Middlesex College Faculty Union

No Contract for 3 years

• 2019, a new president came on board

• Throughout the whole pandemic, the college president would not meet with the union 

Name change from Middlesex County College signaled a culture change

• No other county college in the state has dropped county from their name except one which merged with another school

• The name change came from John Pulomena

Conditions

• Lost 25% of the faculty from attrition

• Work increased during the pandemic, adapting curriculum, meeting with students when they were available as schedules changed

• Administrator salaries are highest in the state, higher than comparable administrators at Rutgers

• Same number of administrators as teachers

• Likely $1 million spent in attorney fees spent in battling the union 

Contract

• The union asked to simply renew the last, that was denied

• No raises for the last 3 years

• This call came from John Pulomena

• The college administration tried to execute a scope petition with PERC with would have wiped out the teachers' serverances which eventually failed 

• Contention about insurance with controversial Board of Trustees member,  Gary Taffet who also owns the insurance broker that works with the school

Thomas Emens, recent Middlesex College graduate who went on to Princeton and who recently won election for Jamesburg Borough Council shared how he was disinvited from a Democratic fundraiser and barred from future Democratic meetings until he apologizes to the county commissioners.

• October 20th Rally: https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cj8h5Fwo9Oi/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=
  At 11:52 into the video, 12:54 remaining

• Thomas Emens speaking at Middlesex county commissioners meeting: https://youtu.be/A7k5ZrcNMhM?t=1937

How to help

• Visit their instagram and like their posts!  https://www.instagram.com/local1940aft/

•  Join your local Democratic committee, who chooses the county party leadership and endorses candidates. Learn more March 13th