Bargaining season is upon us! This year the BOT team and FSU team each open two articles, along with Article 23 (Salaries). We met briefly last Thursday to inform each other which articles we’re opening. UFF is opening Article 17 (Leaves) and Article 24 (Benefits), and the BOT is opening Article 8 (Appointments) and Article […]
Bargaining Update – April 5, 2021 Read Post »
The minutes of our December 2020 consultation can be found at the link below. We hold four of these a year with upper-level Administration. Two include President Thrasher. Consultations are intended to provide a relaxed forum to discuss issues of interest to faculty. All are encouraged to contact UFF if you have something you feel
DECEMBER 2020 CONSULTATION MINUTES Read Post »
In Spring 2021, 580 faculty members completed the UFF-FSU Faculty Poll. Highlights from the survey! 80% felt that across-the board raises for cost-of-living increase should be a high priority. 54% felt that UFF should work towards advocating for healthcare (31% a lot; 23% all it can) 59% felt that UFF should work towards advocating for
Spring 2021 Faculty Poll Results Read Post »
The UFF-FSU and the BOT teams engaged in Impact Bargaining to create a COVID-19 MOU for Spring 2021.
Spring 2021 COVID-19 MOU Read Post »
The minutes of our October 2020 consultation can be found at the link below. We hold four of these a year with upper-level Administration. Two include President Thrasher. Consultations are intended to provide a relaxed forum to discuss issues of interest to faculty. All are encouraged to contact UFF if you have something you feel
October 2020 Consultation Minutes Read Post »
The minutes of our April 2020 consultation can be found at the link below. We hold four of these a year with upper-level Administration. Two include President Thrasher. Consultations are intended to provide a relaxed forum to discuss issues of interest to faculty. All are encouraged to contact UFF if you have something you feel
April 2020 Consultation Minutes Read Post »
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 »
The BOT and FSU bargaining teams met on Wednesday to discuss the BOT proposals on Article 23 Salaries and Article 13 Layoff and Recall. The BOT’s salary proposal offers a $500 bonus, along with Promotion and SPI raises and 0.8 percent in Administrative Discretionary Increases. They proposed no increases to our base salaries, citing financial
Bargaining Update-August 19 Read Post »
