We Have a Tentative Agreement!

6/29/2023

Dear Colleagues,

Great news: we have reached a tentative agreement with the Administration on a contract for the 2023-2024 academic year (see here for the previous update on bargaining). Here is a summary of the agreement:

• A 4% raise effective July 1, 2023 for all tenure-track faculty, non-tenure track faculty at the rank of Lecturer and above, and librarians in the bargaining unit.
• An additional 4% raise effective the first pay period of January 2024 for all tenure-track faculty, non-tenure track faculty at the rank of Lecturer and above, and librarians in the bargaining unit.

Distribution of the $391K pool is as follows:

• Increase the fall/spring per course rate for Associate Lecturers and Clinical Associate Lecturer from $5,350 to $5,500 ($206K total)
• Increase the summer/winter per course rate from $5,100 to $5,500 ($150K total)
• Increase of $20,000 for the anti-racism grant funds (for more on this, see Article 26.6.1.b.2 of the 20-23 contract) 
• Increase of $1,000 to the base salary of all librarians ($15K total)

We are pleased with the outcome of these negotiations, but we did not get everything we wanted and recognize that the course rate for Associate Lecturers/Clinical Associate Lecturers and the summer/winter course rate remain much lower than they should be. The scope of these negotiations was narrow and the amount of money to be allocated was fixed.

The next step in the bargaining process is for members to vote on whether to ratify the tentative agreement. Before the vote, we will hold an informational meeting on Thursday, July 6 from 9:30-10:30am on Zoom for members who wish to learn more and ask questions about the tentative agreement. Of course, you may email us too with any questions. An online ratification vote will be held from Friday, July 7 to Tues, July 11. Stay tuned for details.

Sincerely,

Core Bargaining Team

Caroline Coscia, Political Science, Senior Lecturer II

Katie D’Urso, MTA Field Representative

Ellen Frank, Economics Department, Senior Lecturer

Jessica Holden, Healey Library, Librarian III

Lorenzo Nencioli, FSU Senior Staff Member

Jason Rodriquez, Sociology Department, Associate Professor

Brian White, Biology Department, Associate Professor