Dear Colleagues, The teams met Wednesday for a busy session that brought in almost 70 faculty attendees viaZoom, along with a handful in the room. It was a great turnout, which we made a point ofannouncing to the BOT team. We began with the UFF’s counter-offer on Article 23, Salaries, where we proposed 7% inPerformance […]
Bargaining Update – June 24, 2022 Read Post »
In Spring 2021, 580 faculty members completed the UFF-FSU Faculty Poll. Highlights from the survey! 80% felt that across-the board raises for cost-of-living increase should be a high priority. 54% felt that UFF should work towards advocating for healthcare (31% a lot; 23% all it can) 59% felt that UFF should work towards advocating for
Spring 2021 Faculty Poll Results Read Post »
The UFF-FSU and the BOT teams engaged in Impact Bargaining to create a COVID-19 MOU for Spring 2021.
Spring 2021 COVID-19 MOU Read Post »
The minutes of our October 2020 consultation can be found at the link below. We hold four of these a year with upper-level Administration. Two include President Thrasher. Consultations are intended to provide a relaxed forum to discuss issues of interest to faculty. All are encouraged to contact UFF if you have something you feel
October 2020 Consultation Minutes Read Post »
The minutes of our April 2020 consultation can be found at the link below. We hold four of these a year with upper-level Administration. Two include President Thrasher. Consultations are intended to provide a relaxed forum to discuss issues of interest to faculty. All are encouraged to contact UFF if you have something you feel
April 2020 Consultation Minutes Read Post »
Dear UFF-FSU Member, Faculty have worked hard to ensure that the unplanned transition to online teaching and remote counseling, research and service this semester has been as smooth as possible. Almost all of us have felt the stress of this new situation and many faculty have additional caregiving duties for spouses, parents, and/or children. Amid
COVID-19 Resources Read Post »
The finalized minutes from the November 2019 consultation are available below.
November 2019 Consultation Minutes Read Post »
The BOT and UFF bargaining teams met on July 5 after a BOT-imposed three-week break in negotiations. The discussion was solely about the Salaries article. As has been the case for several weeks, the unresolved categories are Performance Increases, Departmental Merit Increases, Deans’ Merit Increases, Market Equity Increases, Administrative Discretionary Increases, and the UFF’s proposed
Bargaining Update 7/8/17 Read Post »
The UFF-FSU bargaining team has considered the PowerPoint presentation from June 14’s bargaining session and has concluded that it does not justify the Administration’s claim that faculty salaries need little upward adjusting. The presentation centered on two sets of data, one seeking to show that FSU’s 2017-2018 increase funds are restricted to categories that largely
The BOT and UFF bargaining teams met on June 14 to continue negotiation of the Salaries article. The unresolved categories are Performance Increases, Departmental Merit Increases, Deans’ Merit Increases, Market Equity Increases, Administrative Discretionary Increases, and the UFF’s proposed Administrative Commensurate Compensation Increases. (The teams are not proposing changes to Promotion Increases or to Sustained
Bargaining Update 6/23/17 Read Post »
