The UFF-FSU Bargaining team met with the Board of Trustees negotiators today. The entire meeting was a discussion of the BOT proposal on the “Layoff and Recall” article. The discussion was spirited and the UFF-FSU Team had many questions about the changes. A full bargaining update will be posted and sent to the faculty soon.

The BOT and the UFF-FSU teams met for the first bargaining session of the season this week.  During this round of negotiations, each team opens two articles, plus salaries, for renegotiation. The BOT team opened Articles 13 (Layoff and Recall) and Article 19 (Conflict of Interest/Outside Activity).  The UFF team opened Article 17 (Leaves) and Article 24

Colleagues – First, hoping that all are healthy and safe during these trying times.  The situation changes day to day as we try to discern the path forward.  UFF is continuing to work on your behalf, both at FSU and on the state level.   As you know, we wrote and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

We’re happy to report that UFF and FSU Administration have reached an agreement on a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will help define faculty rights during the current health emergency. Negotiations began in mid-March. We note that Administration already implemented some of our proposals during the negotiation process. Our priorities included the following, and we

Now that the negotiators have worked and argued for the best deal for the faculty this year, it is your turn as faculty to either ratify or reject these changes to the contract. It is your prerogative to determine if the proposed changes are acceptable to you. The previous post outlines the substance of the

The administration and UFF bargaining teams met August 1 and finalized contract provisions for the three-year contract covering 2019-2022, subject to approval by the bargaining unit in a secret ballot ratification vote.  Since it was a “full book” contract—which means that all articles and appendices were open, although the teams limited their bargaining to only 24—the

The Notice of Ratification Vote and Meeting, including voting locations and times, is available here: Notice of Ratification Vote and Meeting May 2018.

The UFF and FSU Administration have tentatively agreed upon several changes to the CBA, to be ratified by vote of the faculty on May 29th and 30th. Locations and times will be announced in a separate post. The documents showing relevant changes are below, and a summary is available here. Current CBA showing changes Article

UFF-FSU and Board of Trustees Bargaining Update April 8, 2018 The UFF-FSU faculty team and the BOT exchanged proposals with few questions and little discussion of issues.  The UFF has rejected most of the changes to appointments proposed by the BOT.  The BOT proposals for changing definitions of a “break in service” and “continuous service”