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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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Rally for Food Service on Campus Apr 22 #NCCFOODFIGHT

Hundreds of students and many faculty showed up on Monday, April 22, 2024, to call on the NCC administration to restore campus dining. The donation of pizza by Previti Pizza & Papazzio Dining in New Hyde Park to feed our students was heartily appreciated by all, and fueled the speakers. We do not, in fact, have a complete list of everyone who stepped up to the microphone and spoke! The need for a cafeteria on campus to feed 11,000 students,

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The NCC Administration’s Catastrophic Mismanagement and the NCCFT’s Cost-Saving Proposals to Grow Enrollment

April 18, 2024 — We have released a report detailing the financial mismanagement, inefficiencies, deception, and potentially self-inflicted budget deficit at the hands of administrators at Nassau Community College. Our report also outlines seven concrete proposals for course correction. Our report follows an independently-led analysis of NCC’s budget practices, and comes on the heels of another proposed consolidation of NCC faculty departments. These proposed mergers, consolidating about 28 academic departments into 6 mega-departments, will result in added costs totaling in

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NCC is in Chaos: Call for State Legislative Oversight

On Monday, April 15, 2024, we held a press conference to announce our letter to New York state legislators asking for New York state legislative investigation and oversight of NCC.  Below is a video clip of Long Island News 12 coverage, and, at the bottom, a copy of our letter to the chairs of the New York state legislature’s Committee for Higher Education, Senator Stavisky and Assembly Member Fahy. https://cdn.nccft.org/professorscallonstateLInews12.mp4 Dear Senator Stavisky and Assembly Member Fahy,  I am writing

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Fighting to Save NCC Mission and Academic Programming, Faculty Present VNC on Trustees, Conzatti, and Senior Administration at Nassau Legislature on Mar 25, 2024

Mineola, N.Y. —The Nassau Community College Federation of Teachers presented a faculty vote of no confidence in Nassau Community College’s administration —- including Chief Administrative Officer Maria Conzatti, the Board of Trustees and senior administration — on Monday, March 25, 2024 at the Nassau County legislature in Mineola. The speakers gave detailed examples of poor governance at the college and argued that the college’s mission is at risk and academic programming is negatively impacted. Faculty criticized recent and proposed department

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