Howard Community College, faculty reach agreement on contract, union says

Howard Community College, faculty reach agreement on contract, union says

Howard Community College’s faculty union says it has reached an agreement for its inaugural contract with the college administration, ending 18 months of bargaining talks that often turned contentious.

Baltimore Fishbowl | HCC faculty union reaches tentative deal for first-ever union contract, secure 4% raise

Howard Community College and United Academics of Maryland (UAMD), a union representing the college’s full-time faculty, have reached a tentative agreement for their first-ever union contract.  The union contract is not official until the faculty votes to ratify it on Aug. 22. Full-time faculty received a 4% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in the tentative deal, according to multiple sources familiar with the agreement. “The United Academics of …