Recent Bargaining Gains for Faculty Negotiated by UFF-UWF.
2022-2023
- 3.0% Cost-of-Living Increase
- 2.9% Bonus
- Established 9% promotion increase to the ranks of Senior Instructor, Senior Lecturer, and Senior Research Associate with contractual commitment that if this percentage increases in the future, faculty who received 9% will be brought up to the current higher percentage increase when/if negotiated.
- Rollout schedule for the above positions agreed upon to beginning in the 2024-2025 academic year.
2021-2022
- $1,000 one-time bonus
- included an agreement between the parties that the university will negotiate during the negotiations in the ne re-opener the percentage increase and roll-out schedule for the forthcoming promotion structure to the ranks of Senior Instructor, Senior Lecturer, and Senior Research Associate.
- Increased the free graduate hours tuition benefit for dependents from 3hrs per semester to 6hrs per semester.
- Added the positions of Associate Clinical Professor and Clinical Professor to the 13% promotion percentage amount.
- Established $20,000 total in recurring funds to be available on an annual basis for additional tuition scholarship funds for faculty dependents.
2020-2021
- Expanded the Paid Parental Leave program so that faculty may now utilize the program twice in a faculty member’s career rather than just once as was previously stated in the CBA.
- Introduced new voluntary mediation language in the grievance article.
- Introduced a new third sabbatical option into the contract for a full-year (fall and spring semester) sabbatical, two semesters at 2/3rd pay
- Permanently raised the age cap on phased retirement to 66 from 65
- Memorandum of Understanding addressing impacts of COVID-19
- Memorandum of Understanding temporarily expanding access to Phased Retirement
- Memorandum of Understanding establishing the positions of Senior Lecturer, Senior Instructor, and Senior Research Associate with PERC
2019-2020
- One-time $500 bonus.
- Inversion base salary increases up to $6,000.
- Cost-of-living increase in March 2020 equal to CPI-U, (1% min/ 2% max).
- A 2-year pilot tuition scholarship program for faculty dependents that is modeled on a similar, negotiated pilot program at FSU.
- An MOU stating that the university will petition PERC to establish the positions of Associate Clinical Professor and Clinical Professor.
2018-2019
- One-time 5% bonus ($1,500 min/ $4,000 max).
- Increased the Phased Retirement age cap from 63 to 65.
- 2% cost-of-living increase to base salary.
- 1% increase to Associate and Full Professors, Associate and University Librarians, Associate and Full Research Scholars/Scientists/Engineers, and Research Associates who previously received an Associate Professor, Associate University Librarian, Associate Research Scholar/Scientist/Engineer, or Research Associate promotion increase equal to or less than 9%.
2017-2018
- One-time 5% bonus ($1,500 min/ $4,000 max).
- 2% cost-of-living increase to base salary.
- 2% increase to Associate and Full Professors, Associate and University Librarians, Associate and Full Research Scholars/Scientists/Engineers, and Research Associates who previously received an Associate Professor, Associate University Librarian, Associate Research Scholar/Scientist/Engineer, or Research Associate promotion increase equal to or less than 9%.
- $1,000 increase on 8/8/18 to Instructors, Lecturers, and Research Associates who are eligible to participate in the multi-year contract program or have an existing multi-year contract and have at least three years experience as an in-unit Instructor, Lecturer, or Research Associate.
2016-2017
- 1.3% cost-of-living increase to base salary.
- Increase of Associate Professor, Associate University Librarian, Associate Research Scholar/Scientist/Engineer, and Research Associate promotion from 9% to 13%.
2015 – 2016
- 1.9% increase to base salary.
- Salary inversion increases up to $8,000.
- Reclaiming lost cost-of-living increases dating back to 2006.
- Implementation of paid parental leave.
- Implementation of optional early sick-leave buyout.
2014 – 2015
- One-time 1.9% bonus.
- 1.9% increase to base salary.
- The development and implementation of a Sustained Performance Evaluation system that includes scheduled performance evaluation and increases up to $6,000 to base salary for library and tenured faculty.
- A multi-year contract system for instructors, lecturers, and library faculty that includes increases of $1,000 to base salary for instructors and lecturers.
- Same-sex domestic partner benefits for in-unit faculty.