Minutes from Union Executive Committee Meeting

Present –Peggy Codding, Peter Cokkinias, Marti Epstein, Danny Harrington, Helen Lewis, Margaret McAllister, Jeff Perry, Denise Pons, Stephanie Reich, Jackson Schultz, David Scott, Andrew Shryock, Will Silvio, and Jeri Sykes.

1. Danny made a motion to accept the minutes from the previous meeting. Peter seconded and the vote was unanimous to accept the minutes.
   

2. Jeff presented the proposed budget. We have a motion to post the proposed budget on the website and discuss the budget at its own meeting and not at the ratification meeting: it passed unanimously. A motion was made to approve the budget, it was seconded and the vote was unanimous to accept the proposed budget.
   

3. We discussed donating money to the fund to support the students affected by the fire at 104 Hemenway St. We will investigate further and come back next week to discuss.
   

4. On-line teaching as an option for students saving money on tuition was discussed. The administration is discussing putting some courses on-line to offset tuition on-campus. This has many ramifications for our faculty.

Minutes from Union Executive Committee Meeting

Present – Michael Abraham, Dennis Cecere, Peggy Codding, Peter Cokkinias, Marti Epstein, Danny Harrington, Helen Lewis, Margaret McAllister, Jeff Perry, Denise Pons, Stephanie Reich, Wendy Rolfe, Tom Stein, Jackson Schultz, David Scott, Elizabeth Seitz, Andrew Shryock, Will Silvio, Jeri Sykes, attorney Jeff Jacobsen.

1. Danny made a motion to accept the minutes from the previous meeting. Wendy seconded and the vote was unanimous to accept the minutes.
   

2. Attorney Jeff Jacobsen is here and we discussed the language that is holding up the contract. We are looking for a compromise and will be discussing with management today after our meeting.

Minutes from Union Executive Committee Meeting

Present –Dennis Cecere, Peter Cokkinias, Marti Epstein, Danny Harrington, Helen Lewis, Margaret McAllister, Jeff Perry, Denise Pons, Stephanie Reich, Wendy Rolfe, Tom Stein, Jackson Schultz, David Scott, Elizabeth Seitz, Will Silvio, and Jeri Sykes, attorney Jeff Jacobsen.

1. Danny made a motion to accept the minutes from the previous meeting. Peter seconded and the vote was unanimous to accept the minutes.
   

2. Jackson and Jeff Jacobsen are meeting with Larry at 3 pm today to discuss the language that has been placed into the contract without our approval.
   

3. We discussed the background checks that our being requested by HR for any faculty member hired in 2012 and later. These checks have the potential of going beyond the regular CORI check and we are pursuing a resolution.
   

4. We reviewed several documents that we are working on to share with all faculty and department reps regarding the contract update and language issue.