This Friday, July 19th, the UFF and the Board of Trustees negotiating teams reached an agreement on promotion raises. This memorandum of agreement continues promotion raises at the same levels as last year. This agreement was reached to avoid any delay in distributing promotion raises at the start of the fall term. The increases will be 12% for a first promotion to associate level and 15% for a second promotion to the full level.
Art 23-Salaries MOA Promotions TA 2013-07-19
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Bargaining Update July 15, 2013, two articles signed
The UFF and BOT bargaining teams met on Monday and reached tentative agreement on 2 articles (9 and 17).
The contract section on Assignment of Responsibilities (AOR) is amended. New language allows for on-line management of AOR forms and clarifies the status of Specialized Faculty to co-direct doctoral committees.
Art 9-Assignment of Responsibilities TA 2013-07-15
The contract section on Leaves was updated to change the number of hours of leave faculty can transfer into the University from prior Florida public-sector employment and to extend paid parental leave to faculty funded by Contracts and Grants whose grants allow for and fund it.
Art 17-Leaves TA 2013-07-15
Sections on priority for summer teaching, faculty-student relations, domestic partner benefits, sabbaticals and salaries are still under negotiation.
Incredible Shrinking Faculty
Among numerous figures reported to the Trustees by the FSU Administration last week was that the number of FSU tenure and tenure-earning faculty was down 9% from 2006/07 to 2011/12. This figure appeared on p. 10 of the Academic Affairs agenda document at the BOT web site (see http://trustees.fsu.edu/meetings/materials/20130606/Academic-Affairs-Agenda.pdf). It also aligns, generally speaking, with figures for FSU and other universities reported in a recent Florida Trend news story that also notes rapid growth in administrator ranks Read More →
Charts, Bargaining, and Consultation
Bar charts based on data from our April faculty poll are now available showing college/unit averages for selected variables. Results are shown only for the 10 college/units with 10 more faculty responses in our poll. You can find the charts (and underlying data) at:
https://uff-fsu.org/art/collcharts-N10-2013.pdf
Bargaining for our 2013-16 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) resumes tomorrow. Both teams hope to build on the productive momentum established in last week’s opening session.
UFF-FSU representatives will meet with President Barron, Provost Stokes, and other BOT representatives next week in a consultation meeting (see Article 2 of the CBA).
Legislation, Bargaining, and More
Session Summaries: Although the 2013 Florida legislative session ended more than a week ago, its implications are still unfolding, and Gov. Scott may still veto some items. Here are some preliminary summaries that came out early-to-middle of last week:
FSU’s Government Relations Office: https://uff-fsu.org/art/FSU-SessionSummary2013May6.pdf
Florida AFL-CIO: https://uff-fsu.org/art/FLAFLCIO-SessionSummary2013May.pdf
Florida Education Association: https://uff-fsu.org/art/FEA-SessionSummary2013May7.pdf
Bargaining Resumes this Wednesday between the UFF faculty team and the FSU BOT team. The teams will negotiate salaries, benefits, evaluation, and a variety of other issues that are important to faculty. We will provide periodic updates as negotiations proceed. Read More →