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Unity Celebration of Adult Educators
Saturday, September 16, 10am to 4pm
Humanist Hall at 390 27th Street, Oakland
Come celebrate Bay Area adult education! There will be door prizes, a silent auction, raffle, community speakers, and great entertainment, including music by the La Pena Chorus and Hali Hammer, Berkeley teacher and folksinger. Lunch, drinks and snacks will be available to purchase. Entry is a $5 donation.
Panel discussions will cover the state of local adult education, health insurance, and other issues. Panelists will include representatives from Bay Area adult and community college negotiating teams. Sandre Swanson, Barbara Lee’s Chief of Staff and candidate for the State Assembly will also be speaking. There will also be a guest speaker on Health Care Legislation SB 840. This is a benefit for the AFT 771 Legal Defense Fund to defend two teachers who have been reprimanded for Union activities. (Directions)
Lift the cap on hourly teachers!
There are about 200 part-time adult education teachers in Oakland. We help serve approximately 30,000 adult students. The District recently forced a health care caps on us. According to their own January budget, they have a $2.85 million adult education surplus. The cap, the first ever on part-time adult education teachers, is only saving the district about $11,000 a year.
We serve 30,000 adult students in Oakland
- We teach GED classes, job training, how to become a US citizen, English as a second language, and classes for the frail elderly.
- Our students include young adults, parents, seniors, immigrants, and the disabled.
- Most of us earn less than $12,000 a year, forcing us to work other jobs to make a living.
- This cap is the same as a pay cut for us. We've had no raises in the last 3 years.
Lift the health care cap!
- The District has capped their share of health insurance. This is a terrible burden on teachers.
- The District is also raising the co-pay for doctor's visits, emergency room visits and hospitalization.
- Last year, the District threatened to shut down the entire adult education program if the teachers demanded health benefits.
Adult education has a $2.85 million budget surplus
- The district is only saving $11,000 a year with its health care caps on adult ed teachers
- The district gets a cost of living adjustment from the state every year. None of that money gone to raise adult education teachers' salaries, despite negotiations.
- The District's own January budget shows they have a $2.85 million dollar surplus.
- The same budget shows the surplus could grow by as much as $600,000 this year.
Part-time adult education teachers are a crucial part of the Oakland community. But experienced, qualified teachers will have to find work elsewhere if these caps aren't lifted. Full-time adult education and K-12 teachers are also being threatened. Call the District today, at (510) 879-8200, and tell them 'Students deserve healthy teachers with health benefits.' For more information go to www.aft771.org or call (510) 832-8817 for more information.
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