February 28, 2022 Meeting Minutes

BrCCC Chapter Meeting Minutes

28 Feb 2022

98 members present

1. President’s Report (Emily)
   1. Mask mandate change?
      1. No decisions yet; president Douglas asked union presidents to have this discussion; what should Bristol do? Some folks are okay with no masks, others are not; members should reach out to Emily and Colleen if they have further concerns   
   2. In Person vs. Zoom Meetings Fall 2022
      1. Modality of chapter meetings? Zoom or in person; virtual gets more participation, but not as collegial
      2. Members voting: 56% voted for hybrid
      3. Member comments: zoom is helpful for allowing adjunct participation; some hearing/speaker problems with hybrid; remote classes have not had speaker problems; folks on other campuses can participate more often; should be clear about hybrid; be sure what can and cannot be done on zoom and hybrid; we still have time, but we want to publish meeting calendar soon; most want at least some zoom included; maybe first and last hybrid; opening day will be in person, so first meeting
      4. **Recommend: first meeting in person (opening day) and then zoom unless otherwise noted
2. Search Committee Petition
   1. Thanks to all who signed petition; advisors told that subordinates could not sit on search committee for supervisors; 115 signatures as of today; filed a grievance and asked for names of MCCC members on the committees; would like to send petition by tomorrow afternoon
3. Grievance Team Report (Autumn)
   1. Development Ed Stipend – Step 1 denied, Moving to Mediation
      1. Paying only for one development modality $500; statewide interprets it as $500 for each modality; would be upward of $90,000; should have been taken up at the state level; state says no; going to mediation and arbitration
   2. Student Senate Process – Step 1 TBD
      1. Member filed grievance against senate process; nothing to prevent student senate from proposing things that violate our contract; want to empower student involvement, but only that doesn’t violate contract.
   3. Advising Director Searches – Step 1 TBD
      1. Same as above
   4. NUPS Requesting One on Ones – Step 1 TBD
      1. Deans scheduling one on one meetings; should not be happening under contract
   5. More in the works – Reassigned Time & Seniority
      1. Chairs and coordinator positions up for rehire; reassign times have been changed; should not change if job/duties have not changed; added things to contract language (some wiggle room-other duties as assigned); members should look at job descriptions to be sure duties have not changed
      2. Question about seniority: one member taught directed studies with between two and seven, none count toward seniority; member has lost seniority
      3. What else is going on with members that need our attention?
         1. Please speak up immediately; 30-day timeline only; use personal email addresses
      4. Sent a cease and dismiss order over moving AFSME duties to MCCC members
4. Professional Staff Report (Susan)
   1. No new updates; be sure to use comp time for vaccine status upload
   2. AFSME work has been done by professional staff MCCC members
   3. Asked for information about how many people have separated from the college—told that list is coming
   4. Let exec committee know who is missing in their area
5. DCE Representative Report (Catherine)
   1. Adjuncts should have received ballot to vote for contract
   2. Last Friday meeting—voted unanimously to accept; one of the best contracts in recent years; board of directors have recommended, too; heath insurance bill is moving along: hopeful; reminder: if you want to roll over OBRA into retirement account, possible but during a small window of time
6. Chapter Director Report (Colleen)

1. 1. Meeting to discuss DCE Tentative Agreement 2/28, 6 – 7:30pm
   2. Tonight from 6-7:30 al under DCE contract committee will be there to answer questions; email forthcoming
   3. MCCC meet the Candidates night Monday, 3/7, 5pm
      1. Must register first
   4. Day Bargaining Update and call for CAT representative from Bristol
      1. Every campus should have a member who will coordinate actions on campus
   5. Research Coordinator Report
      1. For MCCC; looks at long-term trends including admin to faculty ratio; DCE course sessions; member ship trends will send out via email
   6. MTA virtual conferences
   7. Skill building to title IV to student loan forgiveness
   8. Autumn: syllabi returned for corrections only 10 days; when materials returned, can delete syllabus; all should be complete by March 21^st or may face consequences
2. Motion: Work to Rule
   1. Autumn serving as proxy for Sandy Lygren
   2.  Issues:
      • Sneaking new tasks into job descriptions
      • Reducing/changing reassign time
      • Schedule changes/arbitrary
      • Face to face with no rational
      • Day negotiations going very poorly
      • Management disagreed with all points
      • Asked for 5%; offered 2%
      • WTR might give bargaining team
   3. Motion: BRCCC to go on Work to Rule immediately
      1. Second: Autumn Alden
      2. Discussion:
         1. Will it help professional staff? Have duties as assigned
         2. Day contract negotiations going very poorly, but DCE did too at first; might day contract go the same way? Might want to apply pressure so process shorter
            • ***If passes, someone will reach out to other colleges to get on board
            • Not a perfect tool
            • Biggest concern is contract; try to get other CCs on board rather than on a local level; should be careful of using it too quickly
            • Contract action member needed from Bristol
            • Question called; members voting: 18% yea vote; 42% nay; 40% abstained