BAD BILL for WASHINGTON STATE ADJUNCT FACULTY AT COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR STATE HOUSE AND SENATE REPRESENTATIVES.
Tomorrow, Wednesday, our House Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing on 2ESSB 5194 at 1:30 p.m. The bill seeks to take courses away from 200 to 600 part-timers to form new full-time positions. The bill does not mandate any preference or priority to current part-timers in getting these jobs.
Moreover, both the
Democratic House and Senate budgets include money in their budgets to
fund the $16.6 million needed to create these new positions. Neither
budget has any money for part-time salary increases, for the 12th year
in a row. We are still underpaid about $132 million a year, though our
numbers have declined by at least 20%.
Below you will find the email I just sent the committee.
Please send an
email to the committee members with your subject line saying something
like "Part-Timer Opposes E2SSB 5194." Your subject line may be all they
will read. So keep your email short.
If you have time, an email to your own legislators will also help.
While my email has the members names and email addresses, you can also find them here:
Generally, you can use their first name, with a period, then their last name, then @leg.wa.gov
You letter will do
the most good in the next 24 hours, but it could be helpful in the next
48 hours, when they are likely to vote.
Cordially, Keith
