Employee contracts

The MHCC Classified Employees Association voted to ratify their tentative contract agreement with voting ending on Monday.

The MHCC District board is scheduled to vote on their contract at their meeting on March 12.

Association President Cathy Nichols said, “I am pleased it was ratified.  I believe it is a good contract for the three-year period starting July 1, 2013. We were able to clean up language, get new language, and remove bad language. I know we didn’t get everything we wanted but I believe we will be in a better starting place for the next negotiation process.”

MHCC’s Full-Time Faculty Association has a new president; Tambi Boyle, mathematics instructor, will start her elected position with the beginning of Spring Term.

The faculty voted to elect Boyle on Feb. 19.

Current President Sara Williams said, “I am confident she will do a great job as president. It would have been much harder for me to step down from the position if I was less confident!”

Boyle was the bargaining chair during this negotiation cycle and has also previously been grievance chair.