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Article 2: Definitions

Collective Bargaining Agreement for Part-Time Faculty

Part-Time Faculty CBA

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Unless otherwise specifically defined elsewhere in the agreement, the following definitions shall be applicable throughout the Agreement.

2.1

AGREEMENT – This contract between the Governing Board and the Union.

2.2

BARGAINING UNIT – In accordance with the Public Employee Bargaining Act, the part-time faculty bargaining unit was established prior to July 1, 1999 and shall continue to be recognized as an appropriate bargaining unit for the purpose of the Public Employee Bargaining Act.

2.3

BOARD – NM Public Employee Labor Relations Board (PELRB).

2.4

COLLEGE – shall mean the Central New Mexico Community College or CNM. 

2.5

GOVERNING BOARD – shall mean the Central New Mexico Community College Governing Board.

2.6

UNION – shall mean the CNM Employees Union, CNM Part-Time Faculty.

2.7

PART-TIME FACULTY MEMBER – shall mean a part-time faculty employee who is hired as a part-time faculty. A part-time faculty member can become a full-time faculty member only if he/she applies and is officially selected into a full-time position.

2.8

DAYS – shall mean Monday through Friday except for holidays which are observed by the College.

2.9

POLICY – the Board’s Collective Bargaining Policy (Governing Board Resolution 2020-53).

2.10

WORKSITE REPRESENTATIVE – a Union member who is designated by the Union and approved by the CNMEU Executive Council to represent the Union in each school and at each campus.

2.11

CNMEU Executive Council – the body of currently elected union officers, currently appointed interim union officers, and currently held chairs of standing committees as per the CNMEU Constitution.

2.12

NOT IN GOOD STANDING – shall mean a condition in which performance and/or conduct concerns requiring remediation render a part-time faculty member, as determined by the Dean or the Dean’s designee, ineligible for leadership positions, optional professional development opportunities or positions which would require the incumbent to represent the academic school of the College.

2.13

UNION REPRESENTATIVE – a member of the Union who is designated by the CNMEU Executive Council as qualified to represent the Union, any CNMEU Worksite Representative, any member of the CNMEU Grievances Committee, or any member of the CNMEU Executive Council.

2.13.1

Union member is defined as any dues paying member of CNMEU in good standing as determined by the Union. 

2.13.2

Worksite representatives must be approved by the CNMEU Executive Council.

2.14

PRESIDENT – the chief executive officer of CNM.

2.15

MANAGEMENT – means an employee who is engaged primarily in executive and management functions and is charged with the responsibility of developing, implementing, administering, or effectuating management procedures or board policies. An employee shall not be deemed a management employee solely because the employee participates in cooperative decision-making programs on an occasional basis. Management employees are not part of the part-time bargaining unit.