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Contract Agreement - Update from the Contingent Faculty UnionContributed by Tom Schneller on 03/26/17 Dear Students and Colleagues, Today at negotiations we won everything: a significant pay increase for PT faculty, more stable appointments for FT contingent faculty, and maintaining our voice as one union for both part-time and full-time contingent faculty. We are very pleased to announce that on the eve of our strike, the administration met all our demands. We have tentatively agreed to a collective bargaining agreement that we are extremely proud of. Let us be clear, none of this would have happened without the campus community coming together in overwhelming numbers to demand justice for our profession, our students and our college. We still have unfair labor practice charges filed with The National Labor Relations Board, but our strike is off and we will be announcing dates for a two-day ratification vote soon, where all members will get to review the contract and vote on it. We will send out the tentative agreements and highlights after all clerical matters are cleaned up and finalized on the written agreements. In the meantime, you can contact any of the bargaining team members for more information. When we stand together, we win. Some highlights include: - An established path towards pay parity for PT faculty. PT faculty will receive immediate raises, as well as immediate and annual raises totaling $1,025/3 credit course over the life of our contract. We believe that because of our hard work, and the support of our allies, the administration is committed to the concept of pay parity going forward. -More stability for FT contingent faculty. FT contingent faculty will be eligible for two-year appointments after 3 years of teaching at IC and three-year appointments after 5 years of teaching at IC. -More stability for PT contingent faculty. PT contingent faculty will be eligible for two-year appointments after 3 years of teaching at IC. In addition, if classes are cut last minute, PT contingent faculty will receive a $1,300 kill fee per class canceled. -Part-time and full-time contingent faculty have won the right to be recognized as one union. -Earlier notice of appointment for FT and PT contingent faculty to plan our lives. - Guaranteed interview and consideration for minimally qualified FT and PT contingent faculty applying for any full-time faculty position. -Access to professional development funding. -A grievance procedure as well as a just cause provision, so no one will be fired without just cause. -A labor management committee which will meet regularly to discuss contingent faculty concerns. -Contingent faculty will be eligible for the same teaching excellence awards as tenured and tenure track faculty. -Earlier fall semester pay day for part-time faculty. -And a whole lot more… This coming Tuesday at 4:30 PM, come join us for a celebration of this victory, which belongs to all of us! We’ll have a party at Free Speech Rock. When we come together in solidarity, we can accomplish anything! Mark Baustian, Lecturer | mbaustian@frontiernet.net
Contract Agreement - Update from the Contingent Faculty Union Comment from
abarlas on
03/27/17
Congratulations, Colleagues! You won these rights because of your own determination to play this absurd game of chicken to its nerve-wracking end. I admire you all for having borne the indignities involved in this process and for not having given up, or in. So, thank you for winning this fight not just on your own behalf but also of common human decency.
Contract Agreement - Update from the Contingent Faculty Union Comment from
mstephens on
03/30/17
Terrific news, long overdue. Kudos to you all for your stamina and big hearts, as well as for all you bring to your students and the campus community. It's a shame the administration put you through such lengthy agony before making the honorable decision. I hope this will mark the start of a new commitment by upper administrators, as a matter of policy and procedure, to the values the college publicly proclaims. And may your victory inspire people on other campuses who believe that education is both a right and a necessity for a viable society, and that teachers are valuable and critical if we are to ever achieve rule by an informed and educated *demos* (the people) -- that is, democracy.
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