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Congratulations! The contract has been ratified by both the Chapter and the College.

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Randi Weingarten at a Massachusetts high school

Summer is upon us, and parents, children and teachers are winding down from what has been an exhausting and fully operational school year—the first since the devastating pandemic. The long-lasting impact of COVID-19 has affected our students’ and families’ well-being and ignited the politics surrounding public schools. All signs point to the coming school year unfolding with the same sound and fury, and if extremist culture warriors have their way, being even more divisive and stressful.

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What unions do

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In AFT President Randi Weingarten’s latest New York Times  column, she describes what it is exactly that unions do. Though unions are the most popular they have been in decades, anti-union sentiment still thrives in red states and across the nation. “Several years ago, The Atlantic ran a story whose headline made even me, a labor leader, scratch my head: ‘Union Membership: Very Sexy,’” Weingarten writes in the column. “The gist was that higher wages, health benefits and job security—all associated with union membership—boost one’s chances of getting married. Belonging to a union doesn’t actually guarantee happily ever after, but it does help working people have a better life in the here and now.” Click through to read the full column.

Randi Weingarten and NYC teacher Tamara Simpson

Attacks on public education in America by extremists and culture-war peddling politicians have reached new heights (“lows” may be more apt), but they are not new. The difference today is that the attacks are intended not just to undermine public education but to destroy it.

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Latest information regarding the Affordable Care Act can be downloaded below:

1. General Questions

2. Healthcare Exchanges

3. Q and A

4. Summary of Provisions

5. Preventitive Services

6. ACA Update on Proposed Rules

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Contract Ratification

We have a new contract!  Below are the highlights.  The complete contract will be posted when the College finishes creating an electronic version.  Below are the highlights.

  1. 2% pay raises each year for everyone plus $10 per credit for adjunct faculty who have taught more than 15 semesters;

  2. priority hiring for adjunct faculty members after the 10th semester for adjunct faculty positions; adjunct faculty members need to apply and demonstrate teaching excellence and participation in professional development. This is a first in New Jersey!  No other college has a formal system that recognizes current adjunct faculty members when considering who will be hired the next semester;

  3. pay days have been increased from 4 to 6;

  4. waiver of the student activity, technology, and athletic fees when taking advantage of tuition waiver has been added;

  5. $25 for required attendance at meetings that are not considered professional development or department meetings.

Should you have questions, feel free to e-mail Cindy Simon at n2slf@aol.com or call at (973) 942-1764.

 
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Your negotiating team has been working hard to negotiate a successor agreement.  We have met with the College now six times and are getting closer to a tentative agreement.

Please revisit this site periodically for updates.  As always, we thank you for your support and patience.

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