LBCC Board of Education approves Part-time Faculty Association first contract
Members of Linn-Benton Community College’s Part-Time Faculty Association ratified their first contract, which the LBCC Board of Education approved at a special meeting Thursday, Dec. 8. The contract increases LBCC part-time faculty salaries to the average of Oregon community colleges of similar size as LBCC before the end of the four-year contract term. The contract also includes enhancements in sick leave, tuition waivers and retirement contribution provisions. The contract agreement was reached after two sessions with a mediator, and took just over a year to negotiate – a relatively quick timeline for an initial contract. The contract was ratified on the first vote of both the Part-Time Faculty Association membership and the LBCC Board of Education. “We are grateful for the important contributions of our part-time faculty to the success of our students,” said LBCC President Greg Hamann. “This agreement will help us retain and attract the excellent faculty members we need to...