CCV Faculty Union Successfully Negotiates First Contract!

It’s official! We have signed our very first faculty contract at CCV! So much hard work, commitment, and dedication went into this. Congrats everyone. A special thanks to our bargaining team! Elisabeth Garretson Lehr, Emily Casey Kathleen Moore, Laura Gannon Murakami, Valerie Welter, Jill Mudcock, Luigi Colasanto, Peter Money, Victor P. Ehly, Jean Cannon… as well as Carla & Bill! Of course, so many more of you made this happen. Together we are stronger! This is an historic first step for our union and our college.

CCV Contract Signing

Photos by Josh Larkin, courtesy of Community College of Vermont

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