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An active union membership is fundamental to our mission in education, and that means staying informed! Our public communications shared here will include news, calls to action, open letters, announcements, and other important union information. Please check back here regularly to stay in the loop!

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Faculty Statements to NCC Trustees: Sept 8 and Oct 13

      What follows is a collage — snippets from the public comments of individual faculty at the Nassau Community College Board of Trustees’ meetings on Sept 8 and Oct 13, 2026. The more recent comments are presented first. (With authors’ permission, a few editorial changes have been made in places.) Concerns are various: how scheduling policies hurt students’ ability to be full-time students, lower the College’s enrollment and revenue, and fall short of Nassau County needs for affordable,

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November 2, 2026 No Comments

NCCFT and NYSUT 2026 Endorsements

NCCFT Endorsements for Nassau County: For Hempstead Town Clerk:  Joylette Williams (NYSUT member; Democrat) For Nassau Legislature:  Debra Mulé (Democrat, District 6)   Dr. Doug Segan (Democrat, District 7)   Juleigh Chin (Democrat, District 9)   Delia DeRiggi-Whitton (Democrat, District 11)   Michael Vanunu (District 12)   Mr. Thomas McKevitt (Republican, District 13)   Cynthia Nuňez (District 14)   Jared Behr  (District 16)   Please see the NYSUT Endorsements for the New York State Assembly and New York Senate as well as the U.S. House of Representatives here.

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October 13, 2026 No Comments

NCCFT Attorney Jessica Harris to College, Cease and Desist

On Sept 24, 2026, NCCFT attorney Jessica Harris sent a letter to NCC in-house counsel Donna Haugen objecting to “rampant violations of the parties’ collective bargaining agreement and Taylor Law” and demanding that “NCC cease and desist this conduct.”  The full letter is linked here. 

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October 12, 2026 1 Comment

Letters from Concerned Faculty

Concerned Faculty sent two letters in September to county and state leadership:  one to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and County Legislators and one to Chancellor John King, SUNY Trustees, and Governor Kathy Hochul. The letter to the county executive and legislature focused on mismanagement at the college. The letter to SUNY leadership and Governor Hochul addressed lack of shared governance, faculty working without a contract, attempts to undermine the full-time faculty union, mismanagement, and called on SUNY to intervene. 

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October 12, 2026 1 Comment

Contract Violations, Disregard for Shared Governance, Lack of Contract, and Toxic Environment at SUNY Nassau Community College are Covered by Academe

Concerned Faculty at NCC have an article published this fall in Academe, a publication of the New York State Conference of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), covering multiple issues that faculty are facing at Nassau Community College, SUNY. The article can be read at https://nyscaaup.org/. See page 2 of the latest newsletter. After presenting multiple issues, Concerned Faculty ask, is NCC trying to deliberately dismantle a crucial public resource; i.e., Nassau Community College as an affordable and high

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September 30, 2026 No Comments

NCCFT Connect! Another Way to Participate!

Dear Members, We are rolling out another means to receive our private communications, stay in-the-know and help us in our union efforts; it is the application, Union/ NCCFT Connect.  We will continue to send emails to private email addresses, but some of you have had trouble accessing them when they have gone to Junk/ Spam or don’t like email.  To enroll, we must have your private email and private phone number (preferrably cell) on file.  If we don’t have that,

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September 5, 2026 No Comments
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