Tentative Agreement on Statewide Negotiations

The Council of New Jersey State College Locals reached an accord late Monday that protects working conditions for more than four thousand full-time faculty, librarians and professional staff at all nine state colleges and universities, according to College Council President Nick Yovnello, the Assistant Director of Library Services at Rowan University. Yovnello characterized discussions as the most difficult in his 40 years of bargaining, but after intensive multiple sessions in June, the four-year accord grants pay raises comparable with other state unions, increases in summer session and overload rates and more stable funding for professional development. To read more about the Tentative Agreement for 2011-2015, click here.

Summer General Union Meeting

When:   Wednesday, July 25th
Time:     1 p.m to 3 p.m.
Where:   Student Center, 419

Main Topic: Statewide Negotiations Update.  Agenda to follow.   

AFT Retirees Membership Drive

Full membership for any retiree who was part of an AFT local is only $20 per year. The retirees host four luncheon meetings a year to keep members up-to-date on pertinent issues and to elicit support for AFT issues. There are also four newsletters a year with information relevant to members.

See more information and a membership form on the retirees web site.

Local 1904 Mourns the Loss of Nick Yovnello

Nicholas Yovnello, a Monroeville resident and president of the Council of New Jersey State College Locals, was killed in a two-car accident in Sewell on Saturday afternoon. He served as a professor and assistant director of the library at Rowan University, Glassboro. Most recently, he played a significant role in negotiating a tentative agreement between the Council and the state, representing faculty and staff at public institutions across who have been working for more than a year without a contract. His obituary appears in The Times of Trenton and on the CNJSCL's website.

Friends and relatives are invited to attend a viewing at the Danks-Hinski Funeral Home,  125 North White Horse Pike, Lindenwold, NJ 08021, Friday, July 13, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. A service will follow at noon. Internment will be at Calvary Cemetery, 2396 Marlton Pike West, Cherry Hill, NJ.

Nick’s family asked that well-wishers make donations to the Rowan University Foundation - Nicholas Yovnello Scholarship Fund, in lieu of flowers. The Fund’s website can be found at https://giving.rufoundation.org.