Let's Go!

Contract negotiations have begun! The Edmonds College Federation of Teachers has filed our demand to bargain, which is the first step in re-negotiating the collective bargaining agreement between our faculty union and the administration of Edmonds College.

This year, the Faculty Collective Bargaining Team will be:

• Shari Arnesen
• Lauriel Elsa-Gordon
• Scott Haddock
• Mary Whitfield

If you see these faculty in the halls, be sure to tell them they have your support!

What are we fighting for?

Through many listening sessions and discussions with our members, we have developed many large and small

Fall 2025 High-Demand Funds Distributed!

The non-Nursing high-demand salary increases for Fall Quarter have been distributed to the eligible faculty! Those faculty received all of the funds that the state provided the college for this purpose in accordance with the Workforce Education Investment Act of 2019 (WEIA), which totals $680,000 for this year.

Let’s be clear. The college administration did not to give us these salary enhancements. College presidents lobbied state legislators to remove the proviso from the WEIA funds. When that proviso is attached, there is a requirement that the colleges

When did Dr. Singh know about the changes to our high-demand funds?

At the Board of Trustees meeting on November 18, 2025, Chemistry faculty and VP for Dispute Resolution Mary Whitfield addressed the Board, asking important questions about when Dr. Singh knew about the changes to the high-demand funds that sparked the re-negotiation of our high-demand salary increases that started in August, just two months after the original negotiation finished.

In previous academic years, the funds that Edmonds College received from the state to pay our high-demand salary increases were under proviso, which

New Admin Proposal: How About a Pay Cut?

In July 2025, the administration of Edmonds College asked to re-bargain the MOU that covered the distribution of high-demand salary enhancements to faculty that was signed in April. The first bargaining session was held on August 13. And now, ten weeks later, we have their first proposal. And after all of that time, it sounds like their offer is: what if we gave faculty a pay cut?

Here’s what the administration proposed. Edmonds College received $680,000 from the state of Washington to pay for high-demand salary enhancements in accordance with the

Hands Off High Demand!

VP for Action and Advocacy Chuck Mueller spoke at the Board of Trustees meeting on October 16, 2025, about Dr. Singh’s refusal to follow the contract and give Edmonds College faculty the state-funded high-demand salary increases that are required by the Workforce Education Investment Act. The full text of Chuck Mueller’s statement can be found at the link, but in brief:

• The college administration has stated that they will not pay the high-demand salary enhancements that are due to many faculty in November.
• Dr. Singh claims the issue is being bargained, but the

Dr. Singh’s administration has already backed down, agreeing to give our Nursing faculty back pay for the high-demand salary enhancements that they were withholding from every paycheck since July 7, 2025. But the fight to ensure that all faculty get their full salary continues!

The administration of Edmonds College is still refusing to pay the high-demand salary enhancements for eligible faculty that should be paid out in November. These high-demand payments are required by the Workforce Education Investment Act (HB 2158) and Edmonds College received money from the state to pay them. Dr. Singh