COMMUNITY COLLEGE LABOR CONTRACTS AND THE ISSUES: AN ANALYSIS OF 64 AGREEMENTS

EDWARD H. GARCIA

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DOI: 10.2190/TNP4-1ADU-12LD-LHN2

Abstract

Sixty-four agreements between community colleges and their faculties were analyzed and revealed (1) that community college bargaining units typically include full-time faculty and support personnel and exclude department chairmen; (2) that the scope of bargaining is broad enough to include almost any decision made within the college; (3) that most agreements provide for faculty participation in governance and that bargaining collectively is itself evidence of participation; and (4) that administration-faculty relationships need not deteriorate into bitterness and polarization, even when faculties assert considerable independence.

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