Bellevue College became a respected high-quality school by including faculty in decision making, centering classroom experiences. Now Provost Jess Clark wants to cut faculty out of decisions, taking the college in the wrong direction. Union faculty are coming together to defend our right to be at the decision-making table and stand up for a strong union. When we take action together, we can continue making teaching and learning a priority and ensure a bright future for our college.

  • This bargain is about whether decisions are made in the classroom or in the boardroom. Provost Jess Clark wants to take requirements to include faculty in decision-making out of the union contract, sidelining classroom voices. Only our union contract is enforceable and holds administrators accountable – by taking it out of the contract, they are effectively removing any requirement to honor faculty input.
  • We are the college. We are in classrooms with students every day and we know what students need and what works for them. Our voice is critical in centering students in all the college does.
  • The Provost is taking the college in the wrong direction. She's cut beloved programs and positions and now, while closing programs, she's spending big money on a union busting lawyer. We can’t her them keep hurting our college.

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Union busting: Get to know Dan Swedlow, the $840/hour attorney working for the administration. Swedlow works at Seyfarth Shaw, a union-busting lawfirm that Amazon and Starbucks have used.

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