Comments for UFF-USF http://faculty.ourusf.org Faculty voices at USF Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:16:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Comment on Tentative agreement, 2010-2013 collective bargaining agreement by Greg McColm http://faculty.ourusf.org/2010/09/17/tentative-agreement-2010-2013-collective-bargaining-agreement/#comment-14 Greg McColm Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:16:03 +0000 http://faculty.ourusf.org/?p=422#comment-14 The 6 % promotion raise is only one example of the administration's iniquitous treatment of instructors. And hoping for or expecting the administration to change its attitude is unlikely to be effective. Only organizing will be effective. For academics, that means the Senate and the governing bodies; for terms and conditions of employment, that means the union. The 6 % promotion raise is only one example of the administration’s iniquitous treatment of instructors. And hoping for or expecting the administration to change its attitude is unlikely to be effective. Only organizing will be effective. For academics, that means the Senate and the governing bodies; for terms and conditions of employment, that means the union.

]]> Comment on Tentative agreement, 2010-2013 collective bargaining agreement by Sherman http://faculty.ourusf.org/2010/09/17/tentative-agreement-2010-2013-collective-bargaining-agreement/#comment-8 Sherman Sat, 18 Sep 2010 00:10:26 +0000 http://faculty.ourusf.org/?p=422#comment-8 The concession on instructor promotion raises is definitely the worst part of the deal from my perspective. Here's the advice given me by UFF's executive director: If we had gone through the rest of the impasse process, we would have had the 6% imposed anyway, plus changes in layoff language to eliminate any seniority protections for instructors who have been at USF for at least five years. There are several scenarios under which an imposed resolution on impasse in Florida would have been either temporary or permanent, and there was a definite risk of having the imposed resolution becoming permanent. You are correct that this comes down from the UFF position that is just and appropriate, and we made the same argument repeatedly to the BOT team. Individual faculty and professional employees in the bargaining unit will have to make their best judgment about whether this was a reasonable tradeoff of status-quo language on layoffs vs. instructor promotion raises. The concession on instructor promotion raises is definitely the worst part of the deal from my perspective. Here’s the advice given me by UFF’s executive director: If we had gone through the rest of the impasse process, we would have had the 6% imposed anyway, plus changes in layoff language to eliminate any seniority protections for instructors who have been at USF for at least five years. There are several scenarios under which an imposed resolution on impasse in Florida would have been either temporary or permanent, and there was a definite risk of having the imposed resolution becoming permanent.

You are correct that this comes down from the UFF position that is just and appropriate, and we made the same argument repeatedly to the BOT team. Individual faculty and professional employees in the bargaining unit will have to make their best judgment about whether this was a reasonable tradeoff of status-quo language on layoffs vs. instructor promotion raises.

]]> Comment on Tentative agreement, 2010-2013 collective bargaining agreement by Mark H. http://faculty.ourusf.org/2010/09/17/tentative-agreement-2010-2013-collective-bargaining-agreement/#comment-7 Mark H. Fri, 17 Sep 2010 21:41:54 +0000 http://faculty.ourusf.org/?p=422#comment-7 It appears the Instructor promotions were thrown under the bus. We already operate on a lower pay scale than tenure track faculty, and now our promotional increases will be less as well (6% compared to 9%). It appears the Instructor promotions were thrown under the bus. We already operate on a lower pay scale than tenure track faculty, and now our promotional increases will be less as well (6% compared to 9%).

]]> Comment on Tentative agreement, 2010-2013 collective bargaining agreement by Kathleen McCook http://faculty.ourusf.org/2010/09/17/tentative-agreement-2010-2013-collective-bargaining-agreement/#comment-6 Kathleen McCook Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:59:57 +0000 http://faculty.ourusf.org/?p=422#comment-6 Thanks to the bargaining team for persistence and patience. --Kathleen Thanks to the bargaining team for persistence and patience.

–Kathleen

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