A Tour of the Contract

1. A Tour of the Contract • Before we start, let me give you an overview of the contract, what each article covers. • Then I will mention the changes that affect you

2. Article One: Recognition • This covers who is eligible to be covered under the contract, if ratified, you will all be considered adjunct faculty. • You are eligible to join the union if you have taught 3 credit hours (or worked at least 120 hours) for 3 consecutive semesters. • Article Two: Recognition and Scope • This article discusses how the contract is managed • This covers dues deduction, fair share, union meetings, use of CLC facilities, etc. • (There were no changes in this article) • Article Three: Member Rights • This article covers all the rights that we have under the contract like working conditions, non-discrimination, your access to personnel files, your right to Professional Growth, etc. • For example: You will be eligible for reimbursement for attending some professional growth conferences, workshops, and other activities.

3. Article 4: This is a BIGGIE. This article contains much of the information that we need as adjuncts: • SectionA applies to all adjunct faculty, for example: • Academic qualifications • Low enrollment classes • Withdrawn assignments • SectionB covers only GFO faculty • Good Faith Offer (GFO) is when you have taught 6 continuous semesters (not including summer)and are in your 7th semester and following. • It “guarantees” at least a minimum teaching assignment, or offer, to all GFO faculty. • It is as close as we get to some job security and protection.

4. Article 5: Conditions of Employment. This article deals with issues like: • Academic Freedom • Intellectual Property • Our responsibilities as a professional • Article 6: Leaves of Absence. • We are all entitled to 1 personal day leave per semester (language is specific on how these can be taken) • If you have been here more than 10 semesters, you get 1 additional day per year. • Bereavement, Jury, Military, etc. leaves

5. Article 7: Compensation!! Pay • Article 8: Grievance: Should the administration violate the contract and you need to appeal their action, this article is invaluable. • Article 9: Technical Stuff: This article covers such things as: • The effect of the agreement • Duration of the Agreement (1 more year – then we re-bargain) • No strike clause (during the duration of the agreement)

6. Miscellaneous Stuff • Domestic Partner Application (for tuition reimbursement) • Memos of Understanding (agreements we reached between bargaining sessions) • Orientation and voluntary meetings • An article that applies to Music Professors. • Etc.

7. Now the changes that affect you;The Serious Stuff • Article One: You are part of us • 120 clock hours • When we filed with the state to have each of your groups join the adjunct faculty, this number was agreed upon to represent the equivalent of three credit hour of instruction. • So 120 clock hours is equal to a three credit class of instruction. • We defined an “adjunct” to include a librarian or counselor as before it meant only instruction. This was inserted here so we do not have to keep re-defining it throughout the contract.

8. Article 2 (no changes) • Article 3: Member Rights: • Paragraph 3. D and G. These paragraphs deal with mandatory meetings (other than orientation meetings) that we are asked to participate in during: • Orientation • During the semester • If the Dean/Director agrees to your attendance, you will be paid for these meetings at Your hourly rate.

9. Article 3 Member Rights (Continued) • Paragraph F: Substitutes • If you substitute for someone you are paid at your hourly rate • This was added to the contract for clarification purposes, as the contract used a different amount for purely instructional faculty – so we needed to clarify this for your two groups • You retain the ability to exchange a shift with someone, and it sets down reasonable parameters for doing this • Again, this is something other adjuncts can not do and we needed to clarify this in an article or you would have lost this ability. • If you are sick or have an emergency you can notify your Dean/Director and they will find a substitute.

10. Article 4: The Biggie • SectionA applies to all adjunct faculty • SectionB applies to GFO only. • Paragraph A: THE CAP • The Cap: This deals with the maximum amount of hours an adjunct is allowed to teach/work per semester. • The Cap is 10 credit hours for adjunct instructional faculty. • The Cap is 400 total hours for adjunct Librarians and Counselors • One can exceed The Cap ONLY with VP of Ed Affairs approval. • It is easier for Obama to win in Orange County CA than for a faculty member to exceed The Cap.

11. Article 4, Paragraph A (Continued) Withdrawn Assignments • If your assignment is reduced below 120 hours Within 5 weekdays prior to the first day of class. • You will receive: • $75 for the first 40 clock hours. • $35 for every 40 clock hours thereafter. After Mid-semester: • You will be paid the hours up to that point, and guaranteed not fall below the required 120 clock hours. • There may be further adjustments to the schedule • HOWEVER with adjunct faculty input

12. Article 4 B. Good Faith Offer (most of you) GFO. Remember you get this after 6 consecutive semesters (not counting summer) where you have worked at least 120 hours for those 6 semesters. • Some new steps in getting an employment offer: • You will receive a TPF Adjunct Assignment Preference Form via e-mail and you submit it back to the college via e-mail. • This states your availability to work, days, hours, etc. • You must respond to the offer in a specified time. • You will be given your GFO offer no later than July 31 for the fall semester, and no later than the last day of finals of the fall semester for the spring semester. • Should there not be available hours then the College must make a reasonable effort to offer hours to GFO Librarians and Counselors first.

13. Remember • GFO status does not guarantee you exactly what you asked for. • GFO guarantees, with reasonable assurance, that you will receive at least 120 hours in a given semester based on your service to the college

14. Article 4, B - Paragraph 5 “Unsatisfactory Performance” IF you are GFO, and the College questions your job performance this contract establishes a procedure that must be followed to remediate before dismissal. • The Procedure is: • The Dean/Executive Director must make an observation • Remediation is suggested • In the next semester if the Dean/Executive Director sees no improvement made, then the adjunct shall not be granted an assignment

15. This is Important Prior to this article being in the contract Adjuncts would just disappear With no reason given This forces the college to put on their big girl or boy pants and remediate before dismissal

16. Article 5: Conditions of Employment There is a very lengthy description of the duties of a librarian and counselor. • This was agreed to by the librarians and counselors at the negotiating table. • It would be wise to read it.

17. Article 7: Compensation The goal here was to make librarians and counselors pay on parity with instructional adjunct faculty. Using a formula based on the Adjunct Faculty Contract it was agreed that pay would be:

18. Weingarten Rights Should you ever be called into a meeting with administration and the meeting is, or looks as if it is, disciplinary You are entitled to union representation at that meeting Remember, we are here for the sole purpose of protecting your rights under the contract.