Tell Mitt!

Promises to Keep

The Commonwealth has broken its promises

  • by refusing to fund a signed collective bargaining agreement.
  • to maintain salaries that are competitive with other states.
  • to compensate faculty and staff who have continued their educations and upgraded their skills.
  • to keep quality higher education affordable for students.

Tell Mitt!

Tell Governor Romney that

  • full-time community college faculty have kept their promise to teach more courses.
  • it's time to fund our 2002-2003 contract extension.
  • it's time to maintain competitive salaries - faculty and staff are losing ground to other industrialized states.
  • it's time to give meaningful benefits like health insurance and pensions to adjunct faculty and other part-time professionals.
  • it's time to restore cuts to higher education - 21.5% since 2003, more than any other state.
  • it's time to reduce tuition and fees - they rank among the highest in the nation.

1,000 DAYS OF SHAME - Click here for the Story

On the Campuses and Elsewhere...

 

 
UMass-Dartmouth
Friday Nov 5

Rally at UMass-Dartmouth, Friday November 5, 2005:  Bristol CC/MCCC, AFSCME, UMASS, and students. 
Mitt went in the side door but he had to travel in front and through the group.  Lot's of press coverage.

Roxbury Community College Chapter Shows the Way
Saturday, November 6


RCC/MCCC Chapter President Richard Eells delivers the message to his Excellency the Governor


Don't Cut Scholars' Dollars!


A Deal's a Deal!

Quinsigamond CC - Feb 17, 2005
At the Board of Higher Education Meeting

 

Springfield Technical Community College
April 26, 2005

The (Springfield) Republican

B4

The Republican, Wednesday, April 27, 2005

Bristol Community College
April 27, 2005
Diana Yohe, Jerry Lepage, Denyse Wilhelm, Alan Powers

North Shore Community College
April 27, 2005

North Shore members from left Christine Wiley, Marianne Atkinson and Starr Williams distribute flyers to students at the Danvers campus.

State Representative Steve Walsh joins SAC Coordinator Caroline Schwarzwalder, and Joe Boyd, in speaking to students at the NSCC Lynn campus.

Bunker Hill March of Shame March 28, 2005

...some of the pictures that we (Nick, the college's photographer BHCCPA member) took yesterday. Our march was successful by all accounts. We distributed over 2000 fliers (modifications of the NSCC and BCC handouts) to our students, and the people who were attending the BHE meeting on our campus. The membership was well represented with senior and junior faculty and professioanl staff. The members of the BHCC ASFCME unit were out in force to support us. I can't tell you how much that meant to us. Students marched with us. President Fifield welcomed everyone with comments about the need to fund our contract. We were pleased that Ned McGuire (MBCC) joined us. Pat Markunis, President of the MSCA walked with us for a bit. Katie D'Urso (MTA) was here too. Don Williams and Lisa (MTA Communications) were also here taking pictures and walking with us.

The faculty are reporting that the students are asking lots of questions, expressing concern, and asking what they can do to help. I suspect we'll organize a card writing campaign if this isn't resolved soon. The BHCC Chapter has asked the BHCC Trustees to set up an escrow account to pay our salary increases if they are not funded by June. The trustees received our motion and it is an item on next month's agenda.

Some of went into the meeting and spoke with anyone who would listen. A reporter from the Boston Herald took our names and said he'd call. Geri Curley and I spoke with the Chancellor and Tocco right after the meeting. The Chancellor restated her support and desire to resolve this issues as quickly as possible. Tocco was more focused on the Law School.

Yours in Solidarity,
Susan Dole

Massasoit Chapter Tells the World

Chapter Members - Chapter President Jim Tressel in the Center

Everyone Gets Into the Act - Faculty Sally Barney on the right

Chapter VP Kenn Anania, Massaoit President Charlie Wall, Chapter President Jim Tressel

Holyoke Community College
Card Signing

April 26, 2005
Under sunny skies, and despite a stiff breeze that threatened to litter the landscape with postcards, administrators,
AFSCME members, and students at Holyoke Community College rallied around MCCC members seeking
the funding of their Contract Extension.


Crowd shot.  Lots of administrators showed up--and the students were interested and supportive.  
One wrote, "I love my community college professors, and I vote," on his postcard.


Always read what you are signing...

Ian Camera and Chapter President Mark Lange

Holyoke CC President Bill Messner and Chapter President Mark Lange

Thank you to our student supporters.

President Messner with the crowd... AFSCME Steward in white tee-shirt.

Bristol Chapter & Students at the State House
Associated Students of Massachusetts rally
April 28

click on a picture for a larger version.

The Rally Bus leaves BRCC


Marlene, Donnie, Carol of BRCC, and Liz Recko-Morrison, Berkshire. Bristol, Mass Bay, Berkshire and Cape Cod Participated


Rally in Nurses Hall

Donnie McGee addresses the crowd


Linda Stern (MBCC), Donnie McGee (BRCC and a regional SAC coordinator) and Joe LeBlanc, (NECC, MCCC VP, SAC Co-chair), and others, speak with a staff member of the Governor's Office ...


... as close as you get to this Governor ....
Greenfield CC May 3

On May 3 students at Greenfield Community College went on "Strike" in support of funding the MCCC day contract.