The administration and UFF bargaining teams met this week and finalized contract provisions for 2020-2021, subject to approval by the bargaining unit in a secret ballot ratification vote. Regarding Salaries, we arrived at a one-time bonus of $1,200. Recall that faculty also received a $1,500 raise that was negotiated last year and went into effect […]
Conclusion of Negotiations-Sept. 18, 2020 Read Post »
The BOT and UFF bargaining teams met for regular bargaining on Wednesday to consider several proposals. The meeting was lively with several proposals and counterproposals discussed. We began with the UFF proposal on Salaries, which specified a $1,500 bonus with the possibility of its becoming permanent and a 0.5% cap on Administrative Discretionary Increases (ADI)
Bargaining Update-September 4 Read Post »
The BOT and the UFF teams met Monday and are pleased to announce that we have reached agreement on a Memorandum of Understanding on the COVID-19 Health Emergency. It took months of hard work, but both teams support the result. You can read the agreement here. Some notable elements: Straightforward language allows faculty members to
Bargaining Update-September 1 Read Post »
On Wednesday, the BOT and the UFF teams met, and the UFF took the occasion to remind the BOT that our 2019 negotiations called for making last year’s $1,500 bonus a permanent base pay increase if certain budget conditions were met, which they were. We were pleased the next day to see President Thrasher’s email announcing the
Bargaining Update – August 12, 2020 Read Post »
On Thursday, the BOT and FSU bargaining teams met for the second session of the week, this time to discuss the UFF proposal on Article 13 Layoff and Recall. You can read the proposal here. The key issue is the definition of “layoff unit,” and the UFF has proposed that it be a person’s tenure
Bargaining Update-Aug. 6, 2020 Read Post »
This is a busy week for bargaining, and on Monday the BOT and the UFF team met for Impact Bargaining regarding the Covid-19 Pandemic. We will meet again this Thursday at 10:00 to discuss Layoffs and possibly Impact Bargaining, as well. The UFF team had made an initial Impact Bargaining proposal a couple of weeks
Bargaining Update-Aug. 3, 2020 Read Post »
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 »
