• 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. 

Election for NEA Rep Assembly & IEA Region 42 Reps

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Negotiations for Next Contract Are Proceeding

We will make every attempt possible to keep you informed of our progress.  We know that for most adjuncts, the main concerns in negotiations are salary and benefits.  However, there are many other very important aspects to our contract.  Continue reading

Adjuncts Included in Harper Faculty Retreat for the First Time

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Nominations for Delegates to the NEA Rep Assembly and for Reps from HCAFA to the IEA Region 42 Council

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NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEGUN FOR OUR NEXT CONTRACT

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DON’T BE FOOLED! SURS IS SUSTAINABLE!

 Why SURS is Sustainable!

The rate of return for FY 2011 on SURS investments was 23.8 percent.  SURS is a long-term investor and since 1986, the average annual rate of return was 8.8 percent.  Do not get confused with the short-term returns when the long-term is what matters. Continue reading

January Harper Adjunct Advocate

Go to the Newsletter tab on this site, or check your Harper mailbox for the latest edition of the Harper Adjunct Advocate.  This edition features an update of all the happenings since the last issue.  There is also an explanation of  everything you can find on the HCAFA site.  In addition, Union Representation, known as Weingarten Rights, is explained in detail.

Harper Adjunct Advocate, January 2012

Availability Forms for Fall 2012

Make sure to complete your availability form and submit it to your dean before February 15, 2012 if you want to teach in the fall.  Click on the link below to access the availability form.  (The form is also accessible from the Documents  Tab.) 

Once you click on the link, you will be prompted to log in to the Harper website.

Form on the Harper Portal

INTEREST-BASED BARGAINING TRAINING

Gary Wilson, chair of HCAFA’s negotiating team, will lead the HCAFA team at the FMCS (Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services) training on January 17.  The training is for members of both the administration and HCAFA.  It is hoped that this form of negotiating will lead to improved relations between the union and the administration.

KNOW YOUR WEINGARTEN RIGHTS TO UNION REPRESENTATION AS SET FORTH IN THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT

It is very important to be familiar with your Weingarten Rights in case you are ever in a situation that could lead to disciplinary action by the college.  You will find an explanation of these rights if you click on the link below.

Weingarten Rights, Association Representation