“Being there into the wee hours of the morning shows the commitment of both sides to reach an agreement,” said the HCFA’s president, Nancy Schur-Beymer “It was a hard-won bargain. The district showed up ready to bargain.”
After months of failed negotiations that culminated in an impasse necessitating the help of an outside mediator, the Hartnell Community College District and Hartnell College Faculty Association have tentatively agreed
Contract negotiations between the Hartnell College Faculty Association and Hartnell Community College District administrators have failed after more than a year of trying to reach an agreement. The members of
“We’re deeply frustrated that we couldn’t reach a contract settlement with the district management,” said the association’s president Nancy Schur-Beymer in a press release from the California Teachers Association. “We have been reasonable in our proposals to provide a living wage for our faculty, who are the number one classroom resource for our students. We’ve done our homework. Hartnell College can afford our proposal.”
A contract between the Hartnell Community College District and the Hartnell College Faculty Association ended in June 2022. Since then, faculty have continued working under the old contract which, in