Congratulations to new Goddard Staff Leadership

We are pleased to announce that nominations have closed for the positions of Goddard College Staff Unit Co-Chairs and Treasurer. We had one nomination for each position, so each nominee is considered to be elected in accordance with Article 38, Section 17 of the UAW Constitution. Congratulations to the new leadership team: Monica Nelson, Co-Chair Elizabeth Medina, Co-Chair Lise Couture, Treasurer … Continue reading

Goddard College Staff Overwhelmingly Ratify Contract

June 5, 2015 — Goddard College staff voted to ratify their first contract today in an historic vote.  Following 27 months of negotiations, 100% of staff members at the meeting voted to adopt the agreement settled last week with Goddard College Corporation management. At membership meeting for the ratification vote, Manuel O’Neill and Helen Linda were elected as Unit Co-Chairs, and nominations were opened for … Continue reading

Goddard College Staff – Notice of Ratification Vote

We are pleased to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement with Goddard College Corporation’s (GCC) management on our first Union contract which the bargaining committee enthusiastically recommends that the members approve!   A ratification vote and information meeting will take place on June 5, 2015 from 11AM to 12PM at the Haybarn.  This meeting will be on paid time.  All members of the Union are eligible … Continue reading

4/7/2015 Goddard College Staff Union Bargaining Update

The bargaining team has had several recent meetings with the administration and we are excited to report strong momentum.  We have recently signed off on tentative agreements on a number of articles, summarized below.  There are still some challenging issues that remain to be resolved but we are optimistic that we will have a strong, complete tentative agreement to recommend for your approval soon! Our Grievance and Arbitration article … Continue reading

11/18/2014 Goddard Staff Bargaining Update

On November 18, the Goddard Staff Bargaining Committee met with management to negotiate a first agreement for the union. Following up on our October 30 bargaining session, where we were able to come to tentative agreement on “Union Recognition”, “Discipline and Discharge”, “Non-Discrimination”, “Sexual Harassment”, “Personnel Files”, “Notices”, “Severability”, “Union Security”, “Labor/Management Committee”, “Residency Employees”, and “Probation and Probationary Periods”, we reached conceptual agreement on the articles … Continue reading