• 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. 

Nominate Delegates to the National NEA Representative Assembly

Are you interested in being a delegate to the national NEA Representative Assembly to be held in Chicago at McCormick place, from June 30-July 5?  Continue reading

Submit Your Availability Form To Harper Before February 15

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JANUARY HCAFA EXEC COMMITTEE MEETING

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The Harper College Adjunct Faculty Association Executive Committee Wishes You a Very Happy Holiday!

Congratulations Candace and Taimi!

Candace McCreary and Taimi Wilk were elected to the Illinois Education Association Representative Assembly.  We know they’ll represent us well and make us proud.

Winter Desserts

November 30, 2010, 3:00 – 5:00, J240

Luscious Desserts and Great Conversation

Elect delegates to the Illinois Education Association Representative Assembly

November Harper Adjunct Advocate Now in Mailboxes!

Catch up on the latest news and events.

Harper Adjunct Advocate, Nov. 2010

Dual Unit Unfair Labor Practice Resolved

The issue of dual unit membership arose when HCAFA was negotiating its first contract with Harper.  At that time, adjunct faculty librarians and counselors who had also been teaching credit-hour classes could not understand why they were barred from being considered eligible for membership in the adjunct teachers’ unit.  HCAFA argued that those adjuncts (as well as any other adjuncts who were serving in two different capacities at Harper College) were performing the functions and meeting the eligibility requirements of both groups, but were effectively being denied the rights that should have been theirs if they had been allowed dual unit membership. 

Despite numerous discussions, HCAFA and the Harper administration were unsuccessful in their efforts to agree on a solution satisfactory to both.  After many years of effort, HCAFA filed a ULP, an unfair labor practice, with the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board.  The IELRB issued a complaint to Harper College.  As a result, both HCAFA and Harper consented to work together to come up with a joint resolution.

For more information on the details of the resolution, please see the November HCAFA newsletter.

WEBMASTER NEEDED!

Adjuncts, contact HCAFA if you have had any experience working on a website.  This could be a great opportunity for you to learn more, build your credentials, and help HCAFA at the same time.

NEEDED DELEGATES TO REPRESENT HCAFA

The Illinois Education Association (IEA) will be having its Representative Assembly (RA) March 10–12, 2011 at the Hyatt in Rosemont, IL. All hotel and food expenses will be reimbursed while at the RA.

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