Dec. 13 Board of Trustees Meeting: Faculty Excellence Awarded, Will Fair Contract Follow?
Thank you to everyone who attended the N.C.C. Board of Trustees’ December 13th meeting. The room was packed, with all seats taken and folks standing in the back. A special thanks to […]
Negotiations Update
At the administration’s request, your negotiating team met with the college’s legal team for a preliminary exchange of ideas. The meeting, which was constructive, took place on Friday, March 6th. […]
Our Signed Contract, Next Steps
Now that our new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) has been ratified by the Nassau County Legislature, you may be wondering, especially since the contract’s provisions are now in effect, when […]
Some of What We’ve Been Working on This Summer: Binding Arbitration, the Senate Bylaws, and Contract Negotiations
On June 28th, we posted to this blog about the resolution passed by the Board of Trustees at their June 27th meeting in response to the failed ratification vote regarding […]
Contract Negotiations: The Next Challenge We Face
The weeks leading up to last Thursday’s vote to ratify, or not, the amended Academic Senate bylaws passed by the Senate at its meeting on April 27th have been fraught […]
Taking One Step Forward, Not Two Steps Back
On May 5th, we sent an email to the NCCFT Executive Board informing them that contract negotiations have begun. Under normal circumstances, we would have allowed your department representatives to […]