LCC Faculty Colleagues –

We would like to say again that if faculty don’t want to lose the benefits and protections of our contract, maximum faculty participation and engagement in collective action—like the one that follows—are necessary.

Please join us on Saturday, October 4, at 4:30 p.m. in front of the Graduate Hotel (66 E. 6th Ave. Eugene) where we will join together with OEA colleagues from throughout the entire state and other local supporters who will be standing together with us in support of LCCEA faculty for a march and rally, which promises to be an uplifting, powerful event.

Today we proposed:

* updated language on faculty privacy rights to both address College concerns and maintain privacy protections (Art. 16);

* updated language on essentials for faculty working conditions that make reasonable adjustments to reassignment time for faculty serving on more than one search committee in a year in order to reach compromise;

* updated language that makes substantial movement toward the College regarding required expenditures for instruction and student services that create an exceedingly reasonable threshold for future investment; (Art. 43); and

* updated language on revision of the contract (once finalized) for gender neutral language – an interest both the College and faculty share in order to address concerns administrators had expressed on deadlines for this revision. 

In contrast, the College proposed increasing the curriculum development rate by 50 cents per hour from $32.50 to $33. In addition, after we had made a proposal back on May 23, 2025 about workload and compensation for faculty to move to a new LMS (i.e., Canvas), the College made its first response by proposing an MOA that would provide a group of only twelve faculty members four (4) hours of compensation each, paid at the curriculum development rate of $33/hour. Each of these twelve faculty members would receive $132 total for the four hours, and everyone else would receive $0. No other compensation or release would be provided to anyone to transition to using Canvas as the LMS for all courses. The only exception is that three (3) hours of Spring Conference would be dedicated to training. 

We did reach a tentative agreement on MOAs that both parties have agreed to eliminate as well as an MOA on the impacts of the hiatus of the LPN program. We also reached agreement to incorporate gender neutral language into the contract once bargaining is complete.

See the links below for today’s proposals:

Sept 30 LCCEA Proposals
Sept 30 Administration Proposals
Sept 30 TA Both Parties

All proposals from both parties are posted on our Bargaining Proposals Page.

Thank you to everyone who made it to bargaining today! At this time, we only have the following six remaining dates scheduled for bargaining. Please join us in building 2, room 214 for part or all of any session. Please note that these dates have changed slightly since our last email due to changes in the schedules of Administrators.

• Tues., Oct 7, 1-4 p.m.
• Tues., Oct 14, 1-4 p.m.
• Mon., Nov 10, 2-5 p.m.
• Tues., Nov 18, 1-4 p.m.
• Tues., Dec 2, 1-4 p.m.
• Tues., Dec 16, 1-4 p.m.

We look forward to seeing you soon, and please look for more information from the Action Team about ways to support faculty goals for our contract.

Your LCCEA Bargaining Team Leads,

Gerry Meenaghan
Adrienne Mitchell
April Myler
Peggy Oberstaller
Ryan Olds
Russell Shitabata