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CEW PLANS Washington
Colleges Our
campus has the good fortune of having received a CEW grant from
the National Education Association, which we applied for thanks
to having heard about it from the CEW Steering Committee coordinator
for the Northwest, Sandra Schroeder, with support from Terry Fitzpatrick,
the state president of the NEA-affiliated Association for Higher
Education (WEA-HE). The Washington Federation of Teachers has asked the Governor of Washington to declare October 29, 2001 Part-Time Recognition Day. On that day the state federation will be sponsoring a recognition event, "Marching Towards Equity: A Progress Report." They will recognize two outstanding legislators, Representative Phyllis Kenney and Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles, who have led the legislative battles for salary increases and more fringe benefits for Associate Faculty. As chairs of the Senate and House Higher Education Committees in Washington, they have offered a great deal of progressive legislation. Activists will also issue an assessment of how well part-time faculty are doing state wide and give report cards to each of the community colleges, assessing progress towards full wage and benefit equity. Districts will be evaluated on key areas such as average salary, part- to full-time faculty ratios, and percentage of part-time faculty who have health and retirement benefits. Those campuses with high GPA‚s will also receive awards at the event. Local activists will also be recognized with, among other things, an honor roll on our website. During the years of activism, many WFT members have volunteered countless hours to lobby the legislature, make calls, send letters, and contact fellow faculty with information. Many of the community colleges will be holding events on campuses during that week, including Seattle, Shoreline, and Edmonds. Other campuses will be holding part-time membership/activation drives to encourage part-time faculty to join and become more active in their local unions. We are also using our website <http://www.wftaft.com/> to put up resolutions and other materials for locals to use. They can be found under the "CampusEquity Week" link. In addition, many of our locals are using CEW to do a membership drive among the part-time faculty. Since we have been making gains for them, we are hoping more of them will join their local unions. Seattle Community College Federation of Teachers (http://dept.sccd.ctc.edu/sccft/index.html): The Seattle union has created special buttons for CEW and has created curriculum materials for faculty who chose to present an equity-based class. Other activities are being planned. Edmonds Community College Federation of Teachers: Edmonds has been putting out weekly email "SoundBytes" with facts about part-time use in higher ed to build up interest in CEW. The union will be sponsoring a letter writing campaign to Governor Locke asking him to continue to support equal pay and benefits for equal work for part-time faculty. Edmond’s Board of Trustees has endorsed a resolution supporting CEW taken to it by the union. An article was published in the union’s newletter. Everett Community College Federation of Teachers: Everett’s Board of Trustees has endorsed a resolution supporting CEW taken to it by the union. The union will place a full page ad in the student newspaper announcing CEW and giving facts about part-time faculty. Everett will hold a membership drive among part-time faculty that week. Shoreline Community College Federation of Teachers (http://www.sccft.org/): Shoreline's events are still being planned. Contacts:
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