NOTICE OF CONTRACT RATIFICATION
MASSCHUSETTS STATE COLLEGE ASSOCIATION/MASSACHUSETTS
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION/NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
DAY UNIT

The ratification vote on the proposed Tentative Agreement of March 26, 2001, with Appendix and Memorandum of Agreement covering the latter half of FY 2001, and a collective bargaining agreement between the Massachusetts State College Association/MTA/NEA and the Board of Higher Education for the period July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2003, will be conducted at each campus as follows:

Tuesday, May 1 and Wednesday, May 2, 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

LOCATIONS;

Bridgewater: Chapter Office; 91 Burrill Ave
Fitchburg: Chapter Office, Room 206; Condike Hall
Framingham: Union Office, Room 246I, Hemenway Annex
Mass. College of Art: Critical Studies Office; 5th Floor Tower
Mass. Maritime: Faculty Lounge, Harrington Building
College of Liberal Arts: Faculty Lounge; Bowman Hall, Room 110
Salem: Chapter Office, Sullivan Building Room 205B, North Campus
Westfield: Chapter Office; Room 010; Parenzo Hall
Worcester: Chapter Office; Room S207; Sullivan Building

PLEASE VOTE AT THE COLLEGE WHERE YOU PAID LOCAL CHAPTER DUES OR CHAPTER AGENCY FEE.

The proposed agreement contains an agency fee provision. If the Agreement is ratified by a majority of those who vote, the agency fee provision will require each bargaining unit member who elects not to join or to maintain membership in the Association to pay the Association, on an annual basis, an agency fee as a condition of employment. The most current agency service fee is listed below, which was for 2000-2001:

AGENCY FEES

COLLEGE

MTA NEA MSCA BSC FSC FRAM M.ART M.MAR M.C.L.A. SAL WSC WORC

FT 216.11 71.34 100.00 50.00 45.00 40.00 15.00 15.00 16.00 40.00 30.00 72.00

FT 1/2 108.06 35.67 50.00 25.00 25.00 40.00 15.00 15.00 16.00 20.00 30.00 36.00

9-11 CR 64.96 37.12 50.00 35.00 15.00 40.00 15.00 7.50 8.00 40.00 30.00 36.00

5-8 CR 64.96 37.12 20.00 25.00 10.00 20.00 7.50 7.50 6.00 15.00 15.00 27.00

3-4 CR 32.48 20.01 20.00 15.00 10.00 20.00 7.50 5.00 4.00 15.00 15.00 18.00

1-2 CR 32.48 20.01 10.00 10.00 9.00 10.00 0.00 3.75 2.00 5.00 7.50 9.00

The ratification vote is open to all employees in the bargaining unit who are covered by the proposed Agreement, regardless of their membership or non-membership in the Association. All employees in the bargaining unit are eligible to vote by secret ballot. Bargaining unit members are advised to bring some form of identification with them to the polls.

Tabulation of the ballots will be held on Friday, May 4th Worcester State College, 486 Chandler Street, Worcester, Massachusetts, beginning at 3:00 p.m. All members of the bargaining unit are welcome to attend. Results will also be posted on the MSCA website.

The Association's most recent financial report, in the form of a balance sheet, and all documents involved in the ratification vote are available for inspection during regular business hours at the MSCA/MTA Chapter Office on campus. All documents are available on the MSCA website www.mscaunion.org.

MSCA /MTA/NEA Bargaining Team

The MSCA is affiliated with the Massachusetts Teachers Association/National Education Association