1. South Puget Sound Community College Joint Administrative Council March 2015

2.  1. Precedes the Revolutionary period  2. Early Federations- National Labor Union- Knights of St. Crispin (Women 10% of Membership)  3. Railroad brotherhoods (Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Order Of Railway Conductors, 17 Major Brotherhoods)  4. Knights of Labor 1869 (Haymarket Riot1886)

3.  5. American Federation of Labor (Prohibition of child labor,8 hour work day, exclusion of Chinese and other foreign workers). 1881-1905 37,000 strikes-Skilled men included-Women and Black Americans excluded  6. Western Federation of Miners-In competition with AFL  7. Pullman Strike-125,000 workers on 29 railroads- 13 strikers killed 57 wounded 1894  8. Organized labor weakened in the 1920’s economy was strong-unemployment down- employees signed yellow-dog contracts

4.  9. Organized Labor 1929-1955-October 1929 Great Depression- Shocked people into inaction 1930 many cities across the Nation saw mass protest organized by the communist party-1932 labor became more active-government more active-laws passed Taft Hartley Act(National Labor Relations Act).  10. Labor movement in steady decline since 1955-Right to work states(no union security)  11. PATCO strike 1981 Reagan fired air traffic controllers

5.  RCW provides the right to collectively bargain for state employees:  RCW Chapter 41.80 for classified staff  RCW Chapter 28B.52 for Faculty  Current Faculty Contract- Preamble and 17 Articles, MOU’s  Current Classified Employee Contract - Preamble and 54 Articles MOU’s

6.  Should be used as a document that improves the relationship between the employer and the employees  Many managers believe that the unions protect mediocre or poor employees  Many union members believe that management protects mediocre or poor managers  Neither statement is true  Contract covers many areas-mostly straightforward

7.  Words are powerful and can be difficult to interpret  Read the contract in it’s entirety  Can not pick and choose sections to read  Well written or poorly written requires the same diligence in it’s interpretation  Vague on many points-used to the advantage of both parties or to the disadvantage

8.  Mandatory Subjects: wages, hours, working conditions  Permissive Subjects  Illegal Subjects: agency budget, workforce size  Coalition Agreement for Classified negotiated by OFM Labor Relations Office. Just completed for 2016  Faculty Contract- Negotiated by SPSCC  Reorganize the current contract  Began negotiations in November 2014 and will complete by April 2015 signed by the Board and the Federation prior to July 1, 2015.

9.  Nothing to fear working with the Unions  Can it be a pain… YES  Can everything be worked out… YES  It is mostly about working through the various processes outlined in the various Agreements  Use it as a document to improve the relationship between the Employees and Management

10.  Article 3.1.C Copyrights and Patents  “Institutional works are those intellectual properties created by faculty members in the course of and as part of the specific duties of contractual employment. The ownership of institutional works shall vest in the college and be copyrighted or patented, if at all, in it’s name. Personal efforts are any intellectual properties created by faculty members that are not institutional works. The ownership of personal efforts shall vest in the faculty members and be copyrighted and patented, if at all, in their names…”

11.  Article 4.6.A.1Probationary Period  “Every permanent employee, whether part-time or full-time, following his or her initial appointment to a permanent position will serve a probationary period of 6 consecutive months. The employer may extend the probationary period for an individual employee or for all employees in a class as long as the extension does not cause the total period to exceed 12 consecutive months. Employees will be provided with an explanation for the extension.

12.  Article 6.12 Evening Assignments  “Assignments after 4:00 P.M. shall be assigned as part of a Professor’s assignment only when such assignment is essential to make up the total normal load of the individual or program. Such assignments shall rotate by quarter and by faculty member in that program provided no individual faculty member has volunteered.”

13.  Article XII: Probationary Employment, Tenure, Dismissal & Reduction in Force Paragraph 2, Definitions:  “Regular college year” shall mean a faculty appointment inclusive of consecutive fall, winter, and spring quarters. Upon mutual agreement by the full-time faculty member and the college, faculty may be scheduled to teach summer quarter instead of one (1) regular school year quarter. Additionally, upon mutual agreement by the full-time faculty member and the college, faculty may be scheduled to teach evenings or weekends instead of regular weekday courses. In no case will such assignments exceed the maximum workload otherwise specified by this agreement, nor will it result in a contract year being fewer than 177 days.

14.  Article 7.3.B.2 Permanent Schedule Changes  “Employees’ work weeks and work schedules may be permanently changed with prior notice from the Employer. Overtime eligible employees will receive ten(10) calendar days’ written notice of a permanent schedule change. The day notification is given is considered the first day of notice. Notice will normally be given to the affected employees during their scheduled working hours. If an affected employee is on extended leave, notice may be sent to the employee’s last known address.”