Minutes from Union Executive Committee Meeting

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Present – Michael Abraham, Prince Charles Alexander, Dennis Cecere, Peggy Codding, Peter Cokkinias, Beth Denisch, Rich Grudzinski, Danny Harrington, Jonathan Holland, Jeff Perry, Wendy Rolfe, Jackson Schultz, David Scott, Will Silvio. 

  1. Danny made a motion to accept the minutes from the previous meeting. Prince Charles seconded and the vote was unanimous to accept the minutes.
     
  2. The hearing for the ULP is Wednesday April 17. Management is claiming that there was a sub-committee created to address class size, they still never bargained with the Union.
     
  3. All-Faculty Meeting on the April 18, 1 pm in 1W.
     
  4. Part-Time faculty meeting on April 19, 4 pm in 118.
     
  5. Sub-committee looking at master’s program, we are reaching the point that we need to set-up a meeting with Camille Colatosti and Larry Simpson. 
     
  6. Jackson, Prince Charles, and Jeff met with David Herlihy (lawyer) regarding Intellectual Property Rights language for the upcoming bargain and other issues regarding IP throughout the college: Berklee brick and mortar, Berklee on-line, and Berkleemusic. We discussed IP language and how we want to target it in the next bargain.
     
  7. There is a resolution in the EthicsPoint issue with a faculty member. We will hear next week.
     
  8. David Scott discussed the Performance Division survey he is distributing throughout the division. We will be looking at this feedback before going into bargaining.
     
  9. June 3rd the bargain begins, 3-6 every week, June 10 and July 15 we will not be meeting. We discussed the bargaining team and how we want to get feedback from faculty – we will be seeking assistance from department reps.
     
  10. Jackson closed the meeting.

Minutes from UEC Nomination Meeting

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  1. Neil Olmstead opened the meeting and explained the election / nomination process.  Also on the election committee, Wayne Ward, Libby Allison, Josh Rosen, Dennis LeClaire, and Scott Free. 

    Nominations for:
     
  2. President – Jackson Schultz
     
  3. Secretary/Treasurer – Jeff Perry
     
  4. EVP – Danny Harrington
     
  5. VP FT – Jonathan Holland
     
  6. VP PT – Wendy Rolfe
     
  7. Grievance Officer – Prince Charles Alexander
     
  8. Education Division Rep. – Peggy Codding
     
  9. Performance Division Rep. – Dennis Cecere
     
  10. Writing and Technology Division Rep. #1 – Michael Abraham
     
  11. Writing and Technology Division Rep. #2 – Marti Epstein
     
  12. 6 Councilors at large – Peter Cokkinias, Beth Denisch, Rich Grudzinksi, Teodross Kiros, David Scott, Jeri Sykes, Michael Johnson, Margaret McAllister
     
  13. Thursday, April 11th is the deadline for candidates to notify the Union Office.  The slate will be sent to all faculty on April 11th and the complete list will be sent to all faculty on April 18th. The election will be April 23-24 1-2 and the 25th 1-5?.
     
  14.  Review of nominations, the nominations are now closed.
     
  15.  Neil Olmstead closed the meeting

Minutes from Union Executive Committee Meeting With Department Representatives

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Present – Michael Abraham, Prince Charles Alexander, Dennis Cecere, Peggy Codding, Peter Cokkinias, Beth Denisch, Marti Epstein, Rich Grudzinski, Danny Harrington, Jonathan Holland, Teodros Kiros, Jeff Perry, Wendy Rolfe, Jackson Schultz, David Scott, Will Silvio. 

  1. Danny made a motion to accept the minutes from the previous meetings as amended. Rich seconded and the vote was unanimous to accept the minutes.
     
  2. UEC introductions, the bargain will be happening this summer, major topics include: wages, working conditions, intellectual property rights, and the master’s program. We will also solicit faculty for other topics for representation, we don’t want a top down approach similar to that of the current Berklee management – this is your Union.
     
  3. We have two ULPs currently in process with the National Labor Relations Board. The department reps will be helping gather and disseminate information throughout the college. We need to have an avenue to communicate with faculty throughout the college outside of Berklee e-mail.
     
  4. Elections in April, Rick Applin will be stepping down as Councilor at Large, the rest of the Executive Committee will be running. In a bargain year it is of vital importance that we get out the vote, we need to show the administration that we are united as a faculty. This is the time to show solidarity. 
     
  5. We discussed the upcoming bargain and topics that we will be bringing to the table: faculty reported that Valencia working conditions are very similar to the pre-union days, intellectual property rights on-line, no faculty space in the new 160 building, Berkleemusic faculty have not received a raise since 2007, there are a lot of issues with Berkleemusic that we can try and address, faculty issues are not on management’s radar. 
     
  6. David Scott passed out a survey for Performance faculty. We will be gathering information first from the Dept. Reps. and eventually all performance faculty.
     
  7. Delegates for AFT-MA: Jackson, Jeff, Danny, Rich, Marti, and Peter. Danny made a motion to accept the delegates for the convention. Rich seconded and the vote was unanimous to accept the delegates.