June 27, 2013 Goddard Staff Bargaining Update

Dear Fellow Goddard Staff Union Members, There was a Bargaining Meeting between the GC Administration team and the GC Staff Union Bargaining team on Thursday, June 27, 2013.  In attendance were 2 representatives (Ryan Quinn and Karen Rosenberg) from the UAW who were participating on our behalf.   An important development is that at this time, there is a UAW forensic accountant in Detroit who is … Continue reading

In the Press: Goddard College Staff and Faculty Respond to Management

Goddard College: Union Says Labor Law Violated June 17, 2013 By Eric Blaisdell PLAINFIELD — The faculty and staff at Goddard college are alleging the administration violated federal labor law when it handed down an Aug. 1 deadline to come to an agreement on the ongoing union negotiations or financial cutbacks that the administration has proposed would be put in place. The school is currently negotiating … Continue reading

6/15/2013 Joint Statement of Goddard College Faculty Union and Goddard College Staff Union

We write to inform you that recent actions by Goddard’s top leadership constitute both an extremely serious breach of good faith labor negotiations and a glaring violation of the trust that ought to obtain between upper management and all community members. At a community meeting on Friday, June 14, the Administration presented its fiscal year 2014 budget forecast of a $1.5 million deficit, as well as its … Continue reading