We have two bits of news to report from this week’s bargaining. The main topic was the BOT’s counterproposal on Article 13, Layoffs. The teams also agreed to sign a Memorandum of Agreement guaranteeing that Promotion increases and Sustained Performance Increases will go through in early August, regardless of the status of on-going negotiations. Guaranteed Promotion and SPI […]
Bargaining Update – July 23, 2020 Read Post »
The FSU-BOT team and the UFF-FSU teams met on Wednesday to continue regular bargaining. The main topic was the MOU on the Pilot Tuition Scholarship Program for Dependents and Spouses. Both sides are pleased to announce that we reached agreement! This MOU offers major improvements over the version we had agreed to for the past two
BARGAINING UPDATE – JULY 15, 2020 Read Post »
The FSU Board of Trustees (BOT) team and the UFF-FSU team, along with 21 faculty visitors, met on Wednesday for a discussion of Layoff and Recall, Tapered Employment, and the Tuition Scholarship for Dependents/Spouses. Before the meeting, the BOT team let us know they were pulling their last Layoffs proposal to work on it more,
Bargaining Update – July 8, 2020 Read Post »
The FSU Board of Trustees (BOT) team and the UFF-FSU team, along with 20 faculty visitors, met on Wednesday for a discussion that centered on the BOT’s response to our counterproposal on Layoff and Recall. Because of multiple markups from two teams, it is a bit hard to read, but the yellow highlights identify what the BOT team
Bargaining Update – July 1, 2020 Read Post »
The teams met on Wednesday for a discussion we had hoped would include the BOT’s response to our counter-proposal on Layoff and Recall (UFF’s Counter-proposal on Article 13). Alas, that response was not forthcoming, which disappointed us as well as the 15 faculty visitors. Instead, we mostly discussed the BOT’s Counter-proposal on Tapered Employment. The UFF team
Bargaining Update – June 24 2020 Read Post »
The FSU Board of Trustees (BOT) team and the UFF-FSU team met on Wednesday for a discussion that centered on the UFF’s Counterproposal on Article 13 (Layoff and Recall). This Zoom public meeting drew about 25 faculty observers. The UFF-FSU Counterproposal begins by stating that layoffs should be a last resort and proceeds to enumerate a finite
Bargaining Update – June 17, 2020 Read Post »
The BOT and the UFF-FSU teams met on Tuesday, and the discussion centered on changes the BOT team seeks in Article 13 (Layoff and Recall)(visible in Track Changes). This Zoom public meeting drew 15-20 faculty observers. Many of the proposed changes are worrisome, and the UFF team was seriously concerned about two, in particular. Section 13.2 specifies
Bargaining Update June 9, 2020 Read Post »
While the university is currently proposing substantial changes to the layoff process in the Collective Bargaining Agreement, it is good to review the last time that FSU attempted a large layoff of faculty and the outcome. FSU sent layoff notices to more than 5 dozen tenured, tenure-track and specialized faculty in 2009. The UFF filed
Faculty Layoffs 2010 Read Post »
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.
Bargaining – June 9, 2020 Read Post »
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
Bargaining Update – May 20, 2020 Read Post »
