December 9, 2008
More than 100 Florida Atlantic University staff members got raises of 10 percent or higher this year despite millions of dollars in budget cuts that forced the reduction of 130 jobs during the summer.
School administrators say the university actually saved money by awarding increases to people who took on extra duties, instead of hiring new employees to replace those who left or to fill positions that were vacant. All but about 30 of the jobs cut were unfilled.
But salary bumps of select staff members that were as high as 30 percent have raised the ire of FAU's United Faculty of Florida, which sent a memo to professors this weekend titled "Bargaining Under Brogan's Board."
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