Chapter Minutes 27 February 2026
Time and place. The meeting was conducted at 12 noon in on USF Tampa in SOC 145 and on Zoom. Attendance. Thirteen members and one staff. Minutes. February 27 minutes approved. Special Discussion on Simple Syllabi. UFF Advice. UFF has produced a handout on Updated...
Chapter Minutes 30 January 2026
Time and place. The meeting was conducted at 12 noon in on USF Tampa in EDU 155 and on Zoom. Attendance. Fifteen members, one guest, and one staff present. Minutes. January 17 minutes approved. President's Report. PERC. UFF won the certification election by 98%. H1B...
Chapter Minutes 16 January 2026
Time and place. The meeting was conducted at 12 noon in on USF Tampa in CGS 140 and on Zoom. Attendance. Twelver members and one staff present. Minutes. November 21 minutes approved. President's Report. PERC. The certification election Dec. 29 – Jan. 27 is ongoing....
Chapter Minutes 7 November 2025
Time and place. The meeting was conducted at 12 noon in on USF Tampa in EDU314 and on Zoom. Attendance. Ten members present. Minutes. October 24 minutes approved. President's Report. International Faculty. International faculty are important to the university’s...
Chapter Minutes 24 October 2025
Time and place. The meeting was conducted at 12 noon in on USF Tampa in EDU314 and on Zoom. Minutes. October 10 minutes approved. President's Report. UFF Senate meeting. Discussion. Litigation Update. Recent court rulings and PERC rulings. New Business New FEA...
Chapter Minutes 10 October 2025
Time and place. The meeting was conducted at 12 noon in on USF Sarasota / Manatee in A221 and on Zoom. President's Report. UFF News. Robert Cassanello is the new UFF president. Litigation Update. Recent court rulings and PERC rulings. New Business New FEA Benefits....
Chapter Minutes 12 September 2025
Time and place. The meeting was conducted at 12 noon in on USF Tampa in EDU 314 and on Zoom. Minutes. August 15 minutes approved. Attendance. Fifteen members. Recognition. The Chapter recognized retiring activists and member Karin Braunsberger for her service as...
Chapter Minutes 15 August 2025
Time and place. The meeting was conducted at 12 noon in on USF Tampa in EDU 257 and on Zoom. Minutes. July 17 minutes approved. Attendance. Eighteen members and seven guests. Recognition. The Chapter recognized retiring activists and members Vic Peppard and Steve...
Chapter Minutes 23 May 2025
Time and place. The meeting was conducted at 12 noon in on USF Tampa in SVC 2070 and on Zoom. Minutes. April 23 minutes approved. Attendance. Not recorded. President's Report. Ongoing Litigation. Updates. Chapter Reimbursement Policy. The chapter will cover travel...
Chapter Minutes 28 March 2025
Time and place. The meeting was conducted at 12 noon at the Patel Center and on Zoom. Attendance. Nineteen members and one staff. Minutes. Approved. President's Report. Certification Election. [On April 6, the Chapter was informed that PERC would conduct the election...
Chapter Minutes 6 December 2024
Time and place. The meeting was conducted at 12 noon on USF Tampa in EDU161 and on Zoom. Attendance. Six members, five guests, and one staff. President's Report. Certification. We will continue to collect SOI cards. Communications. Many faculty unaware of role of...
Chapter Minutes 22 November 2024
Time and place. The meeting was conducted at 12 noon on USF Tampa in EDU161 and on Zoom. Attendance. Ten members and two staff. Minutes. November 8 minutes approved. President's Report. PERC. PERC has spent its entire allocation of $750K and has requested $9M to run...
What Happened at the Bargaining Meeting?
Faculty Average Salaries by Rank at Research Universities.During the meeting we put two proposals on the table. The first was our formal salary proposal. The second was for promotional increases:UFF Proposal for Article 23:UFF Proposal for Article 8:Size and Resource...
Chapter Minutes 8 November 2024
Time and place. The meeting was conducted at 12 noon on USF Tampa in EDU161. Attendance. Nine members and one guest. Minutes. October 25 minutes approved. President's Report. Certification. Our lawyers do not know what SOI cards PERC will want because PERC does not...
On Salaries
Tomorrow, Friday, November 15th, 2024, is the BIG day. Your UFF BargainingTeam is putting our formal salary proposal on the table
Chapter Minutes 25 October 2024
Time and place. The meeting was conducted at 12 noon on USF Tampa in EDU161. Attendance. Ten members and one guest. Minutes. September 27 minutes approved. President's Report. Leave confusion. Many faculty received an email asking them to account for time during the...
Setting the Record Straight
It has been brought to our attention that at least one of the deans is spreadingincorrect information about the state of bargaining:
Bargaining Update – Better Late Than Never!
By now, you might have heard that the USF is providing a 3% pay increase to alleligible in-unit faculty. We are thrilled about this: