Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 3:57 PM
Hi Diane:
Thank you for CODAA’s thoughtful consideration of two-year contact extension opportunity.
The vote is most unfortunate as this was a splendid opportunity in my opinion.
I too look forward to our positive working relationship. Adjunct faculty are an important resource at our College.
The administration looks forward to negotiating an extension of the current agreement in 2015.
Sincerely,
Robert L. Breuder
President
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
Learn the TRICKS we’ve been working.
Enjoy a TREAT with a CODAA Leader.
Stop by BIC-2418.
Wednesday, October 24 & Thursday, October 25 8:30 am to 6:30pm
TO BE HELD IN CHICAGO, IL APRIL 10-13.
TWO delegates will be selected by an election to be held by mail. Nominations must be in by November 6, 6pm in the CODAA office, BIC 2418.
There are funds available from the unit and from the region to help defray expenses.
If you are interested, contact Vicki Root-Wajda at [email protected] or the CODAA webmaster (use the “Contact CODAA” form at right) no later than November 5, 2012.
The IEA-NEA has established a scholarship program that is open to all children/legal wards of current IEA-NEA members. All children/legal wards of deceased, divorced, or IEA-Retired members are eligible to apply, regardless of child’s age or marital status, as long as they plan to pursue a career in teaching. The Committee is now accepting applications to make the awards for the 2013-2014 school year.
All applications, complete with supporting documents, must be postmarked by December 3, 2012 in order to be considered for the 2013 – 2014 school year scholarship program.
To apply go to www.ieanea.org under menu pull down benefits and look for scholarships and awards.