Spring 2024
WHEREAS, Student workers should be compensated for all of their labor, including and especially labor that is invisible, such as being multilingual and using multilingual skills in the workplace;
WHEREAS, Students workers are likely to encounter interactions where they are expected to use their multilingual skills, if they are multilingual, since 10% of California community college students are ESL students[1]; and
WHEREAS, Currently workers in state agencies, including California community colleges, are only eligible for additional compensation for their multilingual skills if the worker serves in a designated bilingual position, however, designating a position as bilingual requires that “the employee must first document that 10% of work time is spent in usage of the non-English language,”[2] putting the onus on the worker; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Student Senate of California Community Colleges promote that multilingual student workers should be compensated, above and in addition to the standard rate of pay, if they are expected to, or routinely do, use their multilingual skills in the course of their work, even if their position is not a designated bilingual position[3].
WHEREAS, Students workers are likely to encounter interactions where they are expected to use their multilingual skills, if they are multilingual, since 10% of California community college students are ESL students[1]; and
WHEREAS, Currently workers in state agencies, including California community colleges, are only eligible for additional compensation for their multilingual skills if the worker serves in a designated bilingual position, however, designating a position as bilingual requires that “the employee must first document that 10% of work time is spent in usage of the non-English language,”[2] putting the onus on the worker; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Student Senate of California Community Colleges promote that multilingual student workers should be compensated, above and in addition to the standard rate of pay, if they are expected to, or routinely do, use their multilingual skills in the course of their work, even if their position is not a designated bilingual position[3].