Part-time Faculty Association at Columbia College Chicago

The P-fac contract establishes rules for obtaining and maintaining membership.  Teaching status, personal choices, and payment of dues affect membership status.

Bargaining Unit: The Bargaining Unit is the entire group of part-time faculty covered by the P-fac contract with Columbia College Chicago.  P-fac is the collective bargaining unit for all B.U. members, which means it has (more)

Full membership: Full, voting membership is not automatic.  A new Bargaining Unit member should fill out an official IEA/NEA membership form (available from the P-fac office) to become a new member.  The form also allows faculty to have dues automatically deducted.  (Helpful hint: the form was designed (more)

Fee-payers and Fair Share: Bargaining Unit members who do not want to become full union members are fee-payers: they still pay the equivalent of dues (minus the $10 that goes to the Political (more)

Dues: P-fac dues of $100 per semester cover IEA and NEA membership (approximately $77), the IPACE political action fund that supports IEA lobbying and campaigning ($10) and the local P-fac dues (more)

No-Hire List: A Bargaining Unit member who fails to pay dues (or the equivalent agency fee) will be placed on a "no-hire list" for the following semester (III,1B).  This is part of the contractual guarantee (more)