Non-Tenure Faculty Coalition, University of Illinois
September 25, 2017
Dear Colleagues:
Mark your calendars and please join us at the next General Membership Meeting of the Non-Tenure Faculty Coalition (NTFC Local #6546).
Work on the next contract starts now! Let us know what issues matter most to you. Speak up early. Let your voice be heard.
Date and Time:
October 5, 2017
6-8 pm
Location:
The Dean Clark Room
McKinley Foundation
809 S. Fifth St.
Champaign, 61820
We will update the members on the state of our union and discuss our ongoing efforts to implement the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Agenda items include:
The General Membership meeting is open only to signed members of Local #6546. We will, however, have membership cards available at the door for any bargaining unit members who wish to join the union at this point.
We hope to see you all there!
Joe Grohens
Communications Chair, NTFC Local #6546
Our annual summer retreat, open to all members, was held Aug 3-4, 2017. Members who attended discussed successful actions taken by the union, and ideas for things that the union needs to do in future. After a selection process and a vote, members identified three main priorities:
Implementation committees are being created to organize tasks around these goals. If you are interested in volunteering, email us at local6546.org/contact.
In July we surveyed NTFC members to seek input on whether to reopen wage negotiations this Fall. Our contract (Collective Bargaining Agreement) afforded us the option to reopen bargaining this year on the subject of wages only.
The results from our member survey on this question were mixed. About a third of respondents recommended that we should reopen negotiations, another third was undecided, another third clearly recommended that we should not. Our members and stewards also debated the wage reopener during the summer retreat, where concerns were expressed about how reopening bargaining might divert our energies from other important goals.
After weighing the various pros and cons identified by members, the Executive Committee voted unanimously AGAINST reopening wage negotiations. The reasons for the no votes were generally two:
Join us on September 4th for the annual
Champaign County Labor Day Parade and Picnic!
We will meet at Lincoln Square Mall in Urbana at 9:30 and
march from there to Prairie Park on E. Washington
where there will be entertainment,
free food, games for kids, and softball!
Come on out and bring your family, friends, and neighbors.
Be sure to wear your NTFC t-shirt or button!
AND THEN …
Join us again on September 8th for the
4th annual NTFC Welcome Back Party!
Quality Bar at 110 N Neil St. Champaign,
From 6-8 pm.
We will provide pizza from Monicals.
Bring friends! Bring the kids!
