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

Ryan Fanion

rfanion@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.