Thursday, March 19, 2009

Special board meeting today: the faculty contract

Sheesh.

You’ve gotta be on your toes in this district, boy. A few minutes ago, I happened to check the district website, and whadoo you know? The SOCCCD board of trustees is holding a “special meeting” this afternoon.

The meeting concerns the faculty contract.

They’ll call the meeting to order at 5:00. The public will then have an opportunity to address the board.

After that, the board will recess for a closed session discussion of:
A. Conference with Labor Negotiators (GC Section 54957.6)
1. SOCCCD Faculty Association
a. Agency Designated Negotiator: Dr. Raghu Mathur

They’re set to reconvene to an open session at 5:30 (wow, that’s fast). At that point, they’ll report any actions that will have been taken during the closed session.

The agenda outline is available here. (It's a small pdf file.)

Hey, this could be good. I've got my fingers crossed.




UPDATE:

3/20/09: I (and everyone else no doubt) just received a communication from faculty union Prez Lee Haggerty. It notes an error in a previous communication. Then, at the end, it states: "The contract went to the Board of Trustees on March 19, 2009 and was approved by them...." --That's it. No elaboration.

OK. I can take a hint. I won't elaborate either.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Maybe we'll hear from the union later today. Hope so. They don't seem to be into communication much.

Anonymous said...

Let's face it, our union sucks.

Anonymous said...

Why do you say that, Anon 8:16? You guys have some of the best salaries in Califorina, and I haven't read anything about teachers getting fired. For sure, your BoT sucks, but your union? And if it does, why don't you do something about it (it's YOUR union, after all) that's a little more positive than anonymous whining?

--100 miles down the road

Anonymous said...

I think our union leadership does just fine - I try not to complain because I can't make the sacrifices the leadership does and step up to the plate and join them...sure, they make mistakes (like all of us) but, like all of us many of them are doing this and teaching full time as well. A little perspective please. They also have to work with the Board from hell in the county that time forgot.

Roy Bauer said...

One of our little right-wing friends wrote in sans argument. He did call me/us "slimebucket liberal unionists." Oh my. Such powerful rhetoric. I shiver with fear.

Anonymous said...

it would be nice if the union posted what happened..

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