Resolution Regarding the Faculty Merit Increase Program and CSU-CFA Contract Negotiations
Resolution In Support Of
A Presidential Moratorium
On Faculty Merit Increase Process
#RS01-178
WHEREAS,the current Collective
Bargaining Agreement (CBA) expires on June 30, 2001; and |
WHEREAS,there is no provision
in the current CBA for extending the Faculty Merit Increase (FMI) program beyond the expiration of the CBA; and |
WHEREAS, funding does not currently
exist for another round of review, recommendations, rebuttals and appeals; and |
WHEREAS, there is no assurance
that the current FMI program and process will be continued in the new CBA, and there are some indications that a different merit pay program may replace it; and |
WHEREAS, San Francisco State
University is the only campus in the CSU that implements FMI review in the spring semester; therefore, be it |
RESOLVED, that the Academic
Senate, SFSU find it premature and imprudent to begin FMI reviews and recommendations before a successor CBA is in place; and be it further |
RESOLVED, that the Academic
Senate, SFSU recommend that all faculty members file their Faculty Activity Reports (FAR) and that all departments make appropriate recommendations regarding Salary Step Increases (SSI), according to the timetable distributed by the Dean of Faculty Affairs; and be it further |
RESOLVED, that the Academic
Senate, SFSU urge President Robert Corrigan not to implement another round of FMI review and recommendations until a successor CBA is in place; and be it further |
RESOLVED, that, in the event
there are no changes in the Spring 2001 schedule for FMI review and recommendations, the Academic Senate, SFSU meet on February 27, 2001, to consider further action. |
***APPROVED February 20, 2001*** |