Current Issues

6/26/25

The TCFA Negotiation team is pleased to share that we have reached a Tentative Agreement (TA) with the administration on 6/25/25. We will have our first informational meeting on 6/30/25 via zoom and will be able to provide a digital copy of the TA at that meeting. Our second meeting will be on 7/3/25 with an election date of 7/8/25. Please keep an eye on your personal emails with details and links to these meetings.

A HUGE THANK YOU to the negotiating team for the 21 sessions that they met with the administration, for 4-8 hours at a time, as well as countless hours prepping, planning, texting, calling, yelling, and a few moments of laughter thrown in there.

3/4/25

The TCFA negotiating team had it's first meeting with the administration this past Friday, February 28, 2025. We were fortunate to be joined by a few faculty members to hype us up before headed into negotiate.

We LOVE the solidarity and support, so please keep it coming. Keep an eye on email for more information and attend the next TCFA meeting.

11/14/24

Thank you all for participating in our surveys over the past month. We have our north star and we plan on using it.

Thank you also for voting in our new negotiating team. Please keep an eye out for more information in the coming months.

8/2/24

Hi all, just a reminder that faculty holiday has been switched to election day. This year that is Tuesday, November 5. 

Also, get ready as we gear up for contract negotiations! More to come...

2/21/24

We have some folks with questions about how 80/20 selection works. Please review the video emailed and here.

11/9/23

We filed a step 1 grievance on November 6, 2023 and are currently in abeyance until December 1. - update in December an agreement was come to.

4/1/22

Not an April Fools joke...we are working on an agreement with the merging of the College Readiness department into the College Level departments of Math and English/Rhetoric. Send us all the good vibes as we are so close to finding middle ground!

3/2/22

Please vote in the Constitution Amendment vote. We need at least 40% of the membership to vote in these changes. Check your personal email and if you do not have the information, email us and we will send it to you. Absentee voting is open until March 9, in person voting is at the TCFA meeting on March 10.

12/10/21 

Good luck with finals and have a wonderful holiday

Elm Leaves 08/25/21:  https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elmwood-park/ct-elm-triton-diversity-tl-0902-20210825-5dvwfywqbjgclilwxs67mf5ihq-story.html 

Oak Park Journal 08/31/21: https://www.oakpark.com/2021/08/31/triton-faculty-union-sees-board-undercutting-equity-work/ 

7/15/21

Thank you to our members for coming out to vote. The tentative agreement was ratified by our member son July 14, 2021. It will go to the Board of Trustees on Tuesday, July 20, 2021 for finalization.

2/26/21

We continue to work with the administration regarding guidelines for our upcoming negotiations. No official date has been agreed upon for full negotiations yet...but we are hopeful that will occur very soon. 

 4/12/21

We have met with the administration 3 times in full session (3/17, 3/24, 4/7). We are still reviewing proposals and nothing has yet been finalized. We will continue to fight for our members and will provide updates at our May TCFA meeting. We expect negotiations to continue past finals week, and will keep members updated. 

4/23/21

We met with administration on 4/14/21 and have another meeting scheduled for 4/28/21. We plan to meet at least weekly from now until the end of the semester. We are still reviewing items and have no proposals agreed upon yet. We will continue to push for our members and we will continue to ask to meet more frequently.

6/10/21

Hope you've been following our updates on Twitter @TritonFaculty

We met with administration twice this week for about 3 hours each time. We are making progress and there is the possibility of an end in site.  Please keep an eye on Twitter and emails as we will have a fast turn around time to discuss the proposal once we get it. We will then discuss the best way to vote. Hope you are all enjoying your summer!