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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...
Mar 5, 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 27, 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 20, 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 13, 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...
Feb 6, 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 30, 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 23, 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 16, 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 9, 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...
Jan 2, 2020
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 26, 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 19, 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...
Dec 12, 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 22, 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...
Jul 9, 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...
Jun 10, 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...
Mar 13, 2019
PFF ELECTIONS NOMINATION INFORMATION
Dear Faculty Colleagues- The Palomar Faculty Federation (PFF) is accepting nominations between now and February 28, 2019 for the...
Feb 7, 2019


Welcome to the Spring Semester, 2019!
Please see PFF’s latest news
Jan 29, 2019


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,...
Nov 28, 2018
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