Bargaining Update: Economic proposals and parking
4/4/2025
Dear Colleagues,
First: please sign our petition to demand that the administration bargain with the urgency required, given that our contract expired 9 months ago. Over 100 faculty members and librarians have already signed it!
Wednesday in bargaining we discussed our economic proposals (Article 26; See our proposal HERE), such as raising salary floors, promotion increases, longevity raises, stipends for program directors, travel funds, among others. The administration presented their assessment of the cost estimates for these items, though they did not provide us with monetary numbers for what they are willing to agree to regarding our economic proposals.
The administration also conveyed their desire to raise parking fees with an “escalator” that automatically increases rates by the same percentage as any raises, in perpetuity. We maintained our position that parking cannot be bargained at the main table and must be negotiated in coalition with the other unions should the administration still wish to pursue this proposal.
The next bargaining session is in two weeks, April 16th, at 9:45. Sign up to observe the session (contact the FSU office or the Core Bargaining Team for registration information).
In solidarity,
The FSU Core Bargaining Team
Caroline Coscia, Senior Lecturer II, Political Science
Ellen Frank, Senior Lecturer II, Economics
Maria Hegbloom, MTA Field Representative
Jessica Holden, Librarian IV, Healey Library
Keith Jones, Lecturer, Africana Studies
Lorenzo Nencioli, FSU Senior Staff Member
Jason Rodriquez, Associate Professor, Sociology
Heike Schotten, Professor, Political Science
Steve Striffler, Professor, Labor Studies