by Susan Ariew | May 17, 2023 | Academic freedom, Chapter Meetings
The USF Chapter of the United Faculty of Florida will meet Friday at 12 noon on USF Tampa in EDU 161- and on Zoom. On the agenda: helping members convert from payroll deductions to e-Dues as well as what UFF positions are with the most recent legislation (SB266) that...
by Susan Ariew | May 10, 2023 | Academic freedom, FEA News, Florida Education Association
SB 256 was signed into law. It is a direct attack on United Faculty of Florida and our rights and freedoms. For details see: https://feaweb.org/issues-action/2023-legislative-session/bills-were-watching/sb-256/ The Florida Education Association has filed a federal...
by Susan Ariew | Mar 30, 2023 | Academic freedom, Legislative News, Membership
Your UFF team knows you all are following the Florida legislative session closely, and yesterday the Florida Senate also passed Senate Bill 256 on the Senate floor, bringing the full passage of the bill into law much closer to completion. UFF expects this bill to be...
by Susan Ariew | Mar 21, 2023 | Academic freedom, Chapter Meetings
There will be a USF UFF Chapter Meeting Friday at 12 noon on Zoom and on the USF Tampa Campus in EDU 415. And here are the minutes for the previous meeting. Any employee in the Bargaining Unit may attend, but to Zoom in you must have an invitation: contact the Chapter...
by Susan Ariew | Aug 5, 2022 | Academic freedom, Teaching
HB 7 became law on July 1, 2022. The first of its kind in the nation, the bill purports to “give businesses,employees, children and families tools to stand up against discrimination and woke indoctrination.”This legislation prohibits faculty from “endorsing”...
by Susan Ariew | Jul 22, 2022 | Academic freedom
Over the past 2 years, the DeSantis administration has restricted the teaching of critical history studies, banned diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, imposed surveys of students’ and professors’ political beliefs, taken over the Florida Board of Governors of...
