AFT Local 1828 is finally seeing movement on the Declaration of Impasse over the Compressed Calendar Negotiations. Below is a timeline for what occurred between now and when the union declared impasse with the district that outlines our progress:

 

TIMELINE OF EVENTS

• Monday, March 17 – AFT Local 1828 declared an impasse on the Compressed Calendar Negotiations and informed the district they would need to arrange for impasse.

• Friday, March 21 – AFT’s chief negotiator, grievance chair, and president met with our union lawyer to review the process of mediation and fact finding and devise a plan for the union to move forward

• Monday, April 7 - AFT Local 1828 received a draft of the Request for Impasse/ Appointment of Mediator from the district and a joint “Statement of Facts” for our approval.

• Wednesday, April 9 – After consulting with our union lawyer, AFT Local 1828 responded with our requested edits to both documents

• Thursday, April 10 – The district reached out to AFT for clarification about our edits.

• Tuesday, April 15 - AFT responded with documentation to support our requested edits.

• Friday, April 25 – The District sent a counter proposal for the Statement of Facts.  After some back and forth, a statement was agreed to by both parties that evening.

• Monday, April 28 – The district’s lawyer/chief negotiator submitted our joint Request for Impasse Determination/Appointment of Mediator to the California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB)

• Tuesday, April 29 –

  • The California Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) contacted AFT Local 1828 to confirm the contents of our documentation and seek clarification

  • The California Public Employment Relations Board served AFT 1828 and the District with the Impasse/Mediation Approval Document and assigned us a case number

• Thursday, May 1 – AFT Local 1828 and VCCCD’s lawyer/chief negotiator received an email from the mediator assigned by PERB with possible dates to meet and a document for both parties to sign agreeing to the rules and laws centered around mediation

• Friday, May 2 – AFT responded with three possible dates

• Sunday, May 4 – VCCCD’s lawyer responded with one possible date

• Monday, May 5 – A date was agreed to for mediation by both parties

 

To better help faculty understand mediation, you can click here to find a blank “Agreement to Mediate” that both parties were required to sign. In the meantime, if you would like to learn about ways to support the union and how to encourage the district to reach agreement, please contact your respective campus vice president.

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• Moorpark College Full-time Vice President – Susan Kinkella at skinkella@aft1828.org

• Moorpark College Part-time Vice President – Angela Wilkins at angelawilkins@aft1828.org

• Oxnard College Full-time Vice President – Letty Mojica at lettymojica@aft1828.org

• Oxnard College Part-time Vice President – Constantino Lopez at clopez@aft1828.org

• Ventura College Full-time Vice President – Kammy Algiers at kalgiers@aft1828.org

• Ventura College Part-time Vice President – Stephen Peluso at stephenpeluso@aft1828.org