Tentative Agreement Summary

  • Article 2 - District Rights
    • Changed “insure” to “ensure”
  • Article 4 - Evaluations and Personnel Files
    • Clarified language and processes
    • IDEAA area of rating added
    • Evaluations will now occur every 2 years instead of every 3 years
    • Probation can no longer be extended beyond 6 months
    • Added a mid-point progress meeting for performance improvement plans (PIP)
    • Updated PIP form to add “Some Progress”
    • VP of HR to have more oversight of interim evaluations and PIPs
  • Article 5 - Union Rights
    • Updated technology references (e.g. Removed “typewriters”)
    • Moved Steward section from Article 13 – Grievances
    • Added 1 hour of release time per month for unit members to attend unit and membership meetings
    • Aligned District committee appointments with Board Policy while ensuring SEIU representation
    • Expanded negotiations team release time to allow for year-round planning
    • Added hire date to monthly bargaining unit report
  • Article 6 – Hours of Employment
    • Cleaned up and clarified language
    • Added references to Ed Code and other contract language
    • Agreed to form a workgroup with the District to study compensation and definitions of shifts including but not limited to:
      • 24-hour event chaperones
      • Multi-day chaperones
      • Travel
      • Stand-by and on-call
      • Variable vs flexible schedule
  • Article 7 – Pay and Allowances
    • 3.85% salary increase, retroactive to July 1 (parity with faculty & management)
    • Clarified language around mileage reimbursement while working remotely
  • Article 8 – Employee Expenses and Materials
    • Cleaned up and clarified language
    • Updated the 2024/2025 uniform reimbursement amount to $457 and moved it to an appendix
    • Incorporated Article 8 Committee uniform recommendations (e.g. color)
    • Updated classifications for positions requiring uniforms
  • Article 9 – Health and Welfare Benefits
    • Maintained fully-covered Kaiser option
  • Article 10 – Holidays
    • Clarified language and renamed holiday breaks to “Winter” and “Fall” break
    • Updated projected holiday schedules to better align with academic calendar
  • Article 12 – Leave of Absence
    • Minor language cleanup
  • Article 13 – Grievances
    • Cleaned up and clarified language and processes
    • Moved Steward section to Article 5 – Union Rights
    • Added that the District and SEIU have to mutually agree on the contents and format of the Grievance Form
  • Article 16 – Fringe Benefits for Retirees
    • Updated the stipend amount to $170.18 for retiree only and $340.36 for retiree and spouse/domestic partner and moved it to an appendix
  • Article 19 – Classification/Reclassification (Article language only, see the TA announcement for the Classification Review/Salary Study results) 
    • Clarified language and removed reference to the Classification/Salary Study
    • Updated classification review schedule to resume reviewing component groups in 2026-27
    • Off-schedule reviews will resume once the contract has been ratified and approved by the Board. Off-schedule reviews can be initiated by the employee, the supervisor, or the area administrator per the provisions in Article 19, section 19.5.
  • Article 22 – Employee Education and Training
    • Clarified language and processes
    • Added additional 1 hour/week of educational release time for 4-unit, SRJC language courses
    • Clarified language for release time not to exceed 20% of the regularly scheduled workweek
    • Added language regarding part-time unit member ability to flex schedule to participate in PDA day and in-service training
    • Clarified that unit members do not forfeit lunch hour to attend in-service training 
    • Expanded shared governance compensation to include official subcommittees and workgroups of shared governance bodies
    • Increased compensation to 20 hours for management team hiring committees
  • Article 25 – Parking
    • Clarified language
    • Added that classified unit members with a DMV Disabled Person Placard may park in any available staff, student, parking meter, and ADA space at any time without a parking permit
  • Article 26 – Term of Agreement
    • Updated term of agreement to July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027
    • Agreed to keep Article 7 – Pay and Allowances, and Article 9 – Health and Welfare Benefits as automatic yearly openers
    • Agreed to keep provision that each party may choose up to 4 additional articles to re-open in years 1 and 2 and any number of articles to re-open in year 3
    • Agreed to open appendices automatically for annual updates