Contract Negotiations: 11/13/2024

Takeaways from 11/13/2024 meeting:


HACC Admin presented a counter proposal using their original CBA draft, not the Fact Finder’s Report.
HACC Admin did include some of the Fact Finder’s Report content in their proposal.
After nearly two years of bargaining, we are now using three different drafts. HACCEA is creating a file that shows comparisons of all three proposals: 1) HACCEA’s, 2) HACC Admin’s, and 3) The Fact Finder’s Report.
HACC Admin refused to cover the details of their proposal, including offering no explanation of why they refused to even vote on the Fact Finder’s Report. A non-vote results in a vote of no.
It is also still unclear why HACC Admin thought the Fact Finder’s was “too costly.”

Dear colleagues,

HACCEA and HACC Admin met for the first time since the Fact Finder’s Report vote. HACC Admin immediately went into a 75-minute breakout session with the mediator. Upon returning, they refused to review their proposal with HACCEA, preventing us from asking clarifying questions. To be clear, HACCEA requested that they walk us through their document, identify changes from the Fact Finder’s Report, and explain each issue to clarify their concerns. We expressed our intent to ask questions and gain a clearer understanding on each issue; they declined to engage.
Recent HACC Admin statements to our political leaders and the public of “we are close” and “we can use the Fact Finder’s Report as a foundation” was not the reality of this negotiations meeting.

As a reminder to our bargaining unit and the public we serve, HACCEA approved the neutral, third-party Fact Finder’s report twice in October 2024 (96% approval for Vote #1 and 97% approval for Vote #2). HACC Admin and HACC’s Board of Trustees refused to even vote. This refusal to vote is a rejection of the Fact Finder’s Report. HACCEA is actively trying to resolve tensions between administration and faculty. Can HACC Admin and HACC’s Board of Trustees say the same?
The next meeting is 11/20/2024.

In solidarity,

HACCEA Negotiations Team

Kathleen Conley, Library Representative (FT)
Sara Crill, Health Careers Representative (PT)
Christina Houston, Science and Mathematics Representative (PT)
Steve Lustig, Business, Technology, & Industry Representative (FT)
Kelly Matthews, Science and Mathematics Representative (FT)
Diane Mummert, Liberal Arts Representative (PT)
Christine Nowik, Liberal Arts Representative (FT)
Lois Schaffer, Health Careers Representative (FT)
Crystal Scheib, Co-Chair (PT)
Dan Schoedel, Business, Technology, & Industry Representative (PT)
Adam Weber, PSEA UniServ Representative for HACCEA
Amy Withrow, Co-Chair (FT)
Diane Wollaston, Library Representative (PT)