Union Information

AFSCME website: https://afscme1067.org

Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) and Related Documents

• AFSCME MOA Successor Agreement 2023-2024
• AFSCME 2020-2023 CBA

Union Representatives

Linda Hogan-Shea, 
413-572-5376
lhogan-shea@westfield.ma.edu

AFSCME: American Federation of State and County and Municipal Employees is the union whose members are hourly employees. Also referred to classified employees. Within the AFSCME union, there are two units. Unit 1 is administrative and clerical employees scheduled to work 37.5 hours per week for full time positions. Unit 2 is technical, security, and trade employees scheduled to work 40 hours per week for full time positions.

APA website: https://www.maapa.org/

Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) and Related Documents

• APA 2023-2024 Memorandum of Agreement
• APA 2020-2023 Final Agreement

Union Representatives

Brian Cahillane, President
413-572-5790
bcahillane@westfield.ma.edu

Junior Delgado, Vice President
413-572-5546
jdelgado@westfield.ma.edu

Jennifer Gould, Secretary
413-572-8018
jgould@westfield.ma.edu

Giselle Frechette, Membership/Treasurer
413-572-5474
gfrechette@westfield.ma.edu
 

APA:  Association of Professional Administrators is the union whose members are salaried staff scheduled to work 37.50 hours per week for full time positions.  Within the APA union, there are two types of APA positions, exempt and non-exempt. Exempt positions are not eligible for overtime. Non-exempt positions are eligible for overtime and track their time worked like hourly employees.

MSCA website: https://mscaunion.org/

Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) and Related Documents

• MSCA 2020-2023 CBA
• DGCE 2021-2023 CBA

Union Representatives

Claudia Ciano-Boyce, President
413-572-5749
ccianoboyce@westfield.ma.edu

Christopher Masi, Vice President
413-572-5371
cmasi@westfield.ma.edu

Susanne Chuku, Treasurer
413-572-8041
cchuku@westfield.ma.edu

Jennifer DiGrazia, Recording Secretary
413-572-5685
jdigrazia@westfield.ma.edu

Christopher Gullen, Moderator
413-572-5752
cgullen@westfield.ma.edu

Margot Hennessy, Director
413-572-5759
mhennessey@westfield.ma.edu

Sarah Heim, Contingent Faculty Representative
413-572-5317
sheim@westfield.ma.edu

Greg Neikirk, Grievance Officer
413-572-5331
gneikirk@westfield.ma.edu

MSCA: Massachusetts State College Association is the union whose members are salaried faculty scheduled to work 37.50 hours per week for full time positions.

Non-unit employees are not members of a union.

• Non-Unit Professional (NUP) - Handbook (October 2023)
• Non-Unit Classified (NUC) - similar benefits to AFSCME but not represented by the AFSCME union.

NUC: Non-Unit Classified positions include non-unit hourly employees. These positions are similar to Unit 1 AFSCME positions and receive the same pay based on the AFSCME grade and step tables, but are not represented by the AFSCME union.

NUP: Non-Unit Professional positions include non-unit salaried employees. These positions are similar to APA exempt positions, but are not represented by the APA union.