…the Adjunct Faculty Association of the United Steelworkers and the Battle of Homestead Foundation invite you to... A Community Conversation on The Affordable Care Act and Adjunct Faculty…March 6, 2013, 6:00-7:45pm at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Squirrel Hill, Room B
This Community Conversation is Open to the Public
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA),
also known as “Obamacare,” goes into effect on January 1, 2014, with the goal
of expanding healthcare coverage to all Americans. But Pittsburgh’s colleges and universities
are already setting up barriers to prevent their adjunct faculty from taking
advantage of its provisions. The
Community College of Allegheny County has decreased the number of courses an
adjunct faculty member can teach per semester, making it even more difficult
for the majority of CCAC’s teachers to earn a living.
Higher education institutions across the
country are following CCAC’s lead and changing employment policies to avoid the
PPACA’s rule that large employers must provide healthcare coverage for
full-time employees or pay a fine. The
PPACA defines “full time” as 30 hours per week, but adjunct instructors’
working time is usually measured by the course rather than by the hour. As a result, the IRS is collecting testimony
this March and April to help them develop a formula for measuring adjuncts’
working time, and the voices of Pittsburgh’s workers should be part of the
debate.
The Adjunct Faculty Association thus invites adjunct teachers
and community members to come together and discuss questions raised by the
application of the “30-hours rule” to adjunct faculty. Our hope is to gather commentary and opinions
on what the PPACA will mean for adjunct faculty, what healthcare coverage means
for part-time or contingent workers (academic or not), and how teaching work
should be measured. We hope to see you
March 6 for a lively community conversation!
For more information and to view our preliminary draft
of a formula for adjuncts’ working hours, please visit www.adjunctfacultyassoc.org or
email us at dafa.voc@gmail.com. You can access the draft directly at http://goo.gl/7m0hb or
by scanning this QR code:
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This
program or event is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Carnegie Library of
Pittsburgh.
meeting notes, http://www.scribd.com/doc/130021612/Recap-Pittsuburgh-ACA-Meeting
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