by Professor Jennifer Proffitt Bargaining and Consultation As noted last month, the UFF-FSU bargaining team has been in negotiations with the BOT team regarding market equity distribution plans. The next bargaining session is scheduled for April 29. At this meeting, we will continue discussing market equity, and we will also begin our regularly scheduled negotiations […]

by Professor Jennifer Proffitt Bargaining The UFF-FSU bargaining team has been in negotiations with the BOT team regarding market equity distribution plans. As noted at the last meeting, on February 11th, the UFF-FSU team presented our proposal that is largely based on the 2007 joint labor-management report regarding market equity. The BOT team presented its

by Professor Jennifer Proffitt Bargaining On February 11, the UFF-FSU bargaining team began negotiations with the BOT team regarding market equity distribution. At that meeting, the teams agreed on ground rules, and the UFF-FSU team presented our proposal, which is largely based on the 2007 joint labor-management report regarding market equity (you can find this

by Professor Jennifer Proffitt Bargaining As I reported at the last Faculty Senate meeting, departmental merit and dean’s merit were implemented November 7 and reflected in your November 26 paycheck. You should also see a bonus in your December 12 paycheck that is the difference between the start of our contracts August 8 and the

by Professor Jennifer Proffitt Bargaining Good news: the departmental merit and dean’s merit that we negotiated have been implemented as of November 7. You should see this in your next paycheck. Since the Faculty Senate last met, we had a very informative meeting with Bob Bradley, who was tasked with updating the market equity study

by Professor Jennifer Proffitt Implementation of the CBA The implementation of raises has begun! The $1,500 performance-based increase for faculty with an overall annual evaluation of at least “meets FSU’s high expectations” on their 2014 performance evaluations will appear in Friday’s paycheck. As a reminder, a lump sum distribution to make up the difference between

by Professor Jennifer Proffitt Ratification The ratification vote for the changes to the Collective Bargaining Agreement was held last week, and the vote was 285 “yes” and 3 “no.” Some of the highlights include: Continuation of Sustained Performance Increases of 3% for eligible full professors and eminent scholars, and, for the first time, for the

By Professor Jennifer Proffitt, UFF-FSU President Bargaining News and Faculty Poll Bargaining begins again a week from today. Several articles will be open, including salaries and benefits. We’ll keep you updated on the negotiations. As I noted last month, our next presidential consultation will be held May 14. With these meetings ahead of us, it

By Professor Jennifer Proffitt, UFF-FSU President We Want to Hear from You! We are gearing up for bargaining, and there are two key ways to get involved coming up in the next month or so: One way is the UFF-FSU faculty poll: Please be on the lookout for the UFF-FSU poll in April. Of course,