Welcome to the DECEMBER History Page of
 COC Part-Time Faculty United

College of the Canyons Part-Time Faculty United
Building a better profession, a better institution and better student learning.

The following information includes emails come from several sources (including California adjunct organization listservs).  There are included here for there direct or indirect relevance to the part-time faculty organizing campaign at College of the Canyons.  The names of Part-Time Faculty at COC (excepting the organizing committe) and VVC who authored some of the emails that follow are omitted to preserve their anonimity.

December 19, 2002
The following email came through from one of our grateful COC colleagues:

Dear AFT,  

I got your newsletter today, 12/19/02  and I really want to thank you, I had no idea we were eligible for unemployment over the break between semesters.  I called this afternoon as soon as I got your letter.  You guys/gals are doing a great job keeping us all informed.  Hope you all have a wonderful holiday and that we achieve a union in early2003.
                                        
Thanks,

R.

December 12, 2002
The following email came from one of our (now) former collegues at College of the Canyons: 

Dear colleagues,

Not to sound like a movie line, but this is my final transmission. I've decided to leave COC and the adjunct merry-go-round in order to return to my former employer. One year ago, I knew what I was getting into - the uncertainty, the lack of benefits, the absence of adequate office space - but I figured it was worth the sacrifice in order to gain some experience.  As it turns out, working with students has been fulfilling. I'm grateful for the opportunity. But I simply cannot endure the administrative whims (I don't know how the rest of you do it, year after year) and I do not feel any closer to the prospect of a full-time position, Actually, I resent the very process of "applying anew" at COC, as if my experience and contacts count for nothing.

I wish all of you well. I'll be teaching at a Job Corps center in Reno, where I'll have the chance to work one-on-one with students who need extra help, rather than trying to save two or three of the dozen or more who slip away from a class of 35. 

I hope to hear one day that you have secured the benefits, facilities and respect that you so deserve.

Regards,
Eric Dieterle
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