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UFF-FSU Update, January 20th, 2012

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Bargaining News, Florida Legislation, Non-Tenure-Track Faculty, UFF-FSU Reports, Uncategorized

UFF-FSU Update, January 20th, 2012

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UFF President Tom Auxter provides an update on legislative developments affecting Florida higher education in a document available at: https://uff-fsu.org/art/WhatWeFaceNow18January2012.pdf Collective bargaining continues today at 2pm at the FSU Training Center. This week’s “University Welfare” report to the FSU Faculty Senate, focused on Senate-related NTTF issues, is available at: https://uff-fsu.org/art/fs20120118.pdf Email Migration Alert! FSU IT […]

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Bargaining News, Florida Legislation, Newspaper/Web Reprints, Non-Tenure-Track Faculty, UFF-FSU Reports, Uncategorized

January Update

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Happy New Year! Hope you had a refreshing break. Volunteers and UFF staff have continued to work for FSU faculty these past few weeks, as indicated in part in the balance of this update. 1. At the “Ledge.” President Barron has noted that the initial state budget discussions have NOT included plans for large cuts

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Bargaining News, Florida Legislation, Non-Tenure-Track Faculty, Political Action, Uncategorized

Report on University Welfare for Faculty Senate, December 7th, 2011

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Collective Bargaining We’ve had just one bargaining session since the last Senate meeting.  In contrast to most of our weekly sessions since May, which have focused on the Administration/BOT’s desire to revise performance evaluation procedures, we addressed academic freedom (Article 5), domestic partner benefits, and revisions to the Salary Plan for Professors (Article 25).  At

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Florida Legislation, Political Action, Uncategorized

Special Message from Tom Auxter

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The Fate of Higher Education Hangs in the Balance: Florida Legislature 2012 The next legislative session starting in January could decide once and for all whether Florida will have a viable system of higher education in the future. The leadership, with the support of the Governor, is ready to introduce changes so radical that it

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Bargaining News, Florida Legislation, Political Action, Uncategorized

November 16th Update to Faculty Senate

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Report on University Welfare for Faculty Senate, November 16th, 2011 By Professor Jack Fiorito, UFF-FSU President I heard that my report was missed last month!  I will try to make it up to you in a brief update on UFF and Faculty Welfare since my previous report in September. Consultation UFF representatives met with President

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Florida Legislation, Newspaper/Web Reprints, Political Action, Uncategorized

Florida Shortchanges Its Universities

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From the St. Petersburg Times Tampabay.com October 28, 2011 By Times Wire At least credit former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux for being half-right: Tuition at Florida’s public universities is too low. But so is the state’s direct support. The hard fact that no one in Tallahassee’s majority party seems willing to acknowledge is that the

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Affiliate Union Reports/Releases, Florida Legislation, Newspaper/Web Reprints, Political Action, Uncategorized

FEA Suit on Mandatory Retirement Contribution (Pay Cut)

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Below you will see an FEA report, a news media report, and links to other news reports on the legal battle over cuts to our pay that the legislature and governor approved this past spring. This is one of the reasons that the UFF is affiliated with the Florida Education Association (FEA) and other organizations.

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