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UFF salary proposal

Dear Colleague,

You should by now have received the Union's proposal on salaries, along with a briefer summary of it. (For your convenience, here they are again [UFF Salary Proposal] [UFF Summary Proposal].) This proposal is different from the out-of-date one attached to the first of the messages sent to you by Vice President Cavanaugh and Provost Glover concerning the salary increases proposed by the administration. It has been on the table for some time, but the administration has so far refused to discuss it. Our proposal provides for, among other things,

  • · a transparent and predictable salary structure, including stable annual funding of merit raises
  • · "catch-up" adjustments for previously unrewarded merit, based on objective comparisons with national peers
  • · full funding of SPPP (Sustained Performance Pay Plan) raises so that, as with promotions, everyone who meets the criteria receives the raise (including all deserving faculty this year)
  • · transparent procedures for counter-offers and market equity adjustments

The proposal leaves the determination and application of criteria of merit entirely in the hands of departmental faculty and ensures that these are not second-guessed at higher administrative levels (as has been not uncommon in the past). The overall intent of the Union's proposal is to guarantee that performance judged meritorious by the faculty is in fact rewarded consistently and predictably from year to year.

The plan announced by the administration is unacceptable because, among other things, it

  • · does not guarantee an equitable distribution of the pool among colleges
  • · permits skimming from the merit-raise pool for promotion and SPPP raises
  • · continues the short-funding and lack of transparency in the SPPP program
  • · contains no raise at all for PKY faculty
  • · removes the current mutually agreed-to guidelines and caps for discretionary raises and, most importantly,
  • · fails to establish a stable, transparent, and equitable salary structure and raise policy

Please take the time to compare the two plans. And remember that the administration's claim that it is the Union that is holding up your raises is disingenuous. It is, rather, the continuing intransigency of the administration and its unwillingness to bargain in good faith for which, once again, you are paying a price.

Sincerely,

John Biro, President
United Faculty of Florida
238 Norman Hall, PO Box 117055
Phone: 392-0274
Email: president@uff-uf.org