HACC and Faculty Union Reach Tentative Deal, Averting Monday Strike

Overview

• Negotiators struck the agreement early Monday after weekend talks, prompting the union to call off the planned campus walkouts.
• Contract details remain undisclosed as both sides describe the deal as a compromise focused on stability and fiscal responsibility.
• Talks centered on raises and three years of back pay after faculty reported going 41 months without a salary increase.
• Ratification would deliver the first contract for HACCEA since faculty organized in 2022.
• HACCEA counts about 250 active members covering roughly 750 teaching positions serving more than 12,000 students, following 43 months of bargaining including more than 20 hours last week.