August 02, 2018

Bargaining, Day 1

August 02, 2018/ David Scott

As of Monday, July 16th, the Berklee Faculty Union bargaining team has officially begun meeting with management to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement (the current faculty contract agreement is in effect until November 3rd of this year).

This year we did something different to kick off the bargain. The department representativesspent the afternoon at a training where they discussed several important areas of union activity: bargaining, grievances, and representation.

Then the department reps and the executive committee accompanied the bargaining team to Day 1 of the negotiations with management.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the kickoff of this very important bargain.

Berklee Faculty Union

We're the Berklee Faculty Union, established in 1986, a chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, Local 4412, AFT-MA, AFL-CIO.

When a person becomes a faculty member at Berklee College of Music they can choose their level of membership within the Union.

For the Berklee faculty, our union is imperative. Through our collective efforts, we’ve lowered our classroom hours, assured our pay is acceptable, and protected our best interests in contract negotiations. We’re backed not only by each other, but by the resources and skills of the AFT.

Without our union, we’d go backwards. Let’s keep going forward.

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