Retroactive NCCC pact with faculty is ratified
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NCCC President
Also, the union gave up coverage for elective cosmetic surgery,
The contract is retroactive to
"I commend this board and previous boards for having a vision and sticking to that vision," Chairman
The contract is for nine years, but since eight of the years are retroactive, the deal runs out
But for now, the college owes the 160 members of the faculty association
The complicated deal includes retroactive raises of 13.5 percent, which are applied to the pay scale, and retroactive bonuses of 4.12 percent, Klyczek said. The college counts annual increments that averaged 1.7 percent as part of the retroactive pay calculation, but that money already was paid each year since 2006.
"We're only talking about a 13 percent increase in wages over nine years. That comes out to less than 2 percent a year. That's very reasonable," Colosi said. "There's going to be savings of millions of dollars going forward."
For 2014-15, the only raise will be a 0.62 percent bonus, Colosi said.
Colosi said union members who have left NCCC since 2006 will not receive retroactive checks. But when they reach age 65, they will not be forced into a
That costs the college
Active employees will continue to be able to choose between the traditional Blue policy and a cheaper point-of-service plan. Klyczek said the college will offer to pay
Also, active employees will begin to pay 10 percent of their health insurance premiums. Up to now, faculty members paid only a share of the Blues' annual premium increase.
"The faculty is sensitive to the fact we're in tough times, and we wanted to do our part," Colosi said.
Colosi said the union surrendered the cosmetic surgery rider because of "the political atmosphere in the county. Any unit that had it was under fire."
Klyczek was unable to provide a figure on how much abolition of the cosmetic surgery rider would save.
The new contract takes starting pay for a full-time faculty member from
The trustees voted, 6-1, with one abstention to approve the contract Wednesday morning. The union vote Tuesday was 123-13 in favor, said
The practice of requiring at least 20 union members to be promoted each year is ending. Klyczek said, "The promotions will be based on merit rather than a contractual minimum."
"The expectation is there will be five promotions a year," said Nemi, a marketing professor who is also vice president of the
Sloma said, "It's more than I can bear, it's more than the college can bear, and it's more than our taxpayers can bear. ... I don't think it's prudent."
Another trustee,
"In good conscience," Ross said, "I could not vote for this contract until our six bargaining units have new contracts."
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