MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT Between the Massachusetts Community College Council – DCE Unit and the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education/MA Community Colleges The terms below are applicable only to courses offered for Summer 2020 sessions at the Massachusetts Community Colleges in the Division of Continuing Education. Unless otherwise modified below, the terms and provisions of the applicable DCE Collective Bargaining Agreement remain in effect. Download pdf … [Read more...]
Day Negotiating Team
On May 22, 2019, the Day Bargaining Team arrived at a Tentative Agreement. TA details and information on ratification will be uploaded shortly. Day Negotiating Team Updates Day Negotiating Update May. 15, 2019 Day Negotiating Update April. 24, 2019 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...]
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...]