On our first session back for the Spring, PFF was prepared to start off strong. In order to prioritize our focus on compensation, we presented our proposal for Article 15 first. Highlights are below: Article 15 Proposal:  We emphasized to the District that faculty have not had a significant increase in our salary schedule since 2016 while our workload continues to evolve. While Palomar is experiencing struggles due to enrollment, the budget should not be balanced on the backs

In February of 2025, PFF demanded to bargain over Dual Enrollment. Dual Enrollment had started in 2017 with MOUs that ensured the contract would be followed, so no additional negotiating would be necessary. However, after repeated concerns around dual enrollment, it was apparent we needed to have stronger language in the contract to protect faculty working conditions as we grow our dual enrollment partnerships. This was met with hesitation from the District until one particul

Happy New Year! Over the winter break, we were able to agree to the following: ✅ Accessibility Remediation  - we started negotiations for accessibility on August 7th of 2025. Our initial proposal included a stipend for both full- and part-time faculty, but the District was adamant that a remediation stipend would only apply to part-time faculty who aren’t paid for prep pay. This MOU guarantees 4 hours of additional compensation for each unique course preparation per modality

We are pleased to announce that we have finalized the 2024-2025 reopeners for the 2022-2025 District/PFF Collective Bargaining Agreement—our faculty contract. 🎉 Now it’s time for the ratification vote! PFF members have the right to vote on the negotiated changes. Once ratified, the changes will go to the Governing Board for final approval. The vote will be open Monday, December 8th, and will close on Monday, December 15th at midnight.  🗳️ To vote: PFF members, you will be r

This update will cover two meetings where we finalized the last article in our 24-25 reopeners, presented new MOUs to address issues not resolved in the reopeners, assisted the District in reconciling their calendar proposal, and signed off on MOUs.  Action: ✅ Article 15 Counterproposal #2 (District)  The District presented their counterproposal with a clear message: beyond the 1.07% COLA for 24-25, no ongoing funds for 24-25. We were able to add some clarification language t

Today’s negotiations meeting was a promising one. We are coming to the end of our reopeners and had collaborative discussion at the table with the District on how to best meet faculty needs in these final proposals. During difficult times, it was refreshing to have such positive conversations and we are optimistic about these last proposals.  Action: 📌Article 15 Counter Proposal #1 (PFF) PFF presented our first counter proposal for Article 15 Compensation. Our focus continue

Today’s negotiations meeting was to be expected. We continue to advocate for faculty navigating the precarity of shifting workloads and...

Today we met with the District for a shorter session to hear the District’s counters and address a few pressing concerns.  📌Article 15 & MOU_Accessibility Remediation  The District was not prepared to counter at this time.  📌Article 16 District’s counter proposal: the District shared their counter proposal and we are very close to agreeing. Our last pending items involve overlapping coverage and averaging loads for part-time healthcare eligibility.  ✅Appendix E The District

After a long hiatus over the summer, we kicked off our three days of negotiations (Aug. 8, Aug. 11, and Aug. 15) with a very full agenda. Our ultimate goal is to close out our 24-25 reopeners so that we can start on our 3-year contract.  📌Article 15 - our main event. We presented our proposal for the 24-25 Article 15 reopener. Our proposal included the following: Given that we haven’t had a raise in our contracts since 2016, we included a 6% raise for the 24-25 academic yea

This is a special negotiations session we added to finalize a few time-sensitive agreements. This session was via Zoom and focused on our final stages of Article 12 and 20 as well as MOUs expiring in Spring 2025. ~~~ Agenda 1. MOU Extensions MOU_Office Hours Parity extension MOU_AB 1705 Coordinators extension MOU_Large Class Stipend extension MOU_Water Tech Expansion extension At our last meeting, PFF presented extensions for the first three MOUs set to expire Spring 2025. At

Hello and happy summer from your Negotiations Team! ~~~ First, a quick summer overview… Our work on the 24-25 reopeners is ongoing! We have a total of five negotiations sessions planned this summer: 2 regular meetings in June and 3 longs ones in August to finalize the 24-25 reopeners: 🗓️ June 10th from 8am-10am 🗓️ June 16th from 11am-12pm 🗓️ August 7th from 9am-3pm 🗓️ August 11th from 9am-3pm 🗓️ August 15th from 9am-3pm The District informed us that they had decided to r

This is our final negotiations session for the Spring semester, so we extended negotiations by an hour to make our way through a full agenda. ~~~ Agenda 1. Article 20 Counter (District) Most of the adjustments in Article 20 have already been agreed to–lots of green to show all of the agreement! Our final piece is an added section for the PT faculty process in retirement. PFF had presented language that modeled FT faculty in retirement. We all agreed to the importance of clear

Our growing list of agenda items has necessitated multiple negotiations sessions in the last few weeks of the semester. Today’s negotiations update summarizes the work that was done on both Thursday, May 8th and Friday, May 9th. ~~~ Priority Discussion Items 1. Ground Rules PFF and the District reviewed our agreed-upon Ground Rules, specifically the following two sections:  “Both parties will show appropriate preparation by: Having done appropriate prep work for that day’s ag

The District’s Lead Negotiator was out of office today, so we used this time to address our growing list of Discussion Items. Below is a short summary of each Discussion item.  Discussion Items Article 12 Updates (PFF) We received additional feedback from both the SLO Coordinators and SLO Facilitators, so we will be prepared with our counter proposal at our next meeting.  Vocational Salary Credits While the District has expressed their support for the new language that gives

While we were able to accomplish a few important items on our agenda, we are disappointed at today’s negotiations and the lack of urgency the District has shown toward other long standing items on the agenda. We have four additional meetings this month, so we remain cautiously optimistic and hope we can move forward with respect for the process and a sense of urgency for our members. Action Items 1. TERB Forms What was supposed to be the highlight of our meeting was postponed

Today’s negotiations meeting was a busy one! Not only did the District present their counterproposals for both Article 20 and 12, but we also had a full agenda packed with discussion items to support faculty. We signed one MOU and presented another. Lastly, we confirmed the necessary guests for our next two meetings in order to move forward with TERB forms, a TERB MOU, and Dual Enrollment. ​After requesting additional meetings to address our expanding negotiation agenda, the

Hello! Happy to report that at today’s table we presented our first counterproposal to Article 20. Notes are below. However, the District...

It makes such a difference when we have multiple meetings in a row! At today’s meeting, we discussed final details of the 25-26 Academic Calendar and the 26-27 Academic Calendar, the District’s counter to Article 20, and a few other important discussions. Here is a summary of those conversations:  ➡️2025-26 & 2026-27 Academic Calendar For 25-26, the big question was to overlap or not to overlap. We got a lot of feedback, but in the end, the majority preferred to keep the over

Hello Comets! We’ve had another important negotiations meeting with the District and wanted to keep you updated on what’s happening behind the scenes. Here is a quick summary of our February 21st, 2025 negotiations meeting.  💫 TERB Good Faith MOU We were joined at the table by TERB Coordinator Marquesa Cook-Wheatley to share the TERB Good Faith MOU. This proposal is designed to provide faculty with a clear process for addressing evaluation issues before they escalate to a fo

Hello Team Palomar,  We’re excited to share some updates with negotiations. At our last meeting, we had a full agenda. The District presented their counter to Article 12 (Chairs & Directors) as well as an MOU for work done in Water Tech. We presented an updated MOU for the CRPP work as well as the new TERB forms presented to both PFF and Faculty Senate in the Fall. We discussed the academic calendar options, part-time faculty office hour deadlines, updated Covid-19 reporting