It is your responsibility to properly file your grievance. CFA
will help, but it is necessary that you choose the track, sign
the grievance, file it on time and with the appropriate
administrator, and provide the information necessary to
understand and pursue a resolution of your problem. These forms
and resources will be helpful for anyone facing a grievance
situation.
If you've been laid off, you can use the attached checklist to determine how to proceed in your situation. Please note that you have not been laid off if either of the following two scenarios describes your situation:
You are a full-time or part-time lecturer with an expired appointment and are being told that there is no longer any work for you at all or that there is not enough work for a subsequent appointment at your prior time base.
You are a part-time lecturer with an active (non-expired) appointment and are being told before the third class meeting that some or all of your classes are being cancelled and you are only being paid for any class hours taught.
If either of these two scenarios describes your situation, you have not been laid off and should not use this checklist.
Summer 2011 Update: FERP Award finally implemented!
In 2004 and 2005, CFA filed several systemwide grievances
challenging all teaching loads (i.e., 15 WTU teaching per year of
50% service on a semester campus) and disproportionate teaching
loads (i.e., more that 12 WTU but less than 15 WTU teaching per
year
It is your responsibility to properly file your grievance with the Administration and to choose between two distinct filing tracks available. CFA will help, but it is necessary that you choose the track, sign the grievance, file it on time and with the appropriate administrator, and provide the information necessary to understand and pursue a resolution of your problem.
Timely filing of your grievance is critical: within 42 days of the occurrence giving rise to your grievance or the time when it can reasonably be assumed you could have known of the problem.
