Dear Colleagues,

You may have received information that the PCC FA Union is a “LLC” or a “Limited Liability Corporation,” erroneously suggesting that actions taken by the board are not answerable to you — PCC faculty.  

THIS INFORMATION WAS FALSE AND IS MISLEADING.

The PCC Faculty Association is a “MBC” or “Mutual Benefit Corporation.”

• Like countless independent unions and the locals of the larger California Teachers Association (CTA) and California Federation of Teachers (CFT) unions, the PCC Faculty Association is incorporated as a Mutual Benefit Corporation.
• The PCC Faculty Association’s Articles of Incorporation were filed on 9/27/2007 with the State of California.
• The PCC Faculty Association Articles of Incorporation state:
  • This corporation is a nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation (MBC) organized under the Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation Law.
  • The specific purpose of this corporation is to protect or promote the interests of the members by bargaining collectively with their employers to secure better working conditions, wages, improve the grade of education, and develop a higher degree of efficiency in their respective disciplines.
• Under the CA Corporations code, incorporating as a Mutual Benefit Corporation legally protects the FA’s assets (your dues!), provides transparency, and a liability shield. 
• The PCCFA answers to its members.   FA Board members have a fiduciary duty to our bargaining unit — a legal duty to put the best interests of our bargaining unit above our own personal interests.  
• Members have the right to recall board members. 
• Members elect board members in democratically-run, transparent elections. 

Your PCCFA serves the needs of all of its members and further advocates for all Faculty at PCC, whether they pay dues or not.

Please read the Constitution and By-Laws of the PCCFA on our website at pccfacultyassociation.org.