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The United Faculty of Florida bargains the contract between most USF faculty and professionals, and the USF System Board of Trustees; the United Faculty of Florida also enforces the contract and protects the rights of USF faculty and professionals. To join the movement,  download the membership form, fill it in and and mail it to PO Box 30238, USF-Tampa via campus mail.

Communications

The USF System Chapter of the UFF publishes the Biweekly; here is the most recent issue.

For information, contact the Communications Chair, Greg McColm.

Politics

Since the budget - and many policies - of higher education are governed by politicians, it is necessary for UFF to educate elected and appointed officials and representatives.  Our affiliates provide descriptions of current concerns at:

The fall election is coming up.  See:

One of the realities of politics is that money buys attention: sound argument buys one only so much in the political world.  This brings us to an important point.  The UFF maintains a Political Action Committee that makes campaign contributions.  But since dues money does not go towards campaign contributions, the PAC relies on donations from members.

One way that a UFF member may make a helpful contribution to the UFF PAC is by donating a dollar per paycheck - that's all - to the UFF PAC. This can be done by setting up a paycheck deduction:

This will provide us with useful ammunition in Tallahassee.  For more information about the UFF Political Action Committee, go to our UFF PAC page.