Over the course of the 2023-2024 academic year, CCFT reached agreements with the District on an MOU and various side letters regarding the 2022-25 contract and other contractual issues.The CCFT Council and the CCFT Executive Board have voted to recommend ratification of these agreements.
CONTRACT CHANGES AND SIDE LETTERS
Article 7 – CCFT Rights and Organizational Security – 7.9.2.2
- Updates include additional membership guidance.
Article 10 – Leaves
- Adds new requirements from the California paid sick leave law.
- Associate unit members shall be entitled to leave with full pay for purposes of personal injury or illness at the rate of one third (1/3) of a day per unit taught by the unit member per semester “but not less than 40 hours or 5 days per year”.
- Updates – Reproductive & Bereavement Leave
- Including new California State required changes for Reproductive Loss.
- Principal Domestic Partner is included in update to Federal Law – Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
Article 11.9 – Department Chairs
- Changes to the DC Matrix. This MOU represents a two-year pilot program for the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 academic years.
- Exhibit A, B & C – Previous Matrix calculations, TU changes, & Job Description D.1
Article 14 – Health and Welfare Benefits
- Updates the annual benefits stipend amounts for all unit members effective for the 2024-25 academic year.
- Continues the 50/50 cost sharing model for covering medical plan increases, which is approximately 8% total, or about 4% for faculty.
- Continues with the same set of 7 medical plans (including Kaiser).
- No cost increase for dental care, with an expansion of benefits.
New cost to Full-time Faculty:
- 14.2.3 Employee Only: $14,938.45
- 14.2.4 Employee Plus One Dependent: $28,802.16
- 14.2.5 Employee Plus Two or More Dependents: $40,462.59
Additional Side Letters
- Industry Advisory TU’s for Biology, Health Science, and Art Photography (DC Matrix)
- Children’s Center Stipend
- MESA Director Contract
CCFT Negotiations Team Members
- Albi Romero- Chief Negotiator
- Tobin Keller
- John Govsky
- Kim Mansfield
- Claire Thorson
- Daniel Dodge
District Negotiations Team Members
- Angela Hoyt- Chief Negotiator
- Bradley Olin
- Travaris Harris
- John Graulty
- Joanna Messer Kimmitt
- Hilda Montanez
- Megan Pierce