Full-time and Part-time Day Unit Faculty Course Materials Under the Day Contract - - Please Note-This does not apply to DCE day/evening/weekend/summer adjunct faculty (DCE Contract Applies) Faculty are required to distribute course materials to each student and forward a copy to the immediate supervisor prior to the conclusion of the add/drop period. The course materials shall include all materials listed on the attached Checklist for Course Materials. (Form XIII-E2). NEW COURSE … [Read more...]
2017 MTA Regional Forums
NOTICE! MTA Regional Forums for Members – January 10-31 – 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. Find a forum near you and register. 2017 MTA Regional Winter Forums While the assaults against our union, our public schools and our communities are likely to intensify, we need to use the power we have gained to plant a flag for our vision of public education. Please attend a regional forum in January to talk with other MTA members about lessons we learned and the power we have gained from the #NoOn2 campaign. We … [Read more...]
Bristol Community College union faculty unhappy with contract talks. Jan. 10, 2016, South Coast Today
"We are very very frustrated with the pressures put on us to do more with less unlike what has happened with other higher education institutions in the state." read more … [Read more...]
DCE Bargaining Meetings
Come out and observe the bargaining process! Learn first-hand what is happening in DCE bargaining. All unit members – dues payers and agency fee payers – vote on contract ratification. Bargaining Dates and Locations: Meetings for Fall semester will be on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Team caucuses will be from 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. Bargaining will start at 11 a.m. February 5, 2018 - tentative 10 am - 2 pm; location TBD January 10, 2018 - 10 am - 5 pm; location to be determined by … [Read more...]
President’s Column Dec 2016
SURVEY SAYS... Equal Pay for Equal Work Anyone who has ever been treated unfairly by an employer has learned that if we stand alone, we are weak. But if we stand together in solidarity, “our union makes us strong.” We saw the power of union solidarity with the November election win on ballot Question 2. A loss would have jump-started the privatization of public education by allowing a big expansion in the number of charter schools in the state. The odds against winning were overwhelming. In … [Read more...]