Issue # 57: September 7, 2023
Update from the President
Frankie Cocanour
Board Meeting:
Last night at the board meeting we had 4 classified people and two faculty speak on behalf of our contract. One of the faculty employees spoke exclusively about how unfair the contract is and about how overworked classified employees are and that the college could not survive without us. That is of course a loose summary of what was said and I encourage everyone to listen to the board meeting themselves.
My biggest takeaway from the meeting is that the board showed genuine concern about our contract not being fair. They want to hear from us all.
If you prepared a statement, but wasn’t able to make it to the meeting or would like to write one now and get it to the board members, please email it to them.
Bargaining:
We turned over our counter proposals to the college on Tuesday. We are currently working on getting all of the articles that we give to the college on the website This week we turned over our counter proposal on the Benefits 13, 17, New 13, and 11. We put in a strong proposal for our wages, one that will catch us up on Western CPI and give steps. For benefits we didn’t budge on the OEBB stopgap language, what we bargained for on section 125 last year, we asked for the same early retirement that they give to faculty, and we asked for them to change the Benefit Stipend In Lieu Of Insurance for 1039’s to $250 from $150.
General Membership Meeting:
Our next GMM will be September 21st at LCC19 226 starting at 1:45 pm. We look forward to seeing everyone there.
Insurance:
Please don’t forget to sign up for your insurance benefits. Please remember that we are still bargaining for the stop loss language.
Reclassification Deadline:
If you need assistance please contact our VP of Labor. The deadline is October 1st.
Here are the links for the forms that you will need to fill out.
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Announcements and Reminders
DON’T FORGET TO WEAR RED ON WEDNESDAYS!
WE HAVE NEW T-SHIRTS WE HAVE PLENTY OF EVERY SIZE. Please email me at colinlccef@gmail.com to get yours!
BARGAINING CONTINUES
Tuesday, September 12, 2023 AT 2:00pm!
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 also in the chat and the Slack 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:
Join Zoom Meeting https://lanecc.zoom.us/j/99975793662
Meeting ID: 999 7579 3662
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+1 253 205 0468 US
+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
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Vice President of Labor Relations
Buck Potter (2022-2023 Term)
Vice President of Organizing
Colin Vurek (2023-2024 Term)
Greetings members,
BARGAINING CONTINUES WITH A SPECIAL SESSION AT 2:00 pm ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2023. PLEASE TRY TO ATTEND IN PERSON. I WILL HAVE T-SHIRTS, SIGNS, BUTTONS AND OTHER SWAG THERE TO FLAUNT SUPPORT FOR YOUR UNION!
*********************************************************************************************************The Contract Action Team (CAT) meets every Wednesday from 12:00pm to 1:00pm via Zoom. If you’d like to join and help out with actions, membership drives and be part of something big email me at: colinlccef@gmail.com! If you are interested in attending see the link below:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://lanecc.zoom.us/j/97842178269
Meeting ID: 978 4217 8269
DON’T FORGET TO WEAR RED ON WEDNESDAYS!
UNION STRONG!
Grievance Officer
Claudia Riumallo (2023-2024 Term)
Treasurer
Linda Reling (2022-2023 Term)
I would like to thank all of the people who turned out to speak on our behalf at yesterday’s board meeting! I really appreciate you and will try to muster the courage to join you next time. 🙂
Records Officer
Tracy Weimer (2022-2024 Term)
Communications Officer
Marleena Pearson (2022-2023 Term)
If you want fair compensation and a decent say in our workloads/classification, if you want more benefits for time sheet “at will” employees, and you don’t want to risk days of picketing in the cold on strike… you have to take action now.
You have a story to tell that speaks to the classified situation on campus… positions that are under paid, over worked, under staffed, disrespected, unable to keep up with cost of living in this area… share your stories with us and the Board. Stand with your bargaining team and union now, so we can get that contract we deserve without going through the extreme steps of mediation and a strike. Join the CAT actions and speak with your coworkers.
“In the immortal words of The Doors, ‘The time to hesitate is through.”- Lucas, Empire Records
Membership Officer
Skye Nguyen (2022-2023 Term)
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!
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- 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.
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Chief Labor Delegate
Mark Jordan (2022-2023 Term)
COPE Officer
Fiora Starchild-Wolf (2022-2023 Term)
Officer At Large
Katie Neall (2023-2024 Term)
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