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Students Walk Out Amid MHCC Contract Dispute
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
KPTV
Mount Hood Community College students walked out of class today in Gresham in hopes of urging the school board to reach a contract settlement with their professors.
Labor disputes pitting friends against each other
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Gresham Outlook
It would be wrong, as some people have been prone to do, to characterize the current labor struggle at Mt. Hood Community College as a fight between labor unions and their detractors.
Students join together to combat potential strike
Friday, May 6, 2011
The Advocate
With a possible strike nearing in the faculty contract dispute, student groups around campus have banded together as Quality Education Advocates (QEA) in a coalition to support MHCC instructors.
Faculty and staff voice frustrations at budget hearing
Friday, May 6, 2011
The Advocate
The MHCC budget committee meeting Wednesday was turned into a labor negotiations sounding post as the district board, residing as the budget committee, was addressed by frustrated and concerned students, community members and faculty.
Some progress in negotiations
Friday, May 6, 2011
The Advocate
Although progress during Monday's mediation session seemed to bring the full-time faculty and the administration closer together, the sides agreed there was still much work to be done as they entered another contract mediation session Thursday.
Editorial: Take as prescribed....
Friday, May 6, 2011
The Advocate
Two steps forward, one step back. The administration and the full-time faculty have finally been able to agree on something, but we are still only a few days away from a faculty strike.
Faculty member speaks: Why I am willing to strike
Friday, May 6, 2011
The Advocate
I have taught at MHCC for 34 years, more than all but three other faculty members. I am at the top of the pay scale, make a fair living, and have relatively few years before I retire. I am willing to risk everything and strike on May 12. I could easily retire and not worry about the college; life would be much easier.
A different method for student protest
Friday, May 6, 2011
The Advocate
We – the students – have been deeply affected by the breakdown of faculty contract negotiations. I love my teachers, and I am willing to stand up for them and their rights as the Board of Education does everything in their power to alienate the faculty and the students by hiring a lawyer to negotiate for them, having opaque budget plans, etc., all the while giving vague assurances that they're doing "what's best for the students."
Column: Students need to find other avenues of protest
Friday, May 6, 2011
The Advocate
Lately, as the heat about the faculty strike gets hotter, many students have decided that boycotting classes is an acceptable form of protest.
Threat draws local and national attention
Friday, May 6, 2011
The Advocate
The MHCC District board announcement last week that it will hire "permanent replacement" instructors if the faculty goes on strike has sparked a controversy that has attracted statewide and even national attention.

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