2023-2026 Contract (FY23-24 ed)
2022-2025 Contract (FY22-23 ed)
2020-2023 Contract (FY20-21 ed)
2018-2021 Contract (FY19-20 ed)
2017-2020 Contract (FY18-19 ed)
2017-2020 Contract (FY17-18 ed)
2015-2018 Contract (FY16-17 ed)
2015-2018 Contract (FY15-16 ed)
2013-2016 Contract (FY14-15 ed)
2013-2016 Contract (FY13-14 ed)
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Share your input with your department's representative or at "GCFA Voices" during the open session of an eBoard meeting.
The collective bargianing process begins when our existing contract is nearing expiration (spring semester of each academic year). GCFA serves as the exclusive bargaining agent for all faculty members in the district--whether or not faculty members are members of GCFA--and the college district is legallly required to bargin in good faith with GCFA.
The process generally follows these stages:
Preparation: Both GCFA and the District form bargaining teams. GCFA's team is selected through the process outlined in the GCFA by-laws.
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Secrets of a Successful Organizer Handouts: these handouts from LaborNotes.org provide useful insight into the what it means to organize effectively.
Jane McAlevey--theAnalysisNews.Org: These 8 interviews with Jane McAlevey provide good background on organizing. Jane is currently a Senior Policy Fellow at UC Berkeley's Labor Center nad has led and won many hard-fought campaigns.