Maryland: PART-TIME FACULTY SETTLES HISTORIC FIRST CONTRACT WITH MONTGOMERY COLLEGE

by E Wayne Ross on November 17, 2009

SEIU Local 500: PART-TIME FACULTY SETTLES HISTORIC FIRST CONTRACT WITH MONTGOMERY COLLEGE

ROCKVILLE (Nov 16) — Late last week, part-time faculty leaders settled a historic first contract with Montgomery College. The contract, which must now be ratified by the part-time faculty and Board of Trustees, is the culmination of more than two years of organizing and negotiations by the part-timers, who teach nearly half of all classes at the College and who are represented by SEIU Local 500. Once ratified, it will be the first collective bargaining agreement for part-time faculty in any institution of higher education in the state of Maryland.