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
Health Benefits
- See the Selected Contract Language page for information on the state health care program for part-time faculty, now funded at over $200 million per year.
Colleges & Senates
External Links
Legislation of Interest to Contingent Faculty
- AB 1028 (Fong)
“…This bill would change the maximum time a part-time, temporary employee may teach, without becoming a contract employee, to less than 19% of the hours per week of a full-time employee having comparable duties, and would reclassify a part-time, temporary faculty member whose teaching assignment at a single community college district has equaled or exceeded 19% of the cumulative equivalent of a full-time teaching assignment for at least 6 semesters or 8 quarters within 4 consecutive academic years as a contract employee. By imposing additional duties on community college districts by lowering the threshold to become a contract employee, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program…” - AB 1171 (Patel)
“…Notwithstanding any other law, a part-time faculty member whose total teaching assignments at two or more community college districts equals or exceeds a full-time teaching assignment shall be provided the same benefits as a full-time faculty member.”
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)
- 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
- 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)