Dear Colleagues, The UFF and Board of Trustees (BOT) teams met this past Wednesday, July 28, to discuss salaries and other outstanding articles. Over 50 faculty were there to see what “no shame” looks like when the BOT announced its salary offer: a $1,500 bonus, representing an increase of $300 over their previous offer. So […]
Bargaining Update – July 30, 2021 Read Post »
Dear Colleagues, The UFF and Board of Trustees (BOT) teams met on Wednesday, July 14, to discuss salaries and other outstanding articles. We saw a tremendous turnout—45 faculty. This perhaps flummoxed the BOT team, which sought to cancel the meeting. The ostensible reason was the UFF’s announcement that we planned to record the public meeting.
Bargaining Update – July 16, 2021 Read Post »
Dear Colleagues, The UFF and Board of Trustees (BOT) teams met on Wednesday, July 7, to hear the BOT’s counter-proposal on Article 23 (Salaries) and to discuss other outstanding articles. Did the pandemic upend your professional life and increase your workload? Perhaps you were heartened by the Administration’s appreciative comments. And perhaps you expected some
Bargaining Update – July 9, 2021 Read Post »
Dear Colleagues, The UFF and Board of Trustees (BOT) teams met on Wednesday, June 9, and the session was devoted to the BOT team’s counter-proposal on Article 19 (Conflict of Interest/Outside Activity), which centered on two issues: outside activity reports and the types of relationships with students that constitute a conflict of interest. The BOT
Bargaining Update – June 9, 2021 Read Post »
Dear Colleagues, The BOT and UFF teams met on Wednesday, May 19, and the Administration presented its counter-proposals on Article 19 (Conflict of Interest/Outside Activity) and Article 24 (Benefits). The BOT is proposing several changes to Article 19. A key one is changing the reporting requirement from this: “A faculty member who plans or proposes
Bargaining Update – May 24, 2021 Read Post »
COVID Impact Bargaining Update Dear Colleagues, The BOT and UFF have come to agreement on a new Covid-19 Memorandum of Understanding to cover the period ending August 6, 2021. The particulars are similar to those in the agreement that covered Spring 2021. Thus, faculty still may request remote assignments, course content and course delivery materials will still be treated like
Bargaining Update – May 17, 2021 Read Post »
The United Faculty of Florida has not endorsed any candidate for President of FSU. However, we know that the person chosen will be the public face of the University. He or she will establish the tone and content of discourse on our campus. We need a President with a demonstrated commitment to public education. We
Statement by UFF/FSU and GAU-FSU on the Presidential Search Read Post »
Dear Colleagues, The BOT and UFF teams met on Wednesday to exchange counter-proposals. The UFF opened the session by presenting a counter-proposal on Article 8 (Appointment). While we are unwilling to reduce the 4-year contracts for Specialized Faculty in the top rank or make it easier to curtail their employment, we made a counter-proposal
Bargaining Update – April 29, 2021 Read Post »
Dear Colleagues, The BOT and UFF teams met on Wednesday to exchange proposals. The UFF team began with a preamble about how our proposals offer the Administration the chance to live up to its designation as an Age-Friendly University, and we proceeded to offer details. The first example is in Article 17 (Leaves), where
Bargaining Update – April 16, 2021 Read Post »
The minutes of our February 2021 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
FEBRUARY 2021 CONSULTATION MINUTES Read Post »
