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 →

2013 Faculty Poll: Don't You Forget About Me!

Hundreds of faculty members responded to the 2013 UFF-FSU Faculty Poll. Preliminary tabulations are available at:

https://uff-fsu.org/art/FacPoll2013ResultsPostNC.pdf

An expanded edition of the 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/FacPoll2013ResultsPostComments.pdf

More detailed results by college/unit and department/unit will be forthcoming for units for which the number of responses is enough to assure anonymity.

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Report to Faculty Senate, April 24th, 2013

By Professor Jack Fiorito, Senator and UFF-FSU Vice President

Consultation, Ballots, and Bargaining

Much has happened since our last meeting. Since the March Faculty Senate meeting we held a consultation with President Barron and Provost Stokes and other top administrators. The discussion was wide-ranging and cordial.

That same day we counted ballots in the UFF-FSU Chapter elections. As you probably know, Professor Jennifer Proffitt is our new President. I am pleased to be a Vice President once again.

Earlier this month, chief negotiators for the faculty and administration/trustees teams exchanged lists of contract provisions they intend to renegotiate this year. The lists are fairly lengthy. The teams will roll up their sleeves starting May 15th – negotiating new provisions to take effect July 1st or as soon as possible thereafter.

This Just In … April 2013 Faculty Poll Results

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