Dear FSU Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the UFF and BOT teams settled Article 23, Salaries. While the teams could not agree to the transparency language for Deans’ Merit or a minimum on the Performance increases, both of which the UFF team made arguments for once again, we did agree to the largest salary […]

FSU Colleagues, On Wednesday afternoon the UFF-FSU and BOT bargaining teams met for 3 hours.  The session came very close to a final agreement but ended up on a somewhat tense and acrimonious note. To make a good-faith move to meet the BOT, the UFF-FSU started out proposing a Performance Increase that is somewhat less

Dear FSU Colleagues, The bargaining teams met for the second time on Monday to discuss the Salaries article.  The BOT team began with a counteroffer to the UFF-FSU offer from last Wednesday.  This is where we left off last week and picked up on Monday:   UFF #3 (from May 3) BOT #3 (presented May

Dear FSU Colleagues, The bargaining teams met Wednesday to discuss Article 23-Salaries (and we also agreed to ground rules for our bargaining sessions). The UFF team sent our first proposal on May 1. That proposal and the BOT’s first counteroffer included the following:   UFF (offer #1) BOT (offer #1) Sustained Performance 3% every 5

Summary of Contract Changes, 2022-2025                                            August 16, 2022 The UFF-FSU and Administration/Board of Trustees teams have concluded negotiations for the 2022-2025 contract. We reached Tentative Agreements and a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), subject to ratification, on numerous issues. The previous (2019-2022) Collective Bargaining Agreement, as amended, can be found here. Below are summaries of the

Wednesday’s bargaining session was a flurry of activity as the two sides tentatively agreed to three articles and an appendix, and we are hopeful that we can soon agree to three more. But the main event was salaries, which was discussed right after President McCullough’s email promised investment in faculty and staff through increased salaries.

Dear Colleagues, At Wednesday’s bargaining session, the BOT team proposed what was presented as a final package deal that included all remaining articles, including salary. The BOT’s offer included the $750,000 in Market Equity that the UFF proposed last week, but it did not increase Performance Funding. The UFF team countered, and then the BOT

The teams met Wednesday to present and discuss articles, but the most contentious issue was salaries. The BOT team presented their latest offer on Article 23 (Salaries), and the UFF team countered:   BOT UFF Performance (also called across-the-board) 2.50% 6.25% Department Merit 1.00% 1.25% Dean’s Merit 1.00% 0.15% Market Equity $250,000 $1.25 Million Administrative

The teams met Wednesday to present and discuss articles, including salaries. The BOT presented their latest offer on Article 23 (Salaries), and the UFF team countered:   BOT UFF Performance (also called across-the-board) 2.25% 6.50% Department Merit 1.00% 1.5% Dean’s Merit 1.25% 0.15% Market Equity 0 $1.5 Million Administrative Discretionary Increases (ADI) 1.25% 0.25% The