Your team has been working diligently since the beginning of 2018 to improve the Day Contract. Day Negotiating Team Updates Day Negotiating Update Feb. 13, 2019 Day Negotiating Update Nov. 3, 2018 Day Negotiating Update June 27, 2018 … [Read more...]
The DCE Bargaining team has reached tentative agreement for a new contract
DCE Tentative Agreement Reached 7.16.18 (pdf) The DCE Bargaining team has reached tentative agreement for a new contract, with raises of 6 percent and new rights and benefits including sick leave, tuition waiver, and more. DCE Tentative Agreement. The team will be scheduling information meetings for each chapter to explain the tentative agreement and to involve members in the ongoing fight for pay parity and rights for adjuncts. Contract ratification will be scheduled for this fall. … [Read more...]
Click here to view the Two Tentative DCE Agreements
Links to the two tentative agreements; one is retroactive and covers June 1, 2016 to May 31, 2018; the other covers June 1, 2018 to August 31, 2020. Tentative Agreements Tentative DCE Agreement 2016-2018 NEW Tentative DCE Agreement 2018-2020 NEW Updates and Information Tentative Agreement Fact Sheet. Information on tentative agreement Tentative DCE Contract Agreement Reached July 16, 2018 DCE Bargaining Update January 10, 2018 DCE Bargaining Update December 22, 2017 … [Read more...]
Notice Regarding Agency Fees
A Supreme Court decision is expected shortly in the Janus case, in which an Illinois government employee has challenged the constitutionality of unions collecting agency fees. While a previous Supreme Court decision was clear that agency fee collections are lawful, we have been advised by competent legal counsel to exercise an abundance of caution in this matter. Therefore, we, and many other unions will stop collecting agency fees on June 1, 2018 and will continue to abstain from the … [Read more...]
What MCCC is Fighting For…
After nearly two years of bargaining, Management’s wage offer is 0% the first year, 1% the second! This doesn’t even keep pace with inflation. MCCC represents 4500 adjunct faculty who teach in the Division of Continuing Education (DCE). In Massachusetts community colleges, 70% of the courses are DCE. Adjunct instructors hired to teach courses in DCE do so on a semester-by-semester basis, with little job security. We Want Equal Pay for Equal Work Adjuncts earn less than half … [Read more...]