LCC Faculty Colleagues, 

The Administration did not provide notice to LCCEA of its intent to modify the Collective Bargaining Agreement (i.e., contract), and your LCCEA Faculty Bargaining Team elected to roll the contract over. 

This means that the new expiration date for the contract is June 30, 2025 instead of 2024. 

For the 24-25 year, faculty can count on:

• Steps in the amount of 3.75% for all step-eligible faculty;
• A COLA (i.e., cost of living adjustment) that is based on the official inflation index;
• Maintaining College contributions to insurance based on current language that provides excellent protection for faculty; 
• Maintaining workload protections, such as class sizes; and
• Maintaining all other benefits and rights.

As for the COLA, our inflationary index is the US CPI-U All Cities (CUUR0000SA0) for January to January. The January 2024 figures won’t be available until later this month, but for reference, the figure for the most recent 11-month period is 2.532%. We anticipate that the full-year inflation data, once available, will be reasonable but will differ from the 11-month figure we note. 

If we apply the preliminary inflationary data based on 11 months rather than the full year, for step-eligible faculty, increases from this year to next year would be approximately 6.28%. Please note: this is arough estimate only and will be updated and finalized after the federal government publishes the January data.

This rollover of the contract meets faculty top priorities based on the All Faculty survey and will provide stability and predictability for faculty over the next year. In addition, we believe this is in the best interest of the campus and community at-large.

We will provide more information as soon as the inflation data is published and will hold a hybrid Q & A session for faculty from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, February 9.

Your LCCEA Bargaining Team

Adrienne Mitchell

April Myler

Peggy Oberstaller

Russell Shitabata

Sarah Erickson