Community College signs first contract with faculty

Community College of Vermont academic center in Winooski. File photo by Bob LoCicero/VT Digger
The Community College of Vermont and its new faculty union have signed their first contract following six months of negotiations.
They reached agreement June 11 on deal that faculty representatives called a step toward job security for adjunct instructors and a pay rate comparable to that received by part-time faculty at other schools in the Vermont State Colleges system.
The three-year contract, which