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Monthly Archives: February 2011
Dear Board Members:
Like others on our campus, I too took a pay cut to come to Mt. Hood. I also committed myself to a reduction in lifetime earning potential because top salaries at community colleges are well below those at the public and … Continue reading
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Full-time Faculty Contract
2.24.2011 Members of the Board, I am writing to urge you to reconsider your positions when returning to mediated bargaining with the Full Time Faculty Association. I understand that these are difficult economic times, and that it is your primary … Continue reading
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A Special Place
2.21.2011 Mt. Hood Community College Board Members: About thirteen years ago I moved to Oregon to take a teaching position at Mt. Hood Community College. At that point I had three years of full-time teaching experience garnered from Northern Arizona … Continue reading
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Why do Faculty and Board statistics on faculty salaries differ so much?
Dear community members and students, There have been many questions about how full time MHCC faculty salaries compare with other Oregon community college faculty. The information posted here on www.be-informed.net was gathered by visiting all of the different college’s websites to … Continue reading
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MHCC’s primary purpose, instruction, is less than half the budget, and falling!
The Board’s lawyer asserts that they may have to raise tuition. This is a bargaining ploy! They raised tuition last year and clearly have not put that increase back into instruction. What are students paying for? An education! Instruction should … Continue reading
Posted in Financial, Talking Points
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Faculty and administration remain far apart in Mt. Hood Community College contract talks (Oregonian, 2/10/11)
A racous group of students and instructors met Mt. Hood Community College trustees at the board’s meeting this week, rallying for a contract for the full-time faculty. Protesters on Wednesday evening marched up to the lobby of the board’s meeting … Continue reading
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Full Transcript of Feb. 10th Student Rally Speech By Student Jonathan Netherton
I would like to remind the parties of the negotiation that all the many examples of austerity very much not working wherever the axe has fallen. The budget shortfall is a multifaceted issue. As well, I as a student would … Continue reading
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Faculty Association Repeats Request for Third Mediation Session with College Representatives
From: Sara Williams Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 3:18 PM To: Randy Stedman Cc: * ERB’ Subject: time to negotiate Mr. Stedman, I am writing to again invite the Board’s team to meet to bargain, either face-to-face or in mediation. … Continue reading
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Contact the MHCC Board – Make your voices heard!
Faculty have been getting a lot of questions from students on how to contact the Board of Education and let them know their thoughts. Here for you are the contact emails for the 7-member MHCC Board of Education and for … Continue reading
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