Esteemed LCC Faculty Colleagues,

Please see email to the Board of Education below and the legal memo attached. 

We are dismayed that the LCC Administration continues to effectively refuse to bargain over mandatory subjects (i.e., legally required topics for negotiations) such as ones of primary importance to faculty including job security and fundamental rights, many of which have no economic cost.

We remain hopeful that the Administration will change course and bargain in good faith.

In solidarity,

Adrienne 

Dear Board of Education Members,

Please find attached a letter from Jason Weyland, attorney for LCCEA, which has been provided to LCC’s attorney. The letter pertains to the need for LCC to bargain in good faith and addresses a large number of College assertions in bargaining that are inconsistent with the law regarding issues about which the LCC Administration has effectively refused to bargain.

In addition to being an accomplished labor attorney for 25 years, Jason also served for eight years as a judge on Oregon’s Employment Relations Board, which adjudicates public sector labor law in our state.

We believe it is of utmost importance that the College change course in order to not only bargain in good faith, but also to commit to real negotiation in earnest.

For the Association,

Adrienne

Adrienne Mitchell, M.A., M.Ed.

Faculty Member, Academic Learning Skills Department

President, Lane Community College Education Association

Vice President, Oregon Education Association Community College Council