12/23/2021
Dear FSU Members,
The FSU’s Core Bargaining Team reached a general agreement on the 2020-2023 contract last night sometime after 11pm. There is still a lot of work to be done to translate everything into contract language and a presentable form – but we have an agreement.
We will provide a more extensive update in the New Year – as well as member forums to discuss the agreement, circulation of the agreement, ratification, etc.
Although the FSU did not achieve everything we proposed in bargaining (that’s the nature of bargaining!), there were some important gains. A few highlights:
Raises: 2.5%-2%-2% (plus a 1.5% bonus). We realize this is not sufficient given the level of inflation, but this was the rate for colleges and universities across the state.
Promotional Raises and Salary Floors: -- All the promotional bumps and salary floors were increased.
Associate Lecturers – Increased the per course rate from $5,000 to $5,350.
Senior Lecturer II – Teaching load goes from a 4-4 to a 4-3.
Senior Lecturer III – New rank will be created, with a teaching load of 3-3 and a salary raise of $6500.
2-2 Teaching Load for all Tenure-Track Faculty – The 2-2 load will be in the contract and apply to all tenure-track faculty at the university.
Research Intensive Semester for Junior Faculty
Travel Money: Librarians and Clinical Nursing faculty will be eligible for the travel fund; the individual award amount will be increased from $1000 to $1150; the total pool will be increased to $325,000.
RES Money – The Administration agreed to an additional $25,000 for the next two years of the contract for anti-racism initiatives.
We know you will have lots of questions – which we will answer in the new year through a more extensive update, circulating the tentative agreement itself, and holding forums.
Finally, we want to acknowledge all the incredible hard work that this team as well as all the members of our expanded bargaining team (that is, all of you!) have done over the last year and a half to reach this agreement. None of this could have happened without our collective effort!
Sincerely,
Core Bargaining Team
Caroline Coscia, Senior Lecturer II, Political Science, FSU Vice President
Katie D’Urso, MTA Field Representative
Jessica Holden, Librarian III, Healey Library
Maria Mellone, Non-Reappointed (i.e., laid off) Associate Lecturer, Math
Alex Mueller, Associate Professor, English
Lorenzo Nencioli, FSU Senior Staff Member
Jason Rodriquez, Associate Professor, Sociology
Heike Schotten, Professor, Political Science
Steve Striffler, Director of the Labor Resource Center and Professor, Anthropology, FSU President
Tony Vandermeer, Senior Lecturer II, Africana Studies
For information on the FSU, links to our contract and bargaining updates, and a calendar of events, see the FSU webpage