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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!
For NYSUT calls to action, please visit the NYSUT Member Action Center!
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.
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.
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
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,
Our parent union, the American Federation of Teachers, is one of many groups participating in the No Kings Day Rallies and Marches that are happening across the nation on Saturday, March 28. You can find a rally happening near you and sign up to participate with fellow AFT union members here!
Send an email to your New York state representatives and ask them to increase funding for SUNY’s community colleges. Participate in this NYSUT campaign here.
