Announcements

Election Season

Chapter elections are underway: all UFF USF members should receive ballots by Saturday, March 14. If you are a UFF USF member and have not received a ballot by the beginning of Spring Break, contact the Chapter Secretary. All ballots must be received by Friday, March 26. Ballots will be counted at a special meeting time and location TBA on March 30, and newly elected officers and representatives will take their positions on April 1.

Here are the candidates for chapter offices:

For President: Arthur Shapiro
For Vice President: William (Steve) Lang
For Secretary: Gregory McColm
For Treasurer: Sonia Wohlmuth

Here are the candidates for the UFF Senate:

For senator: Karin Braunsberger
For senator: Leon Hardy
For senator: William (Steve) Lang
For senator: Richard Manning
For senator: Gregory McColm
For senator: Cynthia Patterson
For senator: Vic Peppard
For senator: Steve Permuth
For senator: Debra Sinclair
For senator: Sandra Stone
For senator: Robert Welker
For senator: Sonia Wohlmuth

(The President serves as senator ex officio.)

Here are the candidates for the FEA Delegate Assembly:

For delegate: Karin Braunsberger
For delegate: William (Steve) Lang
For delegate: Richard Manning
For delegate: Gregory McColm
For delegate: Steve Permuth
For delegate: Art Shapiro

Consolidation

We are watching the USF consolidation process closely. Here are links to UFF USF Biweekly articles on the process:

Then in February, a more detailed proposal
Then President Currall’s October 2020 Iteration of the Consolidation Plan
The 26 September 2019 on President Currall’s proposal
The 21 March 2019 on Consolidation
The 22 February 2019 Consolidation Update.
The 25 January 2018 article on the USF System.
The 8 February 2018 article on the USF System.
The 6 September 2018 article on Consolidation.
The 24 January 2018 Consolidation Update.

In addition, here is the USF page on the Consolidation Task Force.

Organizing

We are planning for a recruitment campaign. We need volunteers! We need to get UFF members more active in the union. If you are interested, contact the Membership Chair, Debbie Sinclair.

Tenure and Promotion

Newsletter Series on Performance, Evaluations, and the Reward Structure: Raises, Renewals, Tenure and Promotion

The newsletter is running a series of article on job performance, how it is evaluated, and how evaluations are translated into raises, renewals, tenure and promotion decisions. This series was inspired by recent changes in the tenure and promotion guidelines at USF. Articles thus far: