimal while the personal and professional satisfactions are maximal. Please see the following for information about the positions; please respond to this email if there are questions or if you would like to talk about the possibilities. Please note that the deadline for nominations is November 22, 2019.
We will also ask members to modify our current bylaws to broaden the base of eligible HCAFA office holders; please see the following information sheet for bylaw change. Continue reading
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The Level 2 Program for adjuncts is a new pilot program that gives adjuncts some additional benefits. The program is a demanding program.
Click on the link below if you’re interested in finding out how adjuncts in the Level 2 Program responded to a questionnaire.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/results/SM-RLRMCKSJ7/
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The latest issue is in Harper mailboxes. HCAFA encourages you to be involved in your union. The Harper Adjunct Advocate lets you know when HCAFA meetings are and how you can help.
Now is the time to show your support!
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WARNING: IPI IS LOOKING FOR YOU!
The anti-union Illinois Policy Institute has again increased its efforts to encourage Association members to abandon their membership. IPI backed the recent Janus case in the U.S. Supreme Court which found “fair share” provisions illegal. The group supports the privatization of public education and sees weakening of unions as a way to promote that goal. If the IPI approaches you with “alternatives to unions,” please contact HCAFA for the reality of its campaign funded by the big money associated with education secretary Betsy DeVos.
WARNING: COD IS LOOKING FOR YOU AS WELL!
The full-time staff union at College of Du Page is engaged in tough negotiations with its administration. COD has placed advertisements for teaching positions which are primarily aimed at adjuncts with the goal of using them as strikebreakers should the full-time staff at COD have a job action. HCAFA encourages adjuncts—members or not—to see through this transparent manipulation of professionals for what it is: recruitment of “scab” workers and an intimidation of our COD colleagues.
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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.
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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