Would part-time faculty members automatically get health and retirement benefits if included in the bargaining unit?
No. Just by becoming a member of the bargaining unit, part-time faculty will not get health and retirement benefits. As soon as the membership is expanded, our negotiators, directed by the GCFA Executive Board, will start meeting with the District negotiators to rewrite contract language so it is clear which benefits all members of the bargaining unit receive, which benefits only full-time members will receive, and which benefits only part-time members will receive. It will take time to complete this work and the results will have to be approved by the District and the GCFA. 12) Will rewriting the contract language due to the inclusion of all part-time faculty count as one or more of our contract openers for the coming year? No. The administration is willing to work with the changes as a separate issue and not count it as an opener.
