Purpose and Objectives

of the

Massachusetts Community College Council

Purpose: We, the faculty and professional staff at the fifteen community colleges of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have organized into a politically active Union to protect the professional rights and advance the economic well-being and working conditions of our members, as well as maintain and improve the quality of education in our community colleges.

Objectives

• Engage in collective bargaining
• Promote livable, equitable, and competitive wages
• Improve salary and benefits
• Promote professional working conditions, including professional development opportunities, adequate resources, and safe working environments
• Ensure reasonable workloads and work schedules
• Protect professional rights
• Protect and maintain academic freedom
• Promote full-time employment
• Promote equitable employment conditions for part-time unit professionals and adjunct faculty
• Promote quality public higher education and integrity of curriculum
• Promote job security
• Promote political action through education and organizing