See All Negotiations Updates        May 13, 2025 Some brief takeaways from our tenth negotiation session on May 9th: Steve Lehigh, our union Treasurer, AFT representative to the District Committee of Budget and Finance, and Professor of Economics at CSM, made a compelling presentation regarding the District’s budget.  Steve’s presentation made […]

    See All Negotiations Updates      May 6, 2025 Some brief takeaways from our tenth negotiation session on May 2nd: After the big exchanges on compensation and load in the previous bargaining session, this shorter (3 hour) negotiation session was more focused on Professional Development Leaves and Summer Employment.  We’ll likely bring our […]

    See All Negotiations Updates      April 30, 2025 Some brief takeaways from our ninth negotiation session on April 25th: The District countered our compensation proposal by offering measly 1.5% raises annually over the next 3 years – this comes after the Board voted to give themselves a 5% raise in February.  Let […]

    See All Negotiations Updates      April 22, 2025 Some brief takeaways from our eighth negotiation session on April 18th: The District accepted our proposal (with some conditions) for including binding arbitration in our grievance procedure, which is significant and will result in a more fair and just process for our faculty. We […]