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October 25, 2021 Meeting Minutes

10-25-2021

82 members in attendance

BrCCC Chapter Meeting Notes   

10/25/2021
82 members in attendance

  1. Presidents Report (10 Minutes)
    1. The Win 
      1. Pushed back on campus work until January 3rd 2022
      2. Fought hard for and happy that this was the outcome
      3. Plans are being made to eat safely on campus (we’re working on it)
        1. Union has seen a draft on plans; still restrictions, but better than what it is now
      4. Safety concerns will be addressed
        1. Check out your offices before full return (come in before Jan 3)
        2. Let union know if there are any safety concerns
    2. Upload vaccination card as soon as possible
        1. Please upload ASAP
        2. Member: some people don’t have smart phones
          • Not everyone can submit cards
          • Maybe bring to townhall
          • Also need a smart phone for QR codes on campus: http://www.bristolcc.edu/together/vaccinations/bristolvaxup/
        3. Upcoming Townhall November 2nd, 2021 @2:30pm
          1. Questions regarding Covid and Return to Campus
            1. please fill out questionnaire
            2. Member: telework policy: no draft yet
              1. Being impact bargained at state
              2. But assured it will be ready by thanksgiving
              3. Plan to have it developed by return to campus
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2. MACER Report (10 Minutes)

  •  Change in Chairs and Coordinators Duties
  • Autumn:  proposed language that management wanted to put forward
  • About program directors will need to track CORIs and SORIs
  • Member: takes too much time
  • Will no longer take video reports
  • Member: doing CORIs and SORIs is a part time job
  • Need someone at college level to do this job
  • Blatantly going behind the backs of health sciences faculty
  • Just coordinating the drug testing alone took up all the summer hours
  • Information should be kept confidential
  • Autumn: Please put names in the chat or email so we can have more specific information
  • Prior to covid, all faculty had to track down
  • Students cannot register for courses until CORI has cleared
  • Need better process—losing students because they don’t understand
  • For certain programs, could students be CORI and SORI during admission?
  • Process is confusing for students; don’t understand the process

3. Chapter Director (10 Minutes)

  • . Special Election
    • Shelly Murphy will be stepping down at the end of the semester
    • Description of position
      • Shelly: regretfully stepping down
      • Represent our chapter at the statewide level
    • Involves: MACER; MCCC board meetings (lengthy); on Zoom right now; Represent at delegate assembly (biggest requirement)
    • Catherine: wonderful way to get to know people from other colleges

4. Running for office in 2022 (10 Minutes)

  • Support from previous leadership
    • . Training and advice available
  • Several vital positions will be opening
  • Will discuss every meeting this year
  • Elections in May 2022

5. DCE Adjunct Required Training (10 Minutes)

  • Catherine: email reminder today that all DCE faculty and part time employees by November 25th
  • DCE contract: nothing since last update
  • If there is anything you would like brought up at state meeting, email Catherine

6. Other Business (10 Minutes)

  • Member: department chair and coordinator for several years, but HR does not have her listed as chair and coordinator
  • Autumn: most of us now are hired as faculty and then take on the roll of coordinator
  • Workload questions? Please contact union
  • Member: More phishing emails than usual?
  • Member: can we formalize a process for impact bargaining so that others who may be impacted by solution can know; must look at system-wide
  • Autumn: not sure…how much privacy for impact bargaining?
    • Sometimes catches us by surprise
    • Sometimes union or college asks for impact bargaining
      • Need an impact bargaining team
    • Emily: Some of impact bargaining is very confidential; also must know the contract well to bargain well
      • Should know the contract better than we do
      • We can get impact bargaining training
      • Will discuss in exec committee
  • Member: are there people at the state level who can help us understand the contract? CORI and SORI a huge issue for health sciences and Vet Tec
  • Autumn: we do have support from state wide, but how well are they trained? Seems one sided when management has attorneys at their disposal; transparency is very important
  • Catherine: everyone should have some idea of what the contract contains, if not the specific language
  • Member: Our chapter needs a way to protect privacy but still share news on impact bargaining.
  • Autumn: good idea and let’s check with other colleges to see what their process is; we need a process to address this; any member can do impact bargaining, they don’t need the union
  • We don’t know what needs to be impact bargained or grieved until something is submitted
  • Member: shouldn’t college’s policy on F2F courses for faculty be impact bargained?
  • Autumn: we checked with state wide: management has the right to implement policy on f2f courses, but needs to be applied evenly