Today the New York State AFL-CIO is launching a statewide radio ad campaign in opposition to the proposed Tier 6 pension changes. You can listen to the radio ad here.
Tier 6 would severely undermine the retirement security of workers who dedicate their careers to serving the residents of New York.
Mario Cilentro, President of the [...]
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We hope the break afforded you a much needed and deserved period of relaxation and opportunity to recharge after what can only be described as a stressful Fall semester. As we begin the New Year, there are several updates to share:
First, we want to announce some changes and additions to our team: Professor Richard Newman [...]
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Synergy is a term used to describe efforts which, when joined, produce a result greater than the sum of their contributions. In the case of Nassau Community College, greater does not mean better.
In the face of political and financial problems the likes of which we have not seen at NCC in a very long time, [...]
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This past week can be summed up as exasperating. We began the week with an allfaculty email discussion concerning the Administration’s decision to shut down our previously unrestricted access to the allncc email list. As we are sure you know by now, the Administration alleges its decision was predicated by an unknown threat sent to [...]
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The sudden shut-down of the “allncc” feature of our email system has left many of us stunned. The NCCFT Executive Committee has communicated our concerns to Dr. Astrab. The only response we have received from the Administration is that some sort of criminal activity has occurred, a criminal investigation has ensued and this event warrants [...]
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What follows is a letter to the editor sent by NCCFT Secretary and Associate Professor of History Faren Siminoff to Newsday earlier this week and published in a slightly edited form at Newsday.com on Thursday, December 1 2011.
Dear Editor:
On September 11, 2011 Newsday commented on the problems at Nassau Community College. Since President Donald Astrab [...]
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The NCCFT Executive Committee wants to welcome Dr. Faren Siminoff as Secretary of the NCCFT. Dr. Siminoff has hit the ground running and we look forward to strengthening our team with the expertise and energy she brings to the union. We want to thank Prof. Richard Newman for coming forward to run for this position [...]
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What the Forked! Let me be clear about the FOIL (Freedom of Information Law) requests mentioned in Chuck Cutolo’s allncc email. The NCCFT Collective Bargaining Agreement provides for the NCCFT to form a Budget Committee in order to make budgetary recommendations to the college. Dr. Faren Siminoff has agreed to Chair our ad [...]
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On behalf of the NCCFT Executive Committee, I want to thank all of you who voted to support the Chairs, Senate and Union leadership with your “Vote of No Confidence” in President Astrab’s ability to continue to lead this College. After the tally indicated that over 89% of you voted in favor of the [...]
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Three rallies were held over the summer to inform students about the impact of recent budget cuts. We posted a video from the second of the three rallies on August 12. Additional videos of the August 3rd rally and August 17th rally with faculty statements can be found on our YouTube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/NCCFT#p/u
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