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 […]
Report to the Faculty Senate April 22, 2015 Read Post »
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
Report to the Faculty Senate March 18, 2015 Read Post »
The final minutes from the January 14, 2015 consultation with FSU administration representatives can be found here: UFF Consultation Minutes 1 14 15- FINAL
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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
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Be it resolved that we, the Executive Council of the United Faculty of Florida-Florida State University, oppose proposed legislation that would exempt president, provost, and dean searches from public record and meeting requirements. Such searches must be open, transparent, and accessible to all stakeholders, including faculty, students, and staff.
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The promise of higher education is based in several democratic principles, including academic freedom, faculty governance, evidence-based, peer-reviewed scholarship, integrity, and transparency. It is the role of universities to disseminate and advance knowledge, to support and sustain ground breaking, cutting edge research, and to teach our students how to be critical, creative, innovative, and independent
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The UFF-FSU Executive Council passed the following resolution: Be it resolved that we, the Executive Council of the United Faculty of Florida-Florida State University, oppose proposed legislation that would allow concealed weapons on university campuses. We support the arguments and evidence suggesting that an increase in deadly firearms on campus will not enhance the safety
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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
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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
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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
Report to the Faculty Senate, October 16, 2014 Read Post »
