Category: Bargaining

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Bargaining Update – October 10, 2023

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Your UFF-FIU Bargaining Team, along with members of the faculty senate and administration, has been hard at work in a working group focused on developing procedures and policies to implement FIU Regulation 250 (faculty post-tenure review). The bargaining team will be hosting an info session on Wednesday, October 11th from 2-3pm to provide faculty with an update on where things currently stand, as well as listen to faculty concerns. Check your FIU email for the… Continue reading

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Executive Summary: 2023-24 Reopeners

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UFF-FIU and the FIU administration have concluded bargaining on reopeners for the 2023-2024 contract year. Negotiations began in the spring and concluded on August 26th, 2023. On Wednesday, Sept 6 and Thursday, Sept 7, the union will host a vote to ratify the following changes to the contract for years 2021-2024. 1. A Change to Appendix A: Position Classification in the Bargaining Unit (website link) Summary: The change brings some centre directors (administrative code C4)… Continue reading

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Bargaining Sessions – 2023 Reopeners

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The bargaining teams for UFF-FIU and the FIU Administration will hold bargaining sessions every other week during the Fall and Spring terms to discuss reopeners for 2023, the final year of our three-year contract. They will be held remotely via Zoom. The Zoom link will be provided upon request to the bargaining team. The meetings are open for those who wish to view them, but only the bargaining teams will be recognized for discussion. The… Continue reading

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Voting Locations For 2022-23 Re-openers

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On Wednesday and Thursday, the Faculty Union will host a vote for the ratification of the 2022-23 re-openers. Visit the Executive Summary Page for information about the re-openers. Join us for an informational Zoom meeting (Zoom Link), Monday, September 12, 1-2pm. Voting will be open on the following days and times. Wednesday, 9/14 from 10am-2pm Thursday, 9/15 from 10am-2pm These are the voting locations. MMC – at the bottom of the escalators on the first… Continue reading

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Bargaining Sessions – Spring 2022

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The bargaining teams for UFF-FIU and the FIU Administration will hold bargaining sessions every other week during the Spring 2022 term. They will be held remotely via Zoom. The Zoom link will be provided upon request to the bargaining team. The meetings are open for those who wish to view them, but only the bargaining teams will be recognized for discussion. March 24, 2022 at 3:30 pm April 7, 2022 at 3:30 pm April 21,… Continue reading

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Important Agreement on Evaluations, Tenure/Promotion & Remote Teaching

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As we continue to navigate the impacts of COVID-19 and act to minimize its disruption to our students and our own work, it is important that faculty rights established in the Collective Bargaining Agreement are not overlooked. With this in mind, the UFF-FIU bargaining team and the FIU Administration bargaining team have agreed to a second Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). This MOU restates our previous agreement on instructional assignment, evaluations, and course ownership, and adds language on research evaluations and access to research spaces, as… Continue reading

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2020 CBA Amendments Ratification Vote

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Under the remote-work order, UFF-FIU will proceed with an online ratification vote to be held the following week from Wednesday, April 29th to Friday, May 1st. Please review the summary of changes: Summary of 2020 Tentative BOT-UFF Agreement. The Bargaining Team is still discussing the best tool for voting to ensure the ratification process is easily accessible and secure. Please look for an email next week with more detailed voting instructions! Continue reading

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Scrivener Error Correction for 2018-21 Contract

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The contract for 2018-21 had a scrivener error that has been corrected. Section 6.B.vi of the phased retirement program has been corrected to read: vi. Re-employment Period. The period of re-employment obligation shall extend over five (5) consecutive academic years, beginning with the first day of classes of the Fall or Spring semester next following the effective date of retirement and the fulfillment of the six (6) month retirement validation period described in Paragraph 6(B)(iii),… Continue reading

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Summary of Contract Changes for 2018-21

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  Proposed Language Changes Proposed changes to the 2018-2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement are listed below in color—either as additions or deletions. Page numbers are to the 2015-2018 CBA , and given new additions/deletions, they may change in the future. ARTICLE 11 SALARIES 2015-2018 CBA, p. 27 (a) 2015-2016 2018-2019 Salary Retention Increase. Effective on January 16, 2016 upon the faculty contract date for academic year 2018-2019, all eligible employees who were employed prior to July 1, 2015… Continue reading

CBA Changes – 2017

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CHANGES TO 2015-2018 CBA AS PER FIU-UFF AGREEMENT FROM 2/22/17 Proposed changes to the 2015-2018 Collective Bargaining Agreement are listed below in red color—either as additions (underlined) or deletions (strikethrough). Page numbers (in blue) ,referenced in parentheses, are to the current 2015-2018 CBA , and given new additions/deletions, they may change in the future. Article 3 UFF CHAPTER PRIVILEGES 3.4 (g) Released time shall be used for conducting UFF Chapter business at the University or… Continue reading