The BOT and UFF bargaining teams have been meeting regularly since late March and have made progress on several articles. Discussions of Salary have been ongoing for the last two bargaining sessions. Because University employees are excluded for the first time in memory from raises targeted to other state employees, negotiations are particularly important this […]
Bargaining Update 5-22-17 Read Post »
The annual bargaining of the Collective Bargaining Agreement began March 8th with the exchange of open articles by the Board of Trustees (BOT) and the UFF. Salaries is of course open and each side is allowed to open two articles each year with the full agreement open every 3 years. This post will be updated
2017-2018 Collective Bargaining Status Read Post »
Dear Colleagues, The BOT and UFF bargaining teams met for three hours on April 12 and discussed several of the opened articles. The discussion of the Tenure Article concerned the BOT’s proposal to switch from a set of 2nd-and-4th-year reviews to a 3rd-year review and the UFF’s position that any such switch would need to
Bargaining Update 4-19-17 Read Post »
The FSU-BOT team and the UFF-FSU team met on March 29 to begin bargaining for the 2017-18 contract. This is a “limited re-opener” year, which means that teams can open two articles each in addition to Art. 23 Salaries, which is automatically reopened. Each side officially notified the other on March 8 about which articles they
Bargaining Update 3-29-17 Read Post »
As you may know, the Legislature officially convenes the 2017 Session on Tuesday, March 7th. Higher Education issues have been front and center during the committee process in recent weeks. There are a number of bills that directly affect our campus. On Wednesday, February 8, the Senate Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee voted 5-1 to support
Talk to your Legislators! Read Post »
First, I want to thank President Thrasher for his recent memo encouraging tolerance and mutual respect in the wake of the election. I don’t know what the response of your students has been. It certainly varies with politics and discipline. But as someone who teaches small classes and one-on-one lessons, it’s been a difficult couple
As you are well aware, we are in the last days of one of the most consequential election cycles in our history. We have a choice to make in two weeks, and the options before us could not be more different. Victory in the State of Florida is critical to both parties, and we have a responsibility
EARLY VOTING BEGINS TODAY, OCTOBER 24 Read Post »
A huge thank you to the hundreds of faculty members who responded to our Spring 2016 UFF-FSU Faculty Poll! An expanded edition of the report that includes faculty comments that help to clarify and elaborate upon the quantitative results can be found at: UFF-FSU Spring Poll 2016
Spring 2016 Poll Results Read Post »
FSU faculty are invited to voting on the ratification of the new 2016-2019 contract on Monday, May 23 and Tuesday, May 24. All faculty are eligible to vote, regardless of union affiliation. Voting must be in person. Polling places and times are as follows: MONDAY, MAY 23 9am-11am UNIVERSITY CENTER C ROOM 3101 (Comm.)
Ratification of contract Read Post »
The UFF and the FSU Administration have tentatively agreed upon a new 3 year contract. This year the whole contract was open for renegotiation and changes were made to several articles. This contract must be ratified by a vote of faculty and by the FSU Board of Trustees. Look for details on the significant changes
Collective Bargaining Contract Negotiation Update 2016-05-10 Read Post »
