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At a special meeting of the
College of Marin Board of Trustees, the New Tentative Agreement was
unanimously approved.
The March 29, 2011 issue of the Marin IJ
featured front page story in on the contract agreement, citing Diana Conti,
President of the Board of Trustees as saying the
college could well afford the new contract,
despite an expected deficit of $650,000 in the college district's $44
million budget. "We felt confident that such a small but
reasonable amount was justified, given that it had been such a long time —
no increase in wages for more than six years," Conti said. "This is a good
faith attempt to support the very fine teachers we have on our campus."
Prior to the Board's meeting, members of UPM voted to accept
the most recently proposed contract changes coming out of facilitated bargaining. The sealed secret ballots were
counted in the Union Office on the morning of Tuesday, March 22.
While the membership
has accepted these changes, the new contract represents a
number of 'take backs' on the part of the District. 'Take backs'
are instances where previous contracts may have restricted actions the
District could take with a unit member (such as making certain work
assignments or limiting the number of teaching units that can be banked),
and now the new contract removes these restrictions, arguably making working
conditions less ideal. While very
modest increases in the salary schedules have been won, they do
not meet the cost of living expenses for the Bay Area. Current health care
benefits will be maintain, albeit with an increase in the co-payment amount
members must pay. The new contract will expire June 30, 2013 with possible
reopeners on Wages, Benefits, Workload and one other article in June 2012.
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