Association of Classified Employees Foothill – De Anza

2025.11.06 Update – Election Results, Food Assistance, Financial Relief, PGA, SDL, T-Shirts, Jury Duty, Inaccurate Pay

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Election Results
Thank you to @Sharon Garcia-Vega (Recorder) for managing the two concurrent elections for the negotiated Tentative Agreements with the District and for ACE Executive Board Members in the even year cycle. Results from both were relayed to the District.

  • New components of our Agreement are in effect following approval by the Board of Trustees. We’ll begin updating documents, websites, and trainings. Per 5.4, “The District will prepare the authoritative text of the Agreement, as may be amended, subject to approval by ACE. The District will place the Agreement on the District website.”
    • Ongoing pay is expected to be implemented in December paychecks.
    • Retroactive pay is expected to be a part of February paychecks.
    • Reminder: Implementation requires the work of many classified professionals in Central Services.
    • This timeline is consistent with the past and we’ll keep you informed of any changes.
  • Elected board members begin serving their 2-year terms on January 1st, 2026.

Training will be scheduled in January to onboard everyone on our board.

Thank you to @Lisa Ly and @Yasmine Malboubi for their service during their terms as board members for each campus. We’re certain they will continue to remain actively engaged in union work.

Food Assistance
For anyone in need visit the California Association of Food Banks (LINK) to find your local food bank.

Do you have a food resource to share with members in need? Respond to this message.

Financial Relief
Check with your local credit union if they are offering similar relief for members affected by the federal government shutdown (LINK).

Do you have a financial resource to share with members in need? Respond to this message.

Professional Growth Award Forms Updated
The PGA committee has provided updated information for submitting an application which is now available on our website (LINK).

Questions? Reach out to pga@fhda.edu or contact a member of the committee directly. An updated list of committee members is available on our website (LINK).

Staff Development Leave (SDL)
The SDL PowerPoint presentation shown during November site meetings has been uploaded to our website and the form is also available (LINK).

  • Feel free to arrange a 30 minute meeting for Q&A about your application.
  • The deadline to submit an application is December 15th.

We’ll send another reminder along with a separate explainer as part of an upcoming member message for those who were unable to attend recent meetings.

T-Shirts Arrived
8 of 9 boxes from our initial order arrived last Thursday and were distributed from the Foothill ACE Office and De Anza ACE Office. Union made clothing was purchased from Sawicki & Son (LINK) and we already need to order more. Feedback so far has been positive. Do you have a vendor that you’ve had success with? Please let a board member know.

The ACE Executive Board will discuss plans to place another order at our upcoming meeting. There is a utility to advertising our union, displaying solidarity with fellow members, and showing pride for being a member.

President’s Jury Duty Next Week (Message)
I’m on call for jury duty next week. As a reminder, 10.6 covers this event for everyone (LINK). This may affect my availability and response time – I’ll keep everyone informed.

10.6 Jury Duty

In order to encourage workers to accept jury duty as a responsibility of citizenship, the District will pay workers at their regular rate of pay while they are performing jury service. When jury duty consumes only a portion of the day, workers are expected either to report to work immediately after jury duty or to have pay canceled for the day. A worker must reimburse the District for the fee received from jury duty by having that amount reduced from their paycheck…

If you have questions, contact a steward.

I also have a meeting this afternoon to discuss member pay discrepancies with the Dianna Rose (Vice Chancellor of Human Resources). Thank you to those who’ve forwarded outstanding items which may have been assigned to either Karen White or Karen Hunter – you’re on my list and I’ll provide individual updates.

In Service,

Scott Olsen (he/him) | ACE President
https://acefhda.org | scott.olsen@acefhda.org 
650-949-7789 | M-F 8:30am-5:00pm

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