By Professor Jennifer Proffitt, UFF-FSU President Implementation of CBA and Faculty Poll In bargaining news, you may have noticed that seven different types of raises and bonuses from the latest contract have been implemented with an eighth one still to come, which is the $600 merit bonus for 35% in June. Please be on the […]
Report to the Faculty Senate, February 19, 2014 Read Post »
By Professor Jennifer Proffitt, UFF-FSU President CBA Implementation and Distribution Several additional provisions of the 2013-2016 collective bargaining agreement have been implemented since the Faculty Senate last met in December, including the open enrollment of domestic partner benefits and the one-time payment of $244 in most faculty members’ December 13 paychecks. Hard copies of the
Report to the Faculty Senate, January 22, 2014 Read Post »
By Professor Jennifer Proffitt, UFF-FSU President CBA Implementation Several provisions of the 2013-2016 collective bargaining agreement have been implemented since the Faculty Senate last met, including raises for promotions, performance and sustained performance, merit, competitive adjustments, and of course, administrative discretion increases. Most faculty members also will see a one-time payment in their December 13
Report to the Faculty Senate, December 4, 2013 Read Post »
By Professor Jennifer Proffitt, UFF-FSU President Ratification Complete, Salary Increase Implementation As I reported last month, the UFF-FSU faculty team and the administration/trustees team concluded negotiations for our 2013-2016 collective bargaining agreement. The final tally from last month’s ratification voting was 206 “yes” and 2 “no” and one provisional ballot. As an immediate consequence, you
Report to Faculty Senate, October 23, 2013 Read Post »
By Professor Jennifer Proffitt, UFF-FSU President Negotiations Concluded Certainly a lot has happened since the last meeting of the Faculty Senate in April. Most importantly, the UFF-FSU faculty team and the administration/trustees team concluded negotiations for our 2013-2016 collective bargaining agreement. The highlights include salary and benefits improvements, such as: Promotion increases of 12% and
Report to Faculty Senate, September 18, 2013 Read Post »
By Professor Jack Fiorito, Senator and UFF-FSU Vice President Consultation, Ballots, and Bargaining Much has happened since our last meeting. Since the March Faculty Senate meeting we held a consultation with President Barron and Provost Stokes and other top administrators. The discussion was wide-ranging and cordial. That same day we counted ballots in the UFF-FSU
Report to Faculty Senate, April 24th, 2013 Read Post »
Collective Bargaining Our current collective bargaining agreement (CBA) expires on June 30th … all of it! In other words, we will be doing what’s called “full book” bargaining. We will begin negotiations in May and preparations for bargaining are already underway. Between now and then both sides have to decide which issues they want to
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Our annual faculty poll’s question on parking was removed last spring over my objection. In view of the earlier presentation and discussion and prospects for more parking problems, I plan to argue strongly for putting it back this spring. We are NOT bargaining, for a change. You will recall that we concluded bargaining in October.
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Report on University Welfare for Faculty Senate, September 19th, 2012 By Professor Jack Fiorito, Senator and UFF-FSU President Good afternoon! In view of the late hour and that we have already had a report on collective bargaining from President Barron, I will try to be brief. Collective Bargaining As President Barron suggested, budget cuts and
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Negotiations between the UFF and the Board of Trustees (BOT) for the 2011-2012 began in late spring and are ongoing. Below are some key points about bargaining progress and what is on the agenda: The UFF bargaining team is pleased to announce that we are near agreement on Across the Board raises (ATB). Last year,
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