Resources for Organizing

This site is primarility concerned with contingent (sometimes referred to as "part-time," "adjunct," "non- tenure track," or "associate") faculty in the California Community College system, which employs about 35,000 contingent faculty.

Unions & Contracts

• California Community College Faculty Unions and Contracts (Collective Bargaining Agreements)
• Selected Contract Language

Unemployment Filing Guides

• Unemployment Filing Guides for California Community College Part-Time Faculty

Health Benefits

• See the Selected Contract Language page for the latest information on new state program, now funded at over $200 million dollars.

Colleges & Senates

• California Community College Academic Senates and Their Governance Documents

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External Links

Current Legislation of Interest to Contingent Faculty

• AB-2277 (Wallis bill to lift cap to 85%)
• AB-1997 (McKinnor bill on retirement reporting)

Unions & Associations Representing California Community College Contingent Faculty

• California Federation of Teachers (CFT), affiliate of AFT
• Community College Association (CCA), affilite of CTA & NEA
• California Community College Independents (CCCI)
• Union of Professional Technical Emplyees - Community College (UPTE), affiliate of CWA
• California Part-Time Faculty Association (CPFA)
• Faculty Association of California Community Colleges (FACCC)
• American Federation of Teachers Adjunct-Contingent Faculty Caucus

Salary Comparisons by the California Federation of Teachers (CFT)

• Part-Time Faculty Salary Comparison 2023-24
• Part-Time Faculty Salary Comparison 2022-23
• Part-Time Faculty Salary Comparison 2021-22
• Part-Time Faculty Salary Comparison 2020-21
• Part-Time Faculty Salary Comparison 2019-20
• Part-Time Faculty Salary Comparison 2018-19
• Part-Time Faculty Salary Comparison 2017-18

• Full-Time Faculty Salary Comparison 2023-24
• Full-Time Faculty Salary Comparison 2022-23
• Full-Time Faculty Salary Comparison 2021-22
• Full-Time Faculty Salary Comparison 2020-21
• Full-Time Faculty Salary Comparison 2019-20
• Full-Time Faculty Salary Comparison 2018-19
• Full-Time Faculty Salary Comparison 2017-18

Useful Links

• The CFT Part-Timer
• Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor (COCAL)
  • COCAL XV brochure (PDF)
  • COCAL XV registration
• Campaign for Faculty Equality (CFE)
• Higher Ed Labor United (HELU)
• New Faculty Majority
• Adjunct Nation
• A New Deal for Higher Education

State Fun

• Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges
  • Faculty Obligation Numbers (FON)
  • 311 Reports
• Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC)
• Community College League of California (CCLC)
• California Community Colleges Board of Governors
• California Community Colleges Consultation Council
• Association of California Community College Administrators (ACCCA)
• California Legislative Calendar & Deadlines

Legal Fun

• California Education Code
• California Code of Regulations Title 5
• California Assembly Bill 1725 (1988)
• The "67% Law" text (CA Ed. Code section 87482.5)

Survival Guides

• Adjunct Survival Guide (LA College Faculty Guild) (PDF)
• The Part-Timer’s Almanac (Los Rios College Federation of Teachers) (PDF)
• Survival Guide for Part-Time Faculty (Cabrillo College Federation of Teachers) (PDF)