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Association of Professional Administrators
The collective bargaining agreement for the Association of Professional Administrators (APA) covers the period from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2011.
Agreement Preamble
This Agreement is entered into by and between the Board of Higher Education and the Association of Professional Administrators, Massachusetts Teachers Association/ National Education Association as the exclusive bargaining agent for positions in the bargaining unit as set forth in Appendix A of this Agreement.
Each State College has a primary responsibility to provide sound education resources for its student population. In order to assure this goal, each member of the bargaining unit has a special responsibility to assist in creating an environment which is conducive to student growth and development. Both the Board of Higher Education, acting with the State College Council of Presidents, and the Association pledge their efforts to develop a working relationship which will accomplish this result and, at the same time, will provide for the changing needs of each member of the bargaining unit. It is, further, a principal mutual purpose of the parties to this Agreement to seek to improve the public service rendered by the respective State College Boards of Trustees through their employees and correspondingly to provide for the career development of these employees.
This Agreement will set forth procedures for the equitable resolution of grievances; the terms of employment with respect to wages and working conditions; and the means by which the parties may consult periodically on mutually perceived problems.- APA agreement (.PDF)
- APA appendices (.PDF)
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