Minutes from Union Executive Committee Meeting

Present – Michael Abraham, Prince Charles Alexander, Dennis Cecere, Peggy Codding, Peter Cokkinias, Marti Epstein, Dino Govoni, Rich Grudzinski, Danny Harrington, Margaret McAllister, Jeff Perry, Wendy Rolfe, Jackson Schultz, Will Silvio and Jeri Sykes, guest: Haidee Morris, AFT lawyer

1. Danny made a motion to accept the minutes from the previous meeting. Marti seconded and the vote was unanimous to accept the minutes.
    
2. Jeff made a motion to give $1000 each to David Scott and Dennis Cecere from our special projects stipends for their hard work on social media and financial analysis respectively. Marti seconded and the vote was unanimous.
    
3. Haidee Morris, our lawyer, is here to discuss the bargain this summer and the merger with BoCo.

Minutes from Union Executive Committee Meeting

Present – Michael Abraham, Dennis Cecere, Peggy Codding, Peter Cokkinias, Marti Epstein, Rich Grudzinski, Danny Harrington, Jeff Perry, Wendy Rolfe, Jackson Schultz, David Scott, Will Silvio and Jeri Sykes.

1. Danny made a motion to accept the minutes from the previous meetings. Peggy seconded and the vote was unanimous to accept the minutes.
    
2. Danny gave a report on the conference he attended in NYC on Collective Bargaining in Higher Ed. at Hunter College. We should be attending this conference every year and maybe put together a presentation (perhaps something on the merger).
    
3. Peggy and David gave reports on the AFT National conference that took place in Las Vegas last month.
    
4. We have had 151 responses to the Chair evaluation survey so far. Perhaps we do the Deans next? Let’s explore the possibilities and put together specific questions: Marti, Jeri, Dennis, and Peggy.
    
5. We discussed the Mass. sick leave law.
    
6. The demand to bargain will be sent out by May 1 and we plan on starting full bargaining June 1 for the next contract.
    
7. We discussed the possibility of putting a group together to analyze the college finances, perhaps a few members of the MB/M department with Dennis.
    
8. Jackson is meeting with Larry today. Topics to include: bargaining this summer, merger committee, and meeting with the Board of Trustees again.
    
9. Salary/wage renegotiation procedures have not been followed. Many faculty have not had meetings and were just given letters with the results.

Union notes from Union / Management Meeting

Present – Prince Charles Alexander, Michael Abraham, Dennis Cecere, Peggy Codding, Peter Cokkinias, Danny Harrington, Margaret McAllister, Jeff Perry, Wendy Rolfe, David Scott, Jackson Schultz. 

Management – Larry Simpson, Jay Kennedy, Kari Juusela, Darla Hanley, Alan Chase, Bill Whitney, Mac Hisey, Jeanine Cowan, Camille Colatosti, Sara Tomasetti, Roy Murphy, Nadine Taylor-Miller, Captain Mark Louney.

1.     Larry opened the meeting.

2.     Roy Murphy gave a Public Safety update. We have two sworn officers now and we are headed up to 15. We also have a vehicle. These officers are trained as any other Mass. State Police Officer. Many updates will be following in Faculty/Staff news including a recurring podcast. Next week: a panel event with Boston Police, MBTA, and Public Safety, meet and greet in the Steve Heck Room, and a few others that will be in F/S news. The main focus has been choosing people that are appropriate for this environment and building a connection with the Boston Police Department and the community. We have a draft of an Emergency Management plan and will be hiring an Emergency Management Manager.

We discussed the upcoming Marathon and increased security. Info will be sent out to all.

We discussed the homeless population around campus.

Our officers will not have deadly force but will have pepper spray, batons, and cuffs.

3.     150 Mass Ave Renovation Update – Bill Whitney. Vacated space in the former dining hall, upgrade classrooms, ensemble rooms, student spaces, etc. Some rooms will need to be re-numbered … some new and some old rooms. Some classrooms will be coming on-line for the summer; we anticipate the new front to 150 by fall.

4.     Faculty Evaluation of Chairs and Assistant Chairs – the Union will be doing an electronic survey that will be completely anonymous. Once we collect the info we will share with the administration.