Bargaining for the 2014-15 reopeners commenced on April 30, and the teams agreed to Negotiating Ground Rules and gave overviews of the changes they seek. The BOT team opened Article 8 Appointment and Article 9 Assignment of Responsibilities, with the goal of seeking changes in regard to Specialized Faculty, and the UFF team opened Article 24 […]
Bargaining Update May 28, 2014 Read Post »
The following press statement was published the morning of May 21, 2014, before the Presidential Search Advisory Committee met. UFF-FSU Has “Lost Confidence” in Presidential Search Process Calls on search committee to make fundamental changes moving forward The United Faculty of Florida, Florida State University Chapter has followed the work of the Presidential Search Advisory
UFF-FSU Press Statement, May 21, 2014 Read Post »
Hundreds of faculty members responded to our 2014 UFF-FSU Faculty Poll. A summary version of the report can be found at: https://uff-fsu.org/art/FacPollApr2014NCPost.pdf An expanded edition of the report that includes faculty comments that help to clarify and elaborate upon the quantitative results can be found at: https://uff-fsu.org/art/FacPollApr2014Post.pdf
2014 UFF-FSU Faculty Poll Results Read Post »
By Professor Jennifer Proffitt, UFF-FSU President Bargaining News and Faculty Poll Bargaining begins again a week from today. Several articles will be open, including salaries and benefits. We’ll keep you updated on the negotiations. As I noted last month, our next presidential consultation will be held May 14. With these meetings ahead of us, it
Report to the Faculty Senate, April 23, 2014 Read Post »
By Professor Jennifer Proffitt, UFF-FSU President We Want to Hear from You! We are gearing up for bargaining, and there are two key ways to get involved coming up in the next month or so: One way is the UFF-FSU faculty poll: Please be on the lookout for the UFF-FSU poll in April. Of course,
Report to the Faculty Senate, March 19, 2014 Read Post »
By Professor Jennifer Proffitt, UFF-FSU President Implementation of CBA and Faculty Poll In bargaining news, you may have noticed that seven different types of raises and bonuses from the latest contract have been implemented with an eighth one still to come, which is the $600 merit bonus for 35% in June. Please be on the
Report to the Faculty Senate, February 19, 2014 Read Post »
Minutes from the December 11, 2013, consultation with President Barron, Provost Stokes, and other administration representatives can be found here: Consultation Minutes 12 11 13 Final
UFF/FSU Consultation Minutes Read Post »
By Professor Jennifer Proffitt, UFF-FSU President CBA Implementation and Distribution Several additional provisions of the 2013-2016 collective bargaining agreement have been implemented since the Faculty Senate last met in December, including the open enrollment of domestic partner benefits and the one-time payment of $244 in most faculty members’ December 13 paychecks. Hard copies of the
Report to the Faculty Senate, January 22, 2014 Read Post »
Minutes from the October 28, 2013, consultation with President Barron, Provost Stokes, and other administration representatives can be found here: Consultation Minutes 10.28.13 final
UFF/FSU Consultation Minutes Read Post »
By Professor Jennifer Proffitt, UFF-FSU President CBA Implementation Several provisions of the 2013-2016 collective bargaining agreement have been implemented since the Faculty Senate last met, including raises for promotions, performance and sustained performance, merit, competitive adjustments, and of course, administrative discretion increases. Most faculty members also will see a one-time payment in their December 13
Report to the Faculty Senate, December 4, 2013 Read Post »
