As many of you you know May 1 is International Workers’ Day (or Labor Day) for most of the world. The U.S., too, has a history of celebrating it prior to officially recognizing Labor Day on the first Monday of September. There are national events planned for Thurs May 1 and locally on Saturday May 3.
Graduation
As always, FUSA is hosting the Faculty Graduation Breakfast at the Florida State Fairgrounds on Friday, May 2, 7:30 – 9:30 a.m. For more information, view the invitation.
Bargaining
The fourth and currently last planned bargaining session is slated for May 9 at the Ybor City Campus, YLRC 305, from 9am – 1pm. All faculty are invited to attend FUSA bargaining sessions with Administration. In fact, we encourage it! Even if you can’t stay for the full session a steady stream of faculty in attendance speaks volumes about our solidarity.
The FUSA Informant and more
If you haven’t read the latest issue of the FUSA Informant, fear not. We have it linked online so you can read about your union and the various happenings this spring.
And…some news from NEA
- Protect Federal Funding for Public Schools and Colleges
- Federal Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Against Department of Education’s Unlawful Directive
- Higher Ed Educator Pay data
- A key finding: “Unionized faculty who collectively bargain are paid tens of thousands of dollars more than those who don’t, the new report shows. And it helps everyone around them…including other staff on those campuses and even non-union faculty in the same states.”
Faculty United Service Association 
At Hillsborough Community College, the starting salary is lower than a high school teacher.
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It is worth noting they are also unionized. But while that is currently true, veteran K-12 teachers in the district are sorely underpaid and below HCC veteran faculty. They have salary compression. They want to squeeze veterans out to pay new hires a lower salary. We used to have compression before negotiating the salary scale into the contract.
We are currently bargaining to adjust the salary scale by 10% over the 3 year contract. This would increase the minimums and maximums and everything in between. We’d love to see you out to support the bargaining team. The gains are hard fought and surely would not happen with out the solidarity and support from members like you.
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