The P-fac contract establishes rules for obtaining and maintaining membership. Teaching status, personal choices, and payment of dues affect membership status.
Bargaining Unit: The Bargaining Unit is the entire group of part-time faculty covered by the P-fac contract with Columbia College Chicago. P-fac is the collective bargaining unit for all B.U. members, which means it has (more)
Full membership: Full, voting membership is not automatic. A new Bargaining Unit member should fill out an official IEA/NEA membership form (available from the P-fac office) to become a new member. The form also allows faculty to have dues automatically deducted. (Helpful hint: the form was designed (more)
Fee-payers and Fair Share: Bargaining Unit members who do not want to become full union members are fee-payers: they still pay the equivalent of dues (minus the $10 that goes to the Political (more)
Dues: P-fac dues of $100 per semester cover IEA and NEA membership (approximately $77), the IPACE political action fund that supports IEA lobbying and campaigning ($10) and the local P-fac dues (more)
No-Hire List: A Bargaining Unit member who fails to pay dues (or the equivalent agency fee) will be placed on a “no-hire list” for the following semester (III,1B). This is part of the contractual guarantee (more)
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