What is this Organizing HQ?
Organizing HQ is your home base for collective action at MCCC.
Here you’ll find ways to get involved, stay informed, and access organizing tools that support equity, fair pay, and strong public higher education.
Whether you’re new to union organizing or already active, this space is designed to help you plug in at the level that works for you.
Take Action
Open letter to the college presidents Escalate Letter Action to College Presidents regarding DAY bargaining silent reps by delivering a hard copy to your chapter president with a cadre of members (perhaps at all-college or BOT meetings). Continue to ask members to complete the ACTION NETWORK letter. Let’s hit 6,000!
Sign this Action Network Letter to sign your name to a letter being sent to all 15 community college Presidents
Join the Movement (Organizing NOW) Stay connected and informed in real time.
Sign up to receive updates, action alerts, and opportunities to support our work.
Please use a personal email so we can reliably stay in touch.
“Conceive it, Believe it, Achieve it! We will not be denied!”
— Joe Nardoni, Vice President, MCCC
INTERESTED IN BEING A SILENT REPRESENTATIVE?– Observe bargaining firsthand by joining an upcoming session on Zoom. Silent representatives show visible support for a strong contract while hearing directly from both management and the MCCC bargaining team as proposals are exchanged.
Register as a MCCC DCE Silent Representative
Register as a MCCC DAY Silent Representative
SIGN OUR PETITION if you agree with our goals to:
♥️ support student success with needed resources
♥️ support faculty and staff with fair pay and sustainable workloads
♥️ support justice for adjuncts with job security, benefits, and pay parity
♥️ support opportunities for professional growth
♥️ support funding campus infrastructure improvements
Record your video story HERE! – Tell us how chronic underfunding is affecting you, your students, and your campus. Personal stories are powerful tools for change.
Submit written testimony HERE! – Your experience matters. Written statements help document the real impacts of underfunding across our system.
Please, complete the poll for our bi-weekly meetings in Feb. We’ll use this to plan our meetings throughout the semester. We have big actions coming this year, and we’ll need to focus more than ever in our OC meetings. So, please fill this out with the intention of choosing a time when you can devote your attention to the matters at hand. Thank you!
Organizing Resources
Organizing Committee Mission –Defines the mission and guiding principles of the Organizing Committee. A roadmap for collective action, equity, and member-driven change.
Social Media Center – A collection of ready-to-use PDFs, graphics, and digital materials to help amplify our message and support organizing efforts.
MTA Wage Study – A detailed wage equity study comparing Massachusetts higher education faculty and staff salaries with nearby peer-state community colleges.
SUBSCRIBE to MCCC e-news communications using personal email addresses. This is key to our forthcoming mobilizing efforts.
State of Our Union Town Halls: POST accurate dates in Feb. Let us know what you need. (You can use the same spreadsheet to update chapter OC info.)