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Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 829, AFSCME

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 829 represents facilities and maintenance employees at the San Mateo County Community College District.

AFSCME Local 829 Bargaining Updates

American Federation Of Teachers Local 1493, AFT

The American Federation of Teachers Local 1493 represents full-time and part-time faculty at the San Mateo County Community College District.

AFT Local 1493 Bargaining Updates

California School Employees Association Chapter 33, CSEA

The California School Employees Association Chapter 33 represents classified staff, including administrative, instructional, and technical support roles, at the San Mateo County Community College District.

CSEA Chapter 33 Bargaining Updates

Key Collective Bargaining Terms

  • Collective Bargaining: The process by which management and union representatives negotiate the employment conditions for a bargaining unit for a designated period of time. The parties have a mutual obligation to bargain in good faith in an effort to reach agreement with respect to wages, hours, and working conditions. This obligation does not compel either party to agree to a proposal or to make a concession. Commonly referred to as "negotiations" or "contract bargaining." 

  • Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA): The contract embodies the results of the negotiations between the employer and the union and sets forth their agreements.

  • Memorandum of Understanding (MOU/Side Letter): A formally signed document that serves as an addendum to the collective bargaining agreement. An MOU usually addresses a significant issue that emerged during the term of the agreement, and it represents the mutual understanding between the parties on that issue. An MOU can also be referred to as a memorandum of agreement (MOA), a letter of understanding (LOU), or a letter of agreement (LOA).

  • Supplemental Agreement (SA): An agreement that establishes minor changes to an existing agreement.

  • Sunshine Proposal: A document transmitted at the beginning of a negotiating process defining the intentions of the negotiation. These documents allow the public to provide input on the negotiating process. 

  • Tentative Agreement (TA): The agreement reached through bargaining prior to its ratification or final approval by the negotiators' constituencies.