Faculty Voice: October 2016: Negotiations Update: Agreement May Be Within Reach

October 16, 2016 CCFT Contract Development, Negotiations, Oct. 2016 Faculty Voice Comments Off on Faculty Voice: October 2016: Negotiations Update: Agreement May Be Within Reach

 

CCFT and the District remain in negotiations regarding salary and have agreed to extend the current Contract Agreement through December 15, 2016.

As mentioned in the September update, CCFT and the District have already settled on most items (see below); the only item pending agreement is salary for 2016-17. The Governing Board had previously asked us to postpone negotiations over the summer so they could further examine the college budget and related issues.

If the negotiations teams are able to reach agreement on October 17, we would ask CCFT Council to ratify on October 24. If Council approves, the tentative agreement would go out to membership for ratification on or around October 25 with a deadline of November 3.

Please stay tuned for more information and be prepared to vote at the end of October in case we have agreement by then.

Tentative agreement has already been reached in the following areas (these will be posted online at ccftcabrillo.org):

Article 10, Leaves

This article was updated to incorporate new leave laws.

  • Faculty may use up to 30 days of sick leave (“Personal Illness and Injury Leave” in 10.2) to care for a new child. This leave applies to biological and nonbiological parents.
  • State Disability Insurance for adjunct faculty members has been added as section 10.8 (formerly included via Side Letter of Agreement). SDI includes Disability Insurance and Paid Family Leave.
  • Leave pertaining to domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking is now specified in 10.2 and 10.3.

Article 14, Health and Welfare Insurance Coverage

This article was updated to incorporate:

  • Current benefit plans and stipend amounts.
    • The District estimates their cost increase in health benefits to be equal to a 0.52% salary increase).
  • Access to benefits plans for all adjunct faculty members, including those that do not qualify for a District stipend (formerly included via Side Letter of Agreement; the “bronze” plan offered complies with requirements of the Affordable Care Act).

Article 17, Evaluation

Various subcommittees have met to for a long time to propose and incorporate changes. The most substantive change is that the self-evaluation form will now be used as a centerpiece of the process. Eric Hoffman and Isabel O’Connor are our experts on the revised process, if you have questions please feel free to contact them.

Article 21, Duration

Updates the dates the Contract will be effective: (from ratification) through June 30, 2019.

Article 26, Reopeners

At this point it looks like we will have the following reopeners (pending tentative agreement):

  • 2016-17
    • Article 8, Safety (CCFT)
    • Article 11, Workload
      • DC Matrix
    • Board Policies & Appendices (District)
  • 2017-18
    • Article 7, CCFT Rights (CCFT)
    • Article 9, Professional Development (CCFT)
    • Article 11, Workload (District)
      • DC Matrix
      • Teaching load (11.2)
    • Article 13, Salary
      • Includes the Children’s Center teacher salary schedule (District)
    • Article 14, Health and Welfare Insurance Coverage
    • Article 16 (CCFT and District)
      • Reemployment preference
      • Other
    • 2018-19
      • Article 11, Workload (District)
        • 2.2.12: Art History Slide Factor
        • 5.5: Other Academic Specialists
      • Article 13, Salary
      • Article 14, Health and Welfare Insurance Coverage
      • Board Policies & Appendices (District)