2025 Negotiations: Bargaining Progress
On February 14, 2025, the Federation and District bargaining teams met to begin negotiations for the successor agreement to our current collective bargaining agreement, which expires on June 30, 2025. In the months prior to this meeting, the Federation and the District opened (sunshined) the articles that appear below for bargaining.
Federation: 3, 8 10, 17, 23, 25, C1-3, D1-5, N (see full text here)
District: 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25 (see full text here)
Below, you can find the progress on each of the Articles, including most recent proposals from each party (“Federation” and “District” links) and tentative agreements for the 2025 successor contract negotiations. For more details about bargaining sessions, please see our 2025 bargaining update page.
Open Articles
Ground Rules (Open Bargaining)
Article 3 (Rights of the Federation)
Federation Proposal: The Federation is proposing release time for the body commensurate with that granted to the Academic Senate.
District Proposal: The District is proposing to modify language regarding processing of members through employment and deduction elections in accordance with statute.
Article 4 (Intracollegiate Relations)
Federation Proposal: The Federation is proposing language updating the Faculty Handbook section to reflect current practice.
District Proposal: The District is proposing alternate language on the same section to achieve the same end.
Article 5 (Academic Freedom and Responsibility)
The District presented its first proposal on May 2, 2025. The Federation has not yet had the opportunity to respond.
Article 6 (Classification of Faculty Members)
Parties have not yet started bargaining on this article.
Article 8 (Hours and Working Conditions)
Federation Proposal: The Federation is proposing broad improvements to working conditions, increased faculty autonomy in the workplace, and clarification of language.
District Proposal: The District is proposing greater specification in some language, stronger supervisor and District authority in some areas, and increased workloads and/or reduced paid hours for nearly every faculty group in one more more work assignment types. On the increased workload proposals, the District has stated that this is an effort to clarify our contract terms and move to an LHE-based contract and payroll system. They have stated that while it is not their direct intent to reduce faculty pay, it is indeed possible that that will be the effect under their proposal, pending discussion of pay rates, which they are not yet willing to discuss. The Federation has forwarded a series of specific contract payment questions to the District to ascertain the precise mathematical effects of their proposal as written. Regardless of payment terms, the proposed increased workloads would be realized under their proposal if it were to come into effect.
Article 9 (Winter/Summer Assignments)
Federation Proposal: The Federation is proposing a small addendum to the District’s proposed markup for librarians.
District Proposal: The District is proposing to add the current working process for assigning summer/winter assignments to FT librarians.
Article 10 (Compensation)
Parties have not yet started bargaining on this article.
Articles 11-13 (Paid Leaves, Unpaid Leaves, and Sabbatical)
Federation Proposal: The Federation is proposing to make jury duty leave available to PT faculty, increase the rate of PT sick leave accrual to be commensurate with FT faculty, and enhance certain leaves in line with existing statutes
District Proposal: The District is proposing to update and insert statutory language regarding different types of leave.
Article 17 (Insurance Benefits)
Parties have not yet started bargaining on this article.
Article 20 (Procedures for Faculty Evaluations)
The District presented its first proposal on May 2, 2025. The Federation has not yet had the opportunity to respond.
Article 22 (Grievances)
The District presented its first proposal on May 2, 2025. The Federation has not yet had the opportunity to respond.
Article 25 (Agreement Conditions and Duration)
Parties have not yet started bargaining on this article.
Appendix C (FT Faculty Salary Schedules)
Parties have not yet started bargaining on this article.
Appendix D (PT Faculty Salary Schedules, Stipends, and Special Rates of Pay)
Parties have not yet started bargaining on this article.
Appendix N (Course Cap Size Application)
Parties have not yet started bargaining on this article.
Tentative Agreements For This Contract
The District and Federation have tentatively agreed upon the following articles. Tentative agreements do not go into effect until the contract is signed. Any bold/underlined language in these tentative agreements represents modified contract language.
Ground Rules (in effect only for February 14, 2025)
Updated and improved numbering system for our contract.
Updated specific articles with new numbering system.
Updated a holiday name.
Article 18 (Pre-Retirement Program)
Updated language to comply with current CalSTRS and PERS statutes.
Article 21 (General Provisions)
Updated language for TB tests.
We have eliminated legacy language that truncated our labor rights beyond what current laws require. The article is now consistent with work stoppage articles at community colleges across the state and current legal limitations.
Article 24 (Instructional Technology)
Updated language to reflect current course structure and practices.