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The UFF and the BOT, via a joint BOT-UFF committee, have been working for several months on a plan to reclassify Non-Tenure Track Faculty (NTTF) positions. The initial impetus for this plan came from a Faculty Senate Report and from UFF-FSU survey results consistently revealing employment security as a top concern for NTTF. The plan provides a framework to address these issues. Essentially, the Joint Committee has worked out how the Collective Bargaining Agreement can be changed to accommodate the reclassification plan.
Several key elements are still under discussion at the joint BOT-UFF committee. In the report (see link below) these elements are highlighted. The remainder of the plan can be considered tentatively agreed upon. Please note that the the joint committee will recommend its final report to BOT and UFF negotiators as a basis for further negotiations. Assuming those negotiations produce an agreement, that agreement must then be ratified by the BOT and the faculty. Further, some aspects of the report will require approval by the Public Employees Relations Commission.
Some important parts of this plan include:
- Continuing Multi-Year Agreements (a/k/a “rolling contracts”) for some NTTF (after promotion)
- Honorific “professor” titles on a case-by-case basis, subject to appropriate tenured faculty approval
- Mission-specific (teaching, research, research support, service) classifications, with more descriptive working titles
- Provision for possible conversion of NTTF positions to tenure track positions
The NTTF Working Draft is available at this link:
Negotiations are expected to reopen in May. We will be soliciting input later in the spring, but faculty members are welcome to send comments to Scott Hannahs, Co-Chair of the faculty bargaining team <shannahs@fsu.edu>.