2025.02.13 – Board & Negotiator Training, Logo Stickers, T-Shirts [SURVEY], Data Privacy Reminder

ACE Members,

Board & Negotiator Training
Union trainings have taken place to prepare our organization for duties assigned to each position per the ACE Constitution (LINK). Thank you to Anthony Booth for providing Board Member and Negotiator training sessions. We all owe a huge amount of gratitude to our fellow colleagues for doing union work. As an independent labor association, we rely on members stepping into leadership roles to continue to operate successfully. As an icebreaker we spoke about our very first jobs (unofficial and w-2) which told a story of growth, the value of all types of work, and how important household income is for coping with the rising cost of living. We’re all dedicated toward the maintenance and advancement of our wages, working conditions, and benefits here at the Foothill-De Anza Community College District.

(Special thanks to Alan for being a person who remembers to take group photos.)

ACE Union Logo Stickers
Thank you to @Gera Robredo for taking care of the design and logistics on a initial run of logo stickers. We’ve handed out a few amongst the campuses, but they’ll be available at upcoming site meetings and a stack (+ lanyards) are located in the ACE mailbox in the Foothill College mailroom. Can’t find one? Contact a union rep and we’ll get one to you.

ACE T-Shirt & Sweater Survey
Our swag “stuff we all get” survey is live via a Google Forms. ACE has a $3,000 annual budget for marketing and increasing union visibility. Stickers are a small step, but we’re also looking to offer T-shirts to those who are interested. In the coming years we may need to advocate for workplace improvements at board meetings, city meetings, county meetings, state meetings, etc. and it helps to show we are united as a group with a request. Often, we are mistaken for faculty members or outside community members, but something as simple as a shirt shows that we’re organized together and willing to show up in numbers to speak to a need/concern.

I purchased my shirt from the Labor Notes store (LINK) and would love to see similar shirts with ACE logos around campus showing union pride and solidarity. ACE has a massive effect on our workplace, but our visibility does not reflect that. Let us know your thoughts and T-shirt size so that we can create an estimate.

Thank you to @Janie Garcia Cordova, @Lindsay West, and @Sharon Garcia-Vega for advancing this.

California Public Records Act (CPRA) Requests & Network Privacy
Important reminder that there is no expectation of privacy when communicating via district provided technology services and devices (email/text/chat/cell phone/computer/etc.) and if you use your personal device to conduct workplace business, it would be subject to disclosure as part of a public records act request. Our attorney, Bradley Booth, has written up a document that is attached to this message which provides more detail on the CPRA.

Union-related communication on the District email server is also accessible by the District. To maintain your privacy ACE has email addresses off the District’s network. Executive Board Members, Negotiators, and Stewards all have firstname.lastname@acefhda.org email addresses that you can send messages to from your personal email addresses.

(and this message is akin to a bulletin-board message per Agreement section 5.1.2 if you’re wondering why it is originating from a @fhda.edu address.)

Don’t put anything on your work devices that you don’t want everyone to see.

In Service,

Scott Olsen (he/him) | ACE President
https://acefhda.org | scott.olsen@acefhda.org  
650-949-7789 | M-F 8:00am-5:00pm