A strike by HACC’s faculty union kicked off Monday morning, with teachers hitting picket lines to protest their lack of an initial union contract despite over three years of negotiations.

The union – which faculty voted into existence in April of 2022 – has about 250 active members, and its collective bargaining rights cover roughly 750 teaching positions. Union leaders expect significant numbers of adjunct professors and other instructors to join union members in striking.

Despite marathon bargaining sessions with HACC administrators last week, union leadership said too little progress had been made. Faculty have accused HACC leadership of union-busting by intentionally drawing out negotiations and cutting union faculty’s course offerings.

HACC, according to documents provided by the

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