Your PATFA Contract: Workload and Responsibilities

Here’s a news bulletin, fellow adjunct: You’re supposed to work only part time under the Part-time Faculty Association contract with the University of Maine System. In this post explaining the 2017-19 contract, you will also find language that shows how that sometimes gets stretched. And you will find language that you cannot be forced into accepting more than one course section per semester if that is your choice.

This post covers workload, assignment of responsibilities, excused absence, use of your car, and a list of related rights that can make your work smoother.

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Your PATFA Contract: Academic Freedom

Do you feel safe in the classroom? Are you concerned about your classroom freedom? Do you know your responsibilities?

Our 2017-19 PATFA contract covers some of this ground – but other university rules come into play here too. To help clarify, the Part-time Faculty Association (PATFA), which represents all adjuncts in the University of Maine System, is sharing details about the PATFA contract. This post covers academic freedom, health and safety, and non-discrimination language in the contract.

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Your PATFA Contract: Evaluations and Personnel File

The PATFA contract contains language that governs evaluations and personnel files. Keep these things in mind:

First, all adjuncts are supposed to be evaluated every fourth semester. Many have not, but that’s the responsibility of the full-time faculty in each department.

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New A&R Officers

At our February RA meeting:

Lew Button (Staff Attorney 3 at SOTS) was nominated and accepted as our new Chief Negotiator.
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Nicole Godburn (Principal Cost Analyst at DSS) was nominated and accepted as our new A&R Secretary.

Congratulations to both.

Also...the next Telecommuting meeting with the State is scheduled for Feb. 22.  There is an arbitration date set for March 27 if an agreement is not reached by that time.

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Some Officer Changes at A&R

We would like to congratulate A&R Secretary Kristin Campanelli who has been appointed to serve as Associate General Counsel to the Governor's Office!  Kristin was always an amazing person with a great strategic and legal mind, so we are not surprised by this appointment.

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Legislative Conference February 2

Every year, AFT-CT hosts a legislative conference at the LOB.  It is a private event held at the LOB for A&R/AFT-CT members to meet and listen to State Senators and Representatives about the current legislative agenda.  This year, labor unions did a fantastic job of getting-out-the-vote during the elections, now we can hear and interact with them directly to see what they intend to accomplish in this legislative session.  The event is free and runs from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM on Saturday, February 2, 2019 (this Saturday).  Breakfast and coffee are served and this is a relaxed event to just

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New Inclement Weather Language

Article 16 Section 6 of the A&R contract incorporates lateness due to inclement weather.  When there is inclement weather, hazardous driving conditions or a mass transportation failure, then tardiness for up to 1 hour is not to be charged to an employee.  There is then discretion given for an additional 1-1/2 hours (for a total of 2-1/2 hours) based on the severity of the conditions.  New language to our contract states that If the additional 1-1/2 hours are not granted or you exceed the 2-1/2 grace period then you may opt to either make up the excess time during the payperiod or charge

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