Montgomery College Part-Timers Land First Contract

The union representing part-time faculty members at Montgomery College, a community college in Maryland, announced Monday that it had reached a tentative deal with the college on a first contract. Details are not being released pending final approval by the union’s members and the college’s trustees. But a statement from the union said that the deal would include a “modest” salary increase, higher limits on course loads for part-timers, and measures that would improve job security. The contract would also create committees “to review, and formulate recommendations for addressing, pay inequity between full-time and part-time faculty for in-classroom instruction, as well as to explore health insurance options for part-time professors.” The union is affiliated with the Service Employees International Union.