Dear Colleagues, During our last bargaining session on July 29th, the UFF-FSU team presented a new salary proposal that includes an ‘Administrative Parity’ clause (see below). The BOT Bargaining Team ended the bargaining session somewhat abruptly after we submitted this proposal and they did not accept our request to meet on August 5. However, the […]

Dear FSU Colleagues, The BOT and UFF-FSU teams met July 22 and discussed Article 23 (Salaries), Article 17 (Leaves), Article 32 (Artificial Intelligence), and Article 10 (Performance Evaluations) and the corresponding Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the pilot program for In-unit Chair Reviews. We also presented a new MOA that would, if the BOT team

Dear FSU Colleagues, The FSU Board of Trustees (BOT) and United Faculty of Florida FSU (UFF-FSU) bargaining teams resumed negotiations for the 2026-2027 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) on Wednesday, July 15.  The negotiators were joined by several additional FSU faculty members in person and via Zoom.  The presence of these observers was greatly appreciated by

Dear FSU Colleagues, Thank you to our many faculty colleagues who attended bargaining in person and online on July 1. Your presence in the bargaining room truly made a huge difference, and we hope that the show of support will continue at the next bargaining session, scheduled for July 15 from 2-5pm (location to be determined). This

Dear Colleagues, The June 24 bargaining session between your UFF team and the Board of Trustees was, to say the least, alarming. After seven weeks of bargaining, the BOT team finally responded to our proposals for salary (Art. 23), leaves (Art. 17), and AI Use (Art. 32). For next year’s salary increases, they offered us

Dear FSU Colleagues, Our UFF bargaining team, which includes both specialized and general faculty members from across campus, works diligently to negotiate the rights outlined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), but if we do not have at least 60% membership density in early July, we will lose our right to bargain salaries, evaluations, tenure

Dear colleagues, Your UFF-FSU Bargaining Team and the representatives of FSU’s Board of Trustees (BOT) met on June 3 for the latest round of negotiations. The administration has not yet responded to our initial article drafts on Salary (Article 23), Leaves (Article 17), or Artificial Intelligence Use (Article 32), so the breadth of negotiations was

Dear colleagues, Last week’s bargaining session was held on Wednesday, May 27 and it was a doozy. This update would be overly long if I recounted all the drama, but I’ll offer a synopsis along with links to all the proposed contract language: Why does Article 3 matter? UFF activity is needed to defend the

Two farmers meet at a local pub and agree to barter: “I’ll give you wool from my sheep if you give me milk from your cows.” The dairy farmer delivers gallons of milk to the shepherd and, a month later, attempts to collect wool, only to be told, “oh, I never actually said that I

Dear FSU Colleagues, Welcome to the 2026 bargaining season! We will keep you updated as negotiations continue. Our first bargaining session was held May 13. This year is a reopener year, which means both UFF and the BOT team can open two articles in addition to salaries, which we negotiate every year. The UFF team