The DCE Negotiations Team is happy to announce that the DCE Tentative Agreement has been ratified with 98% voting in favor of ratification. The numbers were: 710 Yes votes, 12 No votes, and 1 Unmarked. Thank you to those who were available to tally the vote.
COVID-19 – Information and Related Agreements
Safe on campus: a framework for reopening
COVID-19-Related agreements between the MCCC and the BHE
MCCC Office Hours
The MCCC Office is normally open Monday through Thursday from 9 am to 3 pm. There is no in-office staffing on Fridays. Masks may be required to enter the office.
Welcome to the MCCC, your union
The Massachusetts Community College Council and its campus chapters allow faculty and staff to have a powerful and meaningful voice in the workplace, and we encourage you to belong.
The MCCC bargains the contracts that set the wages, benefits and working conditions for all of the faculty and staff in the bargaining unit. MCCC membership is the power behind our ability to create the working and learning conditions that you want in our community colleges.
The MCCC and its parent union the Massachusetts Teachers Association are fierce advocates for the community college system. Over recent years, the MCCC has improved full-time and part-time educators’ pay, benefits and working conditions, but we still have much to do in terms of making sure that everyone on our campuses is treated with respect and dignity. This means we will continue to fight for benefits such as health insurance and fair compensation for all.
We are also the voice calling for state funding so that students have affordable access to campuses with sufficient resources, programs, faculty and staff.
Union membership comes with some important protections and benefits. Members have far greater access to legal services, and only members can vote on contracts and elect the leadership they want to represent them.
Members can participate in trainings and conferences offered by the MTA and the National Education Association. Membership also provides access to hundreds of discounts on services and products available through MTA Benefits.
If you have questions or concerns regarding your union, please contact MCCC President, Claudine Barnes at presbarnes@mccc-union.org or your chapter leadership https://mccc-union.org/chapters/ .
NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED
NOMINATIONS CLOSE FEB. 2, 4PM
- CANDIDATE for At-Large Part-time/Adjunct Director
- DELEGATE to the MTA Annual Meeting
- DELEGATE to the NEA Representative Assembly
NOMINATIONS will be open until Feb 2, 4pm

Reach Out to Me with Your Issues
Welcome back to the new aca-demic year! It has been a very busy start to my first term as MCCC President and as the President of the Higher Education Leadership Council. Again, I want to thank everyone for your support and want to ensure you that I am listening and responding to your questions and concerns. My proverbial door is always open and I welcome members reaching out to me about issues large and small.
Claudine Barnes
MCCC President
presbarnes@mccc-union.org
Day Bargaining Updates
- Day Bargaining Update Dec. 12, 2022
- Day Bargaining Update Dec. 2, 2022
- Day Bargaining Update Nov. 22, 2022
- Day Bargaining Update Oct. 5, 2022
- Day Bargaining Update Sept. 7, 2022
- MCCC Day Bargaining Principles
- Day Bargaining Update July 20, 2022
- Day Bargaining Update June 23, 2022
- Day Bargaining Update June 6, 2022
- Day Bargaining Update April 12, 2022
- Day Bargaining Update April 4, 2022
- Day Bargaining Update Feb. 16, 2022
- Day Bargaining Update Nov. 17, 2021
- Day Bargaining Update July 28, 2021
- Day Bargaining Update June 14, 2021
Payroll Deductions
Payroll Deductions for Paid Family and Medical Leave Start on October 1
More Information
Attorney General Advisory
Massachusetts Legislative Action Alert

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Day Contract Agreement Reached
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