Issue # 43: June 1, 2023
Update from the President
Frankie Cocanour
Bargaining:
We canceled our bargaining meeting on Tuesday because we didn’t have anything ready to put forward to the college and when we reached out to them, they also didn’t have anything prepared for us. We tried to notify everyone, and we apologize for the confusion.
Comp & Class:
We have brought this up to the college that we would like to go over this in bargaining. I would like to put together a subcommittee of classified employees that are very passionate about comp & class. We need to start working on this as soon as we can. I have one volunteer already. Please email me if you would like to join that subcommittee.
Child labor:in America:
Child labor exploitation really gets to me. I guess I feel that kids should be kids. Also, I am really uncomfortable with the idea of a kid serving me alcohol. I have gone down the rabbit hole of child labor exploitation as a way to lower labor costs by hiring kids at minimum wage. It’s pretty disgusting that this is a thing in this day and age.
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The next General Membership meetings will be held on Thursday, June 15, 2023 at 12:00 pm and 5:00 pm.
Vice President of Labor Relations
Buck Potter (2022-2023 Term)
Vice President of Organizing
Colin Vurek (2023-2024 Term)
Greetings members,
BARGAINING CONTINUES June 13, 2023 AT 11:00AM!
Members are welcomed to observe via Zoom with your microphones and cameras OFF, please. I will be running a Slack Chat to allow observers to chat with me and I can pass ideas to the team at the table. I will actually be at the table also but bouncing into the chat to answer questions you may have. Email me your private email address to: colinlccef@ gmail.com so I can add you to the Slack chat. There is also a link below for anyone to RSVP on a Google form. You will find the link for the bargaining meeting below:
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Grievance Officer
Vacant (2023-2024 Term)
If you are interested in the position of Grievance Officer, or just want to learn more about it, reach out to Buck Potter or Colin Vurek!
Treasurer
Linda Reling (2022-2023 Term)
Happy June! Instead of our bargaining session on Tuesday we had an impromptu discussion with our members who were there to observe. It was great to get more feedback and ideas, we have so many experts among us! I am excited to hear more from everyone at our membership meeting on the 15th.
Records Officer
Tracy Weimer (2022-2024 Term)
Correction(s)
Last week I wrote about holidays and made two mistakes. Indigenous Peoples day is meant to replace Columbus Day, not Thanksgiving (although the argument can be made). Also, Robin reached out to me with a MOA which changed the holiday subsection – I have asked HR to correct their website and we hope to work the MOA into the contract we are currently working on. Sorry for the misinformation, that was not my intention.
Indigenous Peoples Day resolution
MOA text:
LCCEF and Lane Community College agree to strike article 14.5.2 and the (*) shown in article
14.5.1 directly after the words Christmas Dav in the last sentence. The intent is for December
24th and December 25th to be two of the 3 paid days of the Christmas Holiday in the years these 2 days are week days/working days.
14.5 Holidays (For employees hired into budgeted positions of.5O0 FTE or greater)
14.5.1 Paid Holidays shall be awarded to eligible LCCEF bargaining unit employees consistent with the twelve (12) designated Holidays listed below. Holiday compensation shall be pro-rated for part-time employees working .500 – .999 FTE. When less than full time (.500 -.999 FTE) employees are not scheduled to work on designated Holidays, such employees shall be paid for Holiday leave in the final June payroll annually (example: academic year employees who are not assigned to work in July or early September shall be paid consistent with their annualized FTE for July 4, and Labor Day). Employees other than continuous operations personnel shall receive the following recognized paid holidays: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Day, President’s Day, Memorial Day (last Monday in May), independence Day, Labor Day (first Monday in September), Veterans Day (November 11), Thanksgiving Day, the Friday following Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day*, the (last working) day before Christmas Day, the (first working) day after Christmas Day.
14.5.2 *When Christmas Day falls on a Wednesday, the following Thursday and Friday are observed as holidays instead of the last working day before and the first working day after Christmas Day.
MOA signed 11.19.2019
Communications Officer
Marleena Pearson (2022-2023 Term)
I took some time off, but ended up getting hit with that high grass pollen count.
Ready to get back to work, joining the Health Clinic Task Force and planning a summer of bargaining goals.
Membership Officer
Skye Nguyen (2022-2023 Term)
Hello everyone! We are almost through our term and almost our Fridays off! I hope you all are keeping up with bargaining and had a great memorial day. 🙂
Finally, if anyone ever wants to chat about how they can get involved with the union just tag me!
If there are any questions about membership or someone has interest in joining, they can reach out to me (membership@lccef.org) or fill out the online membership form!
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Resources you may need!
- How to update your physical address on Expresslane.
- Complete this form for a Membership card or a new membership card! If you are a new member, one may have already been requested, contact the LCCEF Membership Officer for info.
- Submit an Important Life Event for you or another member may have coming up.
Chief Labor Delegate
Mark Jordan (2022-2023 Term)
COPE Officer
Fiora Starchild-Wolf (2022-2023 Term)
Officer At Large
Katie Neall (2023-2024 Term)
Stay connected to LCCEF
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Email address: lccef@lanecc.edu
Resources you may need!
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