LCC Faculty Colleagues –

Today we made a little progress in bargaining. These were very small steps in the right direction. However, the vast majority of key issues important to faculty remain unaddressed.

Today we proposed:

* updated language on the nondiscrimination clause to adopt some of the language proposed by the college while still retaining important protections for multiple categories of faculty (Art. 7);

* updated curriculum development rate from $40.26 per hour (which would have recuperated all historic increases to catch up to inflation) to $36.72 per hour (which would recuperate inflation since 2022) (Art. 23);

* updated language that takes an incremental approach to ensuring sufficient staffing for student services such as mental health clinicians and child care slots available that reduces the immediate financial cost; (Art. 42); and

* updated proposal on Oregon residency to move toward the college while continuing to protect the small number of faculty who do live outside Oregon and to allow limited exemptions for future faculty (Art. 47). 

The College proposed:

* A minor update to Art. 41 to comply with the law; 

* A minor revision to their proposal on Oregon Residency changing only a few inconsequential words about notification (Art. 25);

* A revision to their proposal for Art. 2 that means the Administration is no longer seeking to eliminate past practice related to written agreements; 

* An updated proposal on privacy rights that makes meaningful progress to bring the parties closer together on this one issue (Art. 16); and

* An updated proposal on non-discrimination that adds ancestry, familial status, and union activity to the clause, but does NOT include protections for immigration status, medical conditions, reproductive decisions/status, caregiver status, height, and weight.

See below for all proposals. All proposals exchanged to date can be viewed on our Bargaining Proposals page here.

We will host informal Q & A sessions on Zoom, which are open to all faculty:

Friday, October 10, 10:00-10:30 Register here

Friday, October 17, 1:30 – 2:00 Register here

Thank you to everyone who made it to bargaining today, and a huge shout out to all who joined the solidarity march and rally on Saturday. We were 300+ faculty, students, OEA members, community and labor supporters strong, all marching together through downtown Eugene for a fair contract for our future and our democracy!

Nonetheless, the stakes remain high and we need to keep up our momentum. Please be on the look out for updates from the Action Team and your department reps for more ways to participate and help shape bargaining.

At this time, we only have the following five remaining dates scheduled for bargaining. Please join us in building 2, room 214 for part or all of any session. 

• 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.

Your LCCEA Bargaining Team Leads,

Gerry Meenaghan

Adrienne Mitchell

April Myler

Peggy Oberstaller

Ryan Olds

Russell Shitabata

Oct 7 LCCEA Proposals

Oct 7 Administration Proposals

All Proposals