@pccffap.bsky.social
Portland Community College Federation of Faculty and Academic Professionals is Local 2277 of the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO. We represent both full time and part-time faculty as well as academic professionals at PCC.
Since 2019, enrollment has declined by 19% but management FTE has increased 29%
Last year, 43% of new hires at PCC were managers, administrators, or confidential employees.
Cutting programs = fewer students/less revenue.
This headline should be "PCC has a spending problem"
The PCCFFAP (Portland Community College Federation of Faculty and Academic Professionals) seeks a Lead Organizer, Solidarity and Political Action to be based in Portland, OR. Details can be found at: unionjobs.com/listing.php?... #1u #UnionStrong @pccffap.bsky.social @aft.org
25.06.2025 16:35 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0PCC seems to be following the DOGE playbook of manufacturing a crisis and then making decisions without regard to contracts. "Move fast break things" isn't going to fly for our union. We intend to enforce the contract.
07.03.2025 17:34 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Powerpoint slide with the heading: Definition of Reduction in Force (RIF) Article 24.1 Layoff due to -Loss of funding -Program Discontinuance -Financial Shortage Does not apply to part-time faculty or temproary staff (article 24.1.1)
Powerpoint slide with the heading: Definition of Reduction in Force (RIF) Article 24.1 Layoff due to -Loss of funding of a special contract program or of a 1900 fund program -Program Discontinuance due to enrollment decline in a program or for other non-financial reasons -A Board-declared college-wide Financial Shortage Does not apply to part-time faculty or temproary staff (article 24.1.1)
The difference between how PCC presents contract language on layoffs (left) and what the contract actually says (right - our additions in red).
We'll be filing a group grievance on behalf of our colleagues who received layoff/reduction notices.
The only hope for higher ed is the academic labor movement. Join this @higheredlabor.bsky.social call next week to plan our fight us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
08.02.2025 15:44 — 👍 477 🔁 194 💬 2 📌 6.@dubarrypie.bsky.social : “We’ve had a lot of our employees join the picket line...that kind of solidarity with other workers is really important to us, because what this incident shows is that our bosses are also in solidarity with each other.” 💯
06.02.2025 14:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0FT Faculty Emiliano Vega: “This is a familiar theme that PCC employees have seen in the last number of years with the college, which is, ‘Hey, we empathize with you, we really hear you—now do what we want you to do.’”
Bosses love to *perform* progressive values but we know whose side they're on.
After ordering its nursing faculty to cross the picket line of Oregon's largest ever healthcare strike, PCC backed down under pressure from @pccffap.bsky.social
Cross-sector solidarity FTW ✊
#ProvStrike2025
I ran another recent email from our President about "reaffirming our values" through multiple AI detectors & all found it 100% AI-generated. What does that say about our college administration's values? Our student gov is asking for a plan to protect undocumented students and this is the response?
30.01.2025 23:31 — 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
Screen Grab from Quillbot AI detector shows a message from the PCC President and the determination that 100% of the text was likely generated by AI
The PCC President has an army of communications professionals at her disposal, including an Internal Communications Manager. This morning, after three days of radio silence about the federal funding freeze, she sent a message that was likely generated by AI.
30.01.2025 22:50 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 2Just another day at PCC where students, staff, and faculty are left in the dark about things that affect them. Chop chop! #ChopFromTheTop
29.01.2025 15:35 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0WHY hasn't PCC communicated a single word to faculty and staff about the federal funding freeze?
They hired an INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER in 2023.
Pure administrative bloat! Time to #ChopFromTheTop
