We are your friendly neighborhood faculty union, and we would like to invite you to a Spring Social on Friday, April 20, starting at 11:30 pm, on USF Tampa, in the Marshall Student Center, in the Sabal Room (on the third floor, to the right and around the corner from Top of the Palms, where we will get lunch. Come talk to union bigwigs about the hot issues, like bargaining the next contract (during the next academic year!) and consolidating USF.
We are the United Faculty of Florida (UFF), and we represent YOU in bargaining and enforcing your contract with the USF Board of Trustees. (In bargaining and contract enforcement - i.e., grievances - UFF represents USF faculty and professionals while the USF Administration represents the USF Board of Trustees.)
(To be precise, UFF represents employees in the "UFF USF Bargaining Unit", which consists of almost all USF faculty and professionals except for many department chairs (although we do represent Arts & Science and Education chairs), many medical people (although we do represent Nursing and Public Health employees), and many "administrative and professional" people. If you received this broadcast, you are in the Bargaining Unit.)
UFF is a volunteer organization consisting of fellow faculty and professionals, and anyone in the Bargaining Unit may join: just Download, fill in, and mail the membership form; dues are 1 % of salary for someone to bargain and enforce your contract (about one-twentieth the going rate in Hollywood for someone to bargain and enforce your contract).
So come check us out Friday, 11:30 pm, in the Marshall Student Center, in the Sabal Room.
The UFF USF Chapter will have a Social on Thursday, April 19, starting at 6 pm, in St. Petersburg, at Ferg's Sports Bar & Grill at 1320 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, northwest of USF St. Petersburg. Come talk to union bigwigs about the hot issues, like summer school assignments, consolidating USF, and faculty governance.
The UFF USF Chapter will have a Spring Social on Friday, April 20, 11:30 am - 2 pm, on USF Tampa, in the Marshall Students Center, in the Sabal Room (to the right and around the corner from Top of the Palms). Everyone is invited to come meet union bigwigs; UFF members are asked to please bring a friend.
The UFF USF Chapter will hold a Grievance workshop on Friday, April 20, 10 am - 11:30 am, on USF Tampa, in the Marshall Students Center, in the Sabal Room (to the right and around the corner from Top of the Palms). This workshop is for UFF members who want to know how the contract and the grievance process works. This is an introduction, and beginners are welcome. This workshop is for UFF members, but we will have membership forms at the door
Download, fill in, and mail the membership form. Benefits of membership include the right to run and vote in UFF chapter and statewide elections; representation in grievances (UFF cannot represent a non-member in a grievance or litigation); special deals in insurance, travel, legal advice, and other packages provided by our affiliates; free insurance coverage for job-related liability; and the knowledge you are supporting education in Florida. Come and join the movement.
Chapter Meeting Friday, April 20, at noon at USF Tampa in the Marshall Student Center in the Sabal Room. There will be free lunch. Come and check us out.
Membership: Everyone in the UFF USF System Bargaining unit is eligible for UFF membership: to join, simply fill out and send in the membership form.
NOTE: The USF-UFF Chapter website is http://www.uff.ourusf.org, and our e-mail address is uff@ourusf.org.
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