News | Palomar Faculty Fed

Mar 5, 2020

Fact of the Week for 3/5/20: At the Table or On the Menu?

Did you Know? The law limits the items that the Union can negotiate. Many areas of faculty concern are not negotiable, but the Union can...

Feb 27, 2020

Fact of the Week for 2/27/20: Best Wishes - The Outcome of the Retirement Early Notification Pa...

Outcome: The District and the PFF negotiated an early retirement notification payout of $3000 for faculty and staff to submit their...

Feb 20, 2020

Fact of the Week for 02/20/20 - Reduction in Force: Survival Guide

Understanding Reduction in Force (RIF): At the Community College level, RIFs are extremely rare and are always the last resort. In the...

Feb 13, 2020

Fact of the Week for 2/13/20: Evaluations - The Administration Edition

Did you know? When administrators are evaluated, faculty are supposed to provide input for those evaluations. Facts: Faculty evaluation...

Feb 6, 2020

Fact of the Week for 2/6/2020 - Is There a SRP?

Hot off the Press: After careful study of the proposal and data the District gave to the PFF and CCE regarding a potential Supplemental...

Jan 30, 2020

Fact of the Week for 1/30/20 - How much does a course really cost?

Question: How much does it cost to run a class at Palomar? And how many students does it take to “pay” for a class? Facts: How much it...

Jan 23, 2020

Fact of the Week for 1/23/20 - The Cost of Doing Business

In today's Fact of the Week, we look at the cost of doing business. Misleading Narrative: PFF costs the District over $250,000 for the...

Jan 16, 2020

Fact of the Week for 1/16/20 - Health Care for Few

Faculty, This week's Truth on Thursdays covers health care. Did you know? Palomar College does not pay for health care benefits for the...

Jan 9, 2020

Fact of the Week for 1/9/20: Do SRPs Always Save Money?

Misleading Narrative: A SRP (Supplemental Retirement Program which incentivizes long-term faculty to retire early) will definitely be...

Jan 2, 2020

Fact of the Week for 1/2/20: Faculty Leading with Cooperation

Happy New Year!! Misleading Narrative: The Faculty Union is being uncooperative with the District, refusing to negotiate regarding the...

Dec 26, 2019

Fact of the Week - December 26th

Happy Holidays! Misleading Narrative: Faculty retirement, in the form of STRS, has been a big problem for the District this past year,...

Dec 19, 2019

Truth on Thursday #2

Faculty, it's time for Truth on Thursday. Misleading Narrative: Full-time faculty overload pay costs the District millions of dollars...

Dec 12, 2019

Truth on Thursday #1

Dear Colleagues: Welcome to the PFF’s new weekly series: “Fact of the Week: Truth on Thursdays”. This is one of several ways that...

Jul 22, 2019

PFF Negotiations Update #2

Faculty, Negotiations have been ongoing all summer. We have been meeting twice a month for class caps and twice a month for contract...

Jul 9, 2019

PFF Negotiations Update

Hi fellow faculty- Your PFF Negotiations team has been working hard on your behalf this summer- we’ve been meeting regularly with the...

Jun 10, 2019

NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE - COLA

Faculty, After a long day of negotiations with the District today, we are pleased to report that we signed an MOU guaranteeing that...

Mar 13, 2019

PFF ELECTIONS OPEN MARCH 15, 2019

Dear Faculty Colleagues, We have received nominations for the Executive Board positions (see the 2/8/19 post below). The seats for the...

Feb 7, 2019

PFF ELECTIONS NOMINATION INFORMATION

Dear Faculty Colleagues- The Palomar Faculty Federation (PFF) is accepting nominations between now and February 28, 2019 for the...

Jan 29, 2019

Welcome to the Spring Semester, 2019!

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Nov 28, 2018

PFF’s representation of members and non-members

Faculty, As you well know by now, the Supreme Court’s decision on Janus changed how public sector unions collect dues and fees. However,...