MCAD United Local 284

✊The MCAD Faculty Union stewards are hosting a social! Come meet our union representatives (and each other), eat some tasty snacks, and ask whatever questions you have about your union. Looking forward to seeing you in person!
WHEN:
Thursday Nov 9, 2023 ⋅ 6:30pm – 8pm (Central Time - Chicago)
WHERE:
Luna & The Bear - Kitchen & Libation House, 18 W 26th St, Minneapolis, MN 55404, USA
We hope to see you there!

🗳️TODAY, Tuesday March 28th is the day!
Our union bargaining team and MCAD have reached a tentative agreement, and now it's time for union members to vote! Check your email to see the contracts you are voting on.

UNION CONTRACT RATIFICATION

VOTE TUESDAY, MARCH 28 11:00 A.M. – 2 P.M.

MINNEAPOLIS COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN - Main Building, Room 434

If you are unable to vote in person on Tuesday, you may cast an absentee vote.*

QUESTIONS? ASK A BARGAINING TEAM MEMBER:

Full Time Faculty: Robert Algeo and George Hoagland

Adjunct Faculty: Leslie Grant, Betsy Alwin, Patty Healy McMeans and Damon Stanek

*To vote absentee: (1) write “Yes” or “No” on a blank piece of paper (“Yes” to approve the agreement; “No” to reject the agreement); (2) place that piece of paper in a blank envelope & seal the envelope; (3) place that envelope in a second envelope & seal the second envelope; (4) write your name on the second envelope; (5) give your signed envelope to a co-worker or a bargaining team member to bring to the voting location for you on March 28.

Our union bargaining team and MCAD have reached a tentative agreement, and now it's time for MCAD union members to vote! Check your email to see the contracts you are voting on.

UNION CONTRACT RATIFICATION

VOTE TUESDAY, MARCH 28 11:00 A.M. – 2 P.M.

MINNEAPOLIS COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN - Main Building, Room 434

If you are unable to vote in person on Tuesday, you may cast an absentee vote.*

QUESTIONS? ASK A BARGAINING TEAM MEMBER:

Full Time Faculty: Robert Algeo and George Hoagland

Adjunct Faculty: Leslie Grant, Betsy Alwin, Patty Healy McMeans, and Damon Stanek

*To vote absentee: (1) write “Yes” or “No” on a blank piece of paper (“Yes” to approve the agreement; “No” to reject the agreement); (2) place that piece of paper in a blank envelope & seal the envelope; (3) place that envelope in a second envelope & seal the second envelope; (4) write your name on the second envelope; (5) give your signed envelope to a co-worker or a bargaining team member to bring to the voting location for you on March 28.

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED BELOW — ARTISTS, PARENTS, RENTERS, MENTORS, CAREGIVERS, GLOBAL CITIZENS, WORKERS; IN A WORD, FACULTY — BELIEVE THAT IN ORDER TO CONTINUE FULLY PROVIDING THE EXPERIENCES ALL MEMBERS OF OUR MCAD COMMUNITY DESERVE, TO SUSTAINABLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATIONS AND THE INTERSECTIONAL SUPPORT NAMED WITHIN OUR INSTITUTION’S MISSION STATEMENT, WE MUST BE GRANTED THE CURRENT WAGE SUPPORT PROPOSED BY OUR FACULTY UNION MEMBERSHIP.
MCAD Adjunct and Full Time Faculty:
Aaron Van D**e, Aki Shibata, Alison Nowak, Alondra Garza, Aneela Idnani, Anika Schneider, Anna Chisholm, Avigail Manneberg, Ben Moren, Ben Severns, Betsy Alwin, Billy Franklin, Blue Delliquanti, Bly Pope, Bob Algeo, Brad Jirka, Bridget O’Malley, Carrie Hartman, Chris Gruszka, Chris Tradowsky, Clare Odin, Craig Santer, Damon Stanek, Dana Koehler,Diana Green, Ed Charbonneau, Elisabeth Workman, Emma Beatrez, Erik Johnson, Ethan Pope, George Hoagland, George Mahoney, Greg Dickerson, Gretchen Gasterland Gustafsson, Harry Gao, Jacob Yeates, Janet Lobberecht, Jason Coyle, Jen Caruso, Jessica Dandona, John Gaunt, Jonathan Aller, Joshua Seaver, Kate Gunther, Kathryn Savage, Katie Nelson, Katinka Galanos,Kelsey Bosch, Kelsey King, Kimberly Benson, Kindra Murphy, Kristin Solid, Lee Noble, Leslie Grant, Luke Erickson, Matthew Rezac, Melissa Licht, Michelle Brost, Michael Banning, Michael Gaughan, Michael Kareken, Natasha Pestich, Nicole Simpkins, Oakley Tapola, Patrick Coyle, Patty Healy McMeans, Paula McCartney, Peng Wu, Peter Steinek, Quynh Akers, Ryan Peltier, Skyler Swender, Stephen Ellis, Thomas Westbrook, Wen-Li Chen, Ziba Rajabi

MCAD FACULTY UNION SOLIDARITY STATEMENT on Wage Increases & Economic Support!

Dear Administration:
The ongoing sustainability of MCAD— an institution dedicated to supporting creative inquiry and social change — requires a commitment from all involved to a cause larger than ourselves: a commitment that day by day and year by year is embodied by holistic and interconnected systems of support between all faculty, students, and staff.
As faculty within MCAD, ours is not a passive role, taken as a matter of course, but one with active stakes and intentional investments of our time, our care and our labor. We have proactively made these decisions, and we are proud to align ourselves with a vision, as stated by MCAD’s current administration, seeking to “collaboratively transform society through equity, empathy, and imagination.”
And it is now through these same guiding principles — equity, empathy, imagination and embodied community support — that we advocate for ourselves and our colleagues.
The “community of support” we seek to provide for our students, and that MCAD promises them, is only as possible as how we ourselves are supported in turn. And, at a time when spiraling costs of living show no sign of decreasing, at an institution with regularly fewer than 35 full time professors, that has a teaching body consistently made up of roughly 80% adjunct labor in recent years – many of whom, full time and adjunct alike, have steadfastly endured the extreme challenges and strains of teaching in the wake of COVID – and a changing and growing student body that deserves our attention and engage-ment, we believe it to be critical that

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED BELOW — ARTISTS, PARENTS, RENTERS, MENTORS, CAREGIVERS, GLOBAL CITIZENS, WORKERS; IN A WORD, FACULTY — BELIEVE THAT IN ORDER TO CONTINUE FULLY PROVIDING THE EXPERI-ENCES ALL MEMBERS OF OUR MCAD COMMUNITY DESERVE, TO SUSTAINABLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATIONS AND THE INTERSECTIONAL SUPPORT NAMED WITHIN OUR INSTITUTION’S MISSION STATEMENT, WE MUST BE GRANTED THE CURRENT WAGE SUPPORT PROPOSED BY OUR FACULTY UNION MEMBERSHIP.

Great news for international students in the United States.

DHS and ICE Rescind Policy Barring International Students Taking Online Courses | News | The Harvard Crimson The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have agreed to rescind a policy that would bar international students taking online-only courses from residing in the United States, federal judge Allison D. Burroughs announced at a hearing on Tuesday.

We are in this struggle together.

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30 minute Union Pizza Get Together!
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Emeritus Room 201 Main
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Summer is drawing to a close and a new school year is upon us! We're stronger together! If you're a faculty member at MCAD you can sign up as a union member using this link:

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