We had a jam-packed bargaining session last Friday, including some amazing guest presenters. Jen Klaudinyi, Sara Robertson, and Marianne Tanner led a conversation about issues affecting PCC librarians (check out their video recap here), and PE instructors Mike Boggs and Valerie Limbrunner-Bartlett represented PE faculty who are asking administration to address workload concerns in their department. Here is a summary of what was presented. (You can read the proposals in full on our Issue Tracker):
- Closure pay for PT Librarians, Counselors, and Tutors: Allows part time librarians, counselors, and tutors to work remotely during college closures (e.g. snow days) at their own discretion (currently this has to be approved by their manager.
- Full Time Library Faculty teaching credit courses “in load” – Allows full time librarians to teach classes (especially classes they develop) as part of their normal workload. Currently they are only permitted to teach as overload. This would allow FT librarians to engage more fully with students and develop courses that serve them better.
- PT Librarians and Counselors to PT faculty lab pay rate: Moves PT librarians to the same 17-step payscale as other PT faculty. Currently they are on a five-step pay scale—it could take years to move up under their current structure.
- Term Pay Rate – Librarians and Counselors: Increases flexibility for PT librarians and counselors and relieve them of the burden of submitting paper timesheets.
- Annual Assignment Letter for PT Librarians: Requires administration to provide an annual assignment letter to PT librarians (current practice is to provide assignment letters once per term.)
- Physical Education FTE Proposal: Changes workload requirements for full-time PE instructors who teach 6-7 classes per term, resulting in 60+ hour work weeks for many of them. PE instructors spoke movingly about the heightened level of health-related issues students experienced during the pandemic, and how lacking healthcare, students often seek support from their PE instructors. Their proposal would decrease the full-time faculty workload to 15-16 classes per year.
- New Definition PT Instructor: Changes the maximum that PT instructors can teach to just under 1.0 FTE (currently .82 FTE). Currently PT instructors are limited to teaching no more than .82. Also allows PT faculty to maintain their status as Part-time Faculty for eight terms after the term in which they were last scheduled to teach unless employment is terminated for cause.
- Cumulative FTE for healthcare eligibility: Allows part-time faculty who work in other positions such as advising and tutoring to count hours worked in other bargaining unit positions toward their FTE.
Finally, we are very close to a TA on the AP Leave Bank. Hopefully we will have good news to share on Friday.