In response to Administration's 11/5/98 proposal. The following proposal was submitted on the same day, 11/5/98:

MPFA Counter Proposal

The MPFA team countered this with a proposal that called for the district to:

1) give priority assignment consideration to instructors who have taught the greatest number of classes in a particular location during the last four semesters; 

 

2) grant a second evaluation in case of an unsatisfactory evaluation;

 

3) provide written reasons whenever a class taught for the last two semesters is not offered to an eight-semester "continuing adjunct employee;

 

4) pay part-timers with a 40% or greater load for one office hour per week;

 

5) make benefits available as a paid option, with the district picking up the percentage of the cost equivalent to the employee % FTE load; and

 

6) grant a pay increase (COLA plus "equity) of 9.5% for a one-year term ending June, 1999. 

The MC Board of Trustees will consider these proposals and the negotiators will meet again on December 15.  Stay tuned, and don,t spend that retro check just yet.

Not so incidentally, Janetwho has served on our negotiating team since before Abe left Illinois would like to find a replacement for herself next year.  If you are good at getting some of what you are asking for, don,t mind difficult working conditions, have rhino-like emotional skin and would consider doing something that may injure any chance of future employment, let us know (463-1461).