Tentative Agreement Reached at 1am Last Night

Breaking news!

As a result of our hard work as a community—many months of organizing, electing new trustees, expanding and strengthening your community, many conversations with colleagues, the rally on October 26, and your strike card organizing–your Bargaining Team was able to reach a Tentative Agreement on a new contract a 1a.m. this morning. It includes a 14% raise over three years (9% this year, 3% next, 2% in final year 25-26), with the full restoration of salary cuts from 2021. (See the TA here.)

To reach this agreement, you had to overcome an administrative bargaining team that had been unwilling to truly negotiate, a Chancellor who unilaterally transferred some $15M from the budget you were negotiating over, and the delivery of a severance petition to divide your faculty union at a critical moment in negotiations. All of this made your struggle for a fair contract more difficult, but last night, your bargaining team was finally able to break through.

We want to be clear: This agreement is far from everything faculty deserve, particularly after so many sacrifices and so much disrespect. However, this agreement is progress and the best deal we feel we can accomplish at this moment. Your bargaining team unanimously endorses this TA.

Here’s a quick overview of the TA, with more details and explanation to come:

• A three-year contract with compounded raises of 14.5%

  • 9% for 23-24, 3% in 24-25, and 2% in 25-26

  • Full restoration of salary cuts from 2021 (a lump sum payment)

  • Retroactive pay back to July 1st of this year to reflect the 9% increase (a lump sum back payment)

• Coaches paid for previously uncompensated off-season coaching work and adjustments in Nurse Practitioner pay

• Adjustments regarding online instruction and training

• Further enforcement for rehiring laid off full-time faculty

What’s next?

• Members will vote whether or not to ratify this deal.

  • Your union will soon have more details and information about the TA and its implications (including calculators to estimate your 2021 restoration, retroactive pay, and what your pay increases would be)

  • We’ll share a schedule for the ratification vote and informational meetings to discuss and explain the new contract

  • Stay tuned!