After a nearly six-month negotiation process which was delayed by an impasse, College of the Canyons and the union representing all part-time and adjunct faculty at the college –AFT Local 6262–have reached a new two-year contract agreement.

Included in the new deal will be a 5.5 percent compensation increase for all COC part-time and adjunct faculty–retroactive July 1, 2006–the establishment of a third step on the part-time/ adjunct pay scale and a total compensation increase of a cost-of-living adjustment plus .75 percent for the 2007-08 fiscal year. Additionally the contract will create a new timetable for department chairs to schedule and distribute teaching assignments, establish regular meeting periods between union and college officials.

Although parameters for the new contract were agreed upon in December, union officials had to wait until after the holidays to receive member ratification. COC board members then officially approved the agreement at their February meeting.

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