Archive for May 28th, 2008

De facto differentiated staffing

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Twenty years ago, Frank Borkowski became USF’s fourth president, promising to raise the institution’s research activities and national profile. Per-pupil state funding of Florida’s universities peaked halfway through his tenure with a downward trend since, and yet USF’s profile today is one of a major research university. That says much about the work of hundreds of faculty, but there have been costs to the institution. As state funding falls yet again and all of Florida’s universities face unstable and unpredictable funding, we need to see what that 20-year trajectory has done to faculty work: it has encouraged administrators to created a de facto differentiated staffing model, without a clear set of rewards for anyone. While President Genshaft has talked about rewarding academic superstars (her choice of words from the fall 2007 state of the university address), and while the provost puts together a task force without asking the faculty union to participate on the steering committee, we all need to understand that we already have a differentiated staffing model, and it’s one that is demoralizing or demeaning to many employees.

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Draft agenda, May 30 chapter meeting

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Draft agenda, May 30, 2008, UFF-USF chapter meeting
Noon, CDB’s (Fowler at 51st)

  1. Introductions and agenda amendment/approval
  2. Membership
  3. Budget cut news & responses (includes Communications)
  4. Stipends for one-time tasks (action requested: approve stipends for members learning about grievances)
  5. Bargaining
  6. Grievances
  7. Treasury
  8. Other business/for the good of the order
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Minutes May 16, 2008

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

USF-UFF Chapter Meeting
Minutes, May 16, 2008

In attendance.

Sherman Dorn, Rod Evans, Susan Greenbaum, Hiba Hechiche, Mark Klisch, Jana Martin, Lynn McBrien, Greg McColm, Steve Permuth, Arthur Shapiro, Paul Terry, Bob Welker, Keith White, Sonya Wolmuth (more…)

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