The latest update from UFF:
Legislative Update 3 — Jan 24 2020
- A New Session and Another Anti-Union Bill in the House
- Senate Bill Would Exempt President Searches from Sunshine Laws
- Make Graduate Assistant Fee Waivers A Reality
FUSA Council meeting for January
Our next FUSA Council Meeting is scheduled for Friday, January 24th, Ybor Faculty Building, YFAC 226 at 9am.
All are invited to attend.
The next meeting will be February 28th, same location.
Legislative updates from UFF
The Governor’s State of The State address
Currently these are the bills affecting higher education:
HB613/SB1402 – the general Higher Education bill. The House version contains a clause requiring a survey about “academic freedom” on campus. The Senate version does not. There are some good things in this bill, and we hope that the Senate version can prevail.
HB6001 – Guns on Campus. This is not yet agended in the House, and there is no companion bill in the Senate. Hopefully, it will go away.
HB819/SB120 – Fee relief for graduate students. We support this, as GAs regularly pay 20-30% of their stipends in fees. They should not have to pay to work. These fees inhibit our ability to invite the best and brightest, as, often, we cannot compete with stipends from other institutions. Hopefully, these will be heard in committee.
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Take a look!
NEA Advocate: Salary Issue 2019
Unions matter! Don’t take our word for it, look at the data: NEA_Salary Isssue19
“THE UNION DIFFERENCE: Faculty at public institutions with bargaining agreements earned about $7,800 more than those teaching at institutions without contracts (Table 4). The largest advantage was seen in community colleges, where faculty with collective bargaining agreements earned nearly $19,000 more than their colleagues who teach without a union contract in the same states.”
We appreciate your support and membership in FUSA. Without it, it is clear faculty at HCC would not have made the gains in salary and favorable working conditions that we enjoy today.
More issues of NEA Advocate
UFF & FEA updates
The latest post from UFF:
Related from FEA:
FUSA Council meeting schedule (& location change)
The remaining Fall semester FUSA Council Meetings are scheduled for Friday 9am on the following dates: September 27th, October 25th, November 22nd.
And, in an effort to be more centrally located, the FUSA Council meetings are moving to the Ybor City Campus (YBOR bldg. rm. 214).
All are invited to attend. See you there!
Union power leads to mental-health win for students
From the NEA HigherEd eAdvocate and via NEAToday:
http://neatoday.org/2019/07/31/union-power-in-florida-leads-to-mental-health-win-for-students/
Contract Ratified!
The 2019-2022 FUSA contract has been ratified. Thank you to all who participated in the ratification vote.
When the contract has been approved by the Board and has undergone a final proofing, it will be posted on the website under “Documents & Resources”.
Until then please see the summary of contract changes:
UFF-FUSA 2019-2022 Bargaining Summary
In solidarity,
-FUSA
Extended bargaining session scheduled
The College and FUSA will meet for contract negotiations on Monday, June 10, 2019, 1:00PM – 3:00PM. Bargaining will take place at the Student Services Building, YSSB room 308. Ybor City Campus 1320 E. Palm Avenue, Tampa, FL 33605.
We need a strong faculty turnout so please put the date on you calendar and come out to support your union!
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