Our allies at the United Faculty of Florida posted the following to their April 22, 2010 newsletter:
Last Friday, USF staff voted against ratifying contract language containing terms and conditions dictated by the Labor Committee of the Board of Trustees. 82% of the votes were against ratification of the language that is now the choice of the Board of Trustees but not the staff. As a result, the terms and conditions dictated by the Labor Committee at the end of the impasse process are now imposed for the remainder of this fiscal year (ending June 30), but the staff's rejection of the imposed resolution means that the language dies on July 1, and the terms and conditions of employment will then return to the status quo ante--the conditions before impasse was declared. The end of the impasse process was a victory for the staff union, with an overwhelming majority voting for the union's position. Nonetheless, the whole process entails moral, morale, and political consequences that could bedevil USF for years to come.
