Bargaining Update and Register for Next Week’s Session

9/20/2024

Dear Colleagues,

We had a great bargaining session yesterday with a room packed full of FSU members. Thank you to everyone who attended. We presented proposals (see here and here) about promotional raises, longevity raises, retention raises, stipends for program directors, increased salary floors, anti-racism initiatives, travel funds, salary anomalies, reimbursement for the cost of green cards and visas for international faculty, and increased pay for Summer/Winter courses.  We also discussed our intent to convert all Associate Lecturers to Lecturers and eliminate the Associate Lecturer category from the contract. (for a bulleted list of proposals that FSU will be making see here).

We will be making more proposals next Thursday, Sept 26, from 12:30-2pm at our next bargaining session. We welcome you to join us, but you must register to attend: (contact the Core Bargaining Team information).

Sincerely,

The FSU Core Bargaining Team

Caroline Coscia, Senior Lecturer II, Political Science

Ellen Frank, Senior Lecturer II, Economics

Keith Jones, Lecturer, Africana Studies

Maria Hegbloom, MTA Field Representative

Jessica Holden, Librarian IV, Healey Library

Lorenzo Nencioli, FSU Senior Staff Member

Jason Rodriquez, Associate Professor, Sociology

Heike Schotten, Professor, Political Science

Steve Striffler, Professor, Labor Studies