Dear Colleagues,   The bargaining teams met last Wednesday to entertain two counter-proposals from the BOT and to hear the UFF response to last week’s verbal offer, along with the presentation of another new proposal.    We first turned to the BOT’s counter-proposal on Article 18 (Inventions and Works). The BOT accepted several of the […]

Dear Colleagues,   The bargaining teams met last Wednesday to entertain two counter-proposals and one new proposal from the UFF team and a verbal proposal for a trade-off on two articles from the BOT team.   The UFF began with a counter-proposal for Article 18 (Inventions and Works). This version removes salary as an element

Bargaining last Wednesday was a flurry of activity, with six proposals passed back and forth.  If you open the links below, be aware that the BOT team puts their counter-proposal changes in yellow.    The teams reached their first tentative agreement, on Article 5 (Academic Freedom), which now specifies that academic freedom pertains not only

Dear Colleagues,   Bargaining season is upon us, and the BOT and UFF teams met on Wednesday to begin exchanging proposals. The teams presented two articles each.  The first one on the table was UFF-FSU’s expansion of language in Article 5 (Academic Freedom), where we tightened up language that clarifies that academic freedom principles apply

The next step is to ratify the Collective Bargaining Agreement. You will soon receive and email with voting instructions. A copy of the entire contract with changes is here for viewing.

Dear Colleagues, The BOT and the UFF bargaining teams concluded negotiations for the 2021-2022 year on Wednesday, September 15.  We agreed to change only one article in the CBA:  Article 23 – Salaries.The article specifies raises and bonuses as follows, and details can be found here: Continuation of Promotion Increases of 12% for the second

Dear Colleagues, The BOT and the UFF bargaining teams met Wednesday this week to discuss Article 23, Salaries. Faculty showed up in droves—just shy of 60 people.  Some sported signs:  “Who put FSU in the top 20%?  FACULTY!  Reward the hard work . . . or lose the workers and the ranking!” “No cost of

Dear Colleagues, The BOT and the UFF met Wednesday this week and spent the whole session on Article 23, Salaries. As was the case last week, over 40 faculty members were in attendance, one of whom displayed a poster instead of a picture: “Show the faculty how much you appreciate our hard work through this

Dear Colleagues, The BOT and the UFF met Wednesday this week and agreed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on the Covid situation, and we also exchanged proposals on Article 23 (Salaries) and Article 19 (Outside Activity and Conflict of Interest).  We had a little over 40 faculty members in attendance. The teams exchanged MOU

Dear Colleagues, This week’s Wednesday meeting between the UFF and Board of Trustees (BOT) teams was an “Impact Bargaining” session around the University’s Covid-related policies. To its credit, the FSU BOT is the only SUS institution willing to engage in Impact Bargaining so far.  The good news stops there, unfortunately. The UFF had sent its