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By Lauren Blanchard. Tonight there will be a candidate forum at the Marina Library at 6pm. This will be for all candidates for elected office in Marina, but both candidates for the MPC Board of Trustees, Margaret Ann Coppernoll and Yuri Anderson will be there to speak. Also, if you are interested in meeting candidates…
By Lauren Blanchard. Today the Board of Trustees is approving long term contracts for several members of the administrative team. Each one of the administrators whose contract is being considered today has been placed at the highest possible step of the administrative salary schedule (step 5 on the salary schedule approved January 24, 2018). The…
By Lauren Handley. I want to address two issues today. The first relates to dual enrollment. MPCTA has reached out to the District because we very, very strongly believe that for dual enrollment to be successful, to be something that we are doing in the best possible way, we need a MOU– as it relates to the working…
By Lauren Blanchard. The following statement was approved by the Public Employee Relations Board mediator: “MPCTA and the Monterey Peninsula Community College District (District) met for 10 and a half hours of mediation today, February 6, 2018. A variety of issues were discussed. However, mediation concluded at 7pm when the District indicated they were unable…
By Lauren Blanchard. Hi folks. The rules of mediation dictate that we not disclose the details of discussions during this part of the process. During mediation, the District team and MPCTA negotiating team will be in separate rooms, with the mediator meeting with each of us to share information. We cannot share with our membership…
By Lauren Blanchard. We are gearing up for our mediation. The survey that we conducted clearly indicated the support among faculty for increasing faculty earning– particularly for our part-time faculty! The survey clearly indicated the need to preserve benefits and protect faculty workloads. We will be referring to the survey throughout our day of mediation…
by Lauren Handley. I hope you have all had a restful winter break. I want to begin by letting you know that MPCTA has confirmed mediation on February 6. Because our mediation was pushed back, you will receive another email with a link to the MPCTA survey. If you have not already taken the survey,…
by Lauren Handley. I’d like to announce an MPCTA membership meeting this Thursday at 4pm. As previously noted, we are trying new days and times to try and accommodate as many faculty schedules as possible. The location will be announced as soon as I have confirmed an available room on campus. Please put the meeting…
by Lauren Handley. I know that the news today was the all-users email. Before addressing that, I’d like to let you know that MPCTA will be hosting Jennifer Baker, the statewide CTA legislative advocate, who will be offering a presentation on retirement for part-time faculty members. She will address the STRS system, as well as…