Sent: Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 2:29 PM
Dear Dr. Breuder and Ms. Sands-Vankerk,
CODAA union members and its Board of Directors have reviewed and voted on the proposed CODAA contract extension offer which was extended to us in mid-November, 2012. We appreciated the opportunity to consider the offer and meet with the other COD unions concerning its provisions.
After the proposed contract offer was presented to our representatives in your office, Dr. Breuder, and following a general conversation amongst representatives from the four unions concerned with the offer, CODAA carefully considered all aspects of the proposal using the following procedure:
a. an extended email and person-to-person discussion among CODAA Board of Directors personnel occurred over an approximate one week period;
b. several all-CODAA member emails were sent out announcing a special general membership meeting on the proposal, as well as dates and times available for early voting on the proposal on December 4th through 6th;
c. a general meeting was held on Dec. 6th and all provisions of the contract were reviewed with two presentations by CODAA Board of Directors members giving reasons for accepting the offer, and two presentations by CODAA Board of Directors giving reasons to not accept the offer; additional material from the HR department and several pertinent articles discussing possible SURS and national health care changes were available to all;
d. a spirited discussion was held between general members, CODAA Board of Directors members, and our IEA representative;
d. a secret ballot vote was taken and the votes were counted at 5:00 pm by the CODAA president and grievance chair.
The results of the general membership vote was as follows: 55% of the voting membership declined to accept the offer and 45% of the voting membership wanted to accept the offer. Since the majority voted no, the CODAA Board of Directors is respectfully declining your offer.
CODAA wishes to extend its appreciation for the opportunity to thoroughly review this offer. CODAA looks forward to a continued positive relationship between COD and our members, as CODAA part-time instructors deliver quality education for our students, the college, and the greater COD community.
Sincerely,
Diane Rzeszewski
CODAA President