TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) - Tallahassee Community College is in the process of negotiating a collective bargaining contract.
Teachers at the Tallahassee Community College have been discussing the collective bargaining contract with administration for over a year but both sides have issues with the contract.
The teacher's union at TCC feels like the administration is not bargaining under good faith and that the impasse that was called for was unprecedented. The administration stresses the impasse is part of the negotiation process and does not mean the two sides are not talking to each other.
Since the two sides could not come to an agreement, the impasse was considered necessary.
The impasse will bring a hearing where both sides will present their cases to a magistrate, who will give his or her findings to the board of trustees. Then, the trustees will decide to accept or reject the ideas presented by both sides.
Seventy-five percent of the teachers are involved in the union to preserve TCC the way it is. In the end, the administration and faculty are still a family and will come together.
The faculty is recognized by the administration for their talent and work inside and out of the classroom. Although neither side will get exactly what they want, there will be a contract and the school will continue to move forward.
At the November 6th session, both of the opposing sides will bring new ideas or adjust current ones to find an agreement.
