CODAA, as the voice for PT Faculty on campus, strives to represent the interests and improve working conditions for all PT Faculty at College of DuPage, regardless of union status.
Bargaining Unit Members (known as CODAA Members, or sometimes BUMs) are covered under the CODAA Contract and are added automatically once an instructor has met the basic eligibility requirements. Current eligibility requirements are as follows:
- According to the 2017-2021 contract, an eligible candidate must be a counselor, adviser, or part-time instructor, who teaches credit courses.
- Teaching Faculty must have 2 years of back-to-back teaching (at COD) with 6 credit hours spread over both semesters exclusive of Summers.
- When an instructor meets the basic eligibility requirements, they are automatically added to the bargaining unit in the Fall term. Dues deductions, for those who have submitted membership forms, will occur automatically from paychecks in October for those teaching in 16-week or 1st 8-week sessions and December for those teaching only 2nd 8-week session.
- In order to maintain Membership in the union from year to year, Members must teach at least 6 eligible credit hours per year, excluding Summers.
- In order to re-qualify for union membership after having failed to meet the above maintenance requirements, instructors must teach at least 6 eligible credit hours in one academic year (excluding Summers), in either of the next two academic years.
- CODAA Members who are covered by the contract are remunerated at a higher rate than PT Faculty who are not covered by the contract.
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