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

We Won!

The administration of Edmonds College has agreed to pay the Nursing faculty the state-funded high-demand salary enhancements required by the Workforce Education Investment Act! They will be paid retroactively from July 7, which was when the first paycheck without the salary enhancement was issued. The full text of their message can be found here but the important quote is as follows:

“In the interest of our students, our Nursing Program, and the College, we are applying the Nursing Allocation payments effective July 7, 2025, in accordance with Appendix A.10.”

Thank You!

The administration

All of the faculty of Edmonds College got paid last week, but the Nursing faculty still have not received one-fifth of their salary. The college administration still has not given our Nursing faculty the high-demand salary enhancements that are mandated by the Workforce Education Investment Act and paid for by the state of Washington. The state has given the college money to pay part of the salary for our nursing educators, and the college administration unilaterally decided to keep that money.

Dr. Singh and others in the administration have responded to the union saying that the administration

Dr. Singh announced in an email on September 19, 2025, that enrollment at the college was up 8%.

But when the time comes to negotiate a new contract with the faculty union, we expect that Dr. Chapman will show the Faculty Collective Bargaining Team a budget projection that predicts disaster in an attempt to explain why the college cannot possibly spend more money on faculty salaries. What we have noticed is that while faculty salaries stagnate, the salaries of administrators continue to climb. Here is some salary data drawn from the Washington State Fiscal Information website.

The faculty of Edmonds College have extensive qualifications. Each of us were hired to be experts in our subject matter and teaching that subject to students. Unfortunately, cuts implemented by our administration are forcing faculty to take on more and more roles that are outside our expertise. In addition, many faculty are concerned about politicians influencing what is taught in our classroom. Both of these factors lead to faculty spending more of their time not doing the job they were hired to do and not feeling trusted to do that job.

Reduce Administrative Burdens!

The faculty of this

At Edmonds College, associate faculty are paid less than full-time faculty to teach classes. To be specific, Edmonds College associate faculty are paid 65% of a full-time faculty member’s salary to teach the same class. It is commonly argued that full-time faculty have more responsibilities than associate faculty, like office hours, student advising, or committee work that associate faculty are not required to do, so they get paid more for that work. However, it is also well understood that the extra responsibilities of full-time faculty represent 15% of their workload.

This means that