HACC union faculty will begin a strike on Monday, union leadership announced Saturday afternoon, after additional bargaining sessions with HACC administrators this week failed to move the needle on a long-overdue initial contract.

Faculty plan to hit the picket lines around 8:30 a.m. Monday, union leaders said, likely causing major disruptions to HACC’s programming and class schedules.

Faculty voted the union into existence in April of 2022, but still do not have an initial contract despite three-and-a-half years of arduous negotiations with college leadership. Earlier this year, faculty voted to authorize union leadership to call a strike at any time.

The union has about 250 active members, and its collective bargaining rights cover roughly 750 teaching positions. Union leaders expect

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