May 5, 2010
Academic –Administrative Personnel Federation – Local 3983
Your Negotiating Team has begun contract negotiations with the Administration of County College of Morris. Representing the Administration are, Thomas Burk (Human Resources), Rita Ragany-Bayer (Human Resources) & John Young (Business & Finance). Your team is comprised of Sheri Ventura, Jill Wells, Gina Garcia, Ronnie Kopp Weiner, Joanne Kearns and Joanna McAvoy (Staff Representative, NJSFT). In preparation for contract negotiations, we have been meeting regularly since September 2009 and continue to do so almost weekly. Thus far, meetings with Administration have been held on February 24th, March 4th, March 17th, March 31st, April 14th & May 4th. A calendar of meeting dates has been established for every other week through May 2010.
Both sides have presented opening remarks and agreed to ground rules for meetings. In addition, an initial exchange of proposals has occurred with articles for review identified. As typically is the case, the proposals presented at the first sessions are the simplest while more complex articles are dealt with later. There is ongoing discussion addressing such items, however, it is too early in the process to comment on progress.
Our next meeting with Administration is scheduled for May 26, 2010.