Chapter Minutes 5 August 2022
Time and place. This meeting was conducted at 12 noon on Zoom. Attendance. 14 members, one staff member, and one guest Minutes. Minutes for the July 8 meeting were approved. President's Report. Update on dealing with recent legislation. Several organizations have...
HB 7: What All Florida Faculty Need to Know
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” certain...
MidPoint: Academic Freedom is Under Attack in Florida–Podcast
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...
Getting Out the Vote
Turning to our calling as teachers, if we want to inspire our students to do their duty as citizens (that's the admittedly old-fashioned way of looking at it), one of the most effective ways to teach is by example. The Florida primary is on August 23 and the deadline...
Chapter Minutes 8 July 2022
Time and place. This meeting was conducted at 12 noon at USF St. Petersburg in the Palm Room and on Zoom. Attendance. 22 members and one guest Minutes. Minutes for the June24 meeting were approved. President's Report. Legislative wrap-up. UFF, with volunteers in the...
Chapter Meeting on Friday, May 27 at noon on Zoom
The USF Chapter of the United Faculty of Florida will meet Friday, May 27 at 12 noon on Zoom. Contact the Chapter Secretary to get a Zoom invitation. Meetings and events are posted on the Events Calendar of the UFF USF Website. We will be discussing plans for a...
Chapter Minutes 13 May 2022
Time and place. This joint meeting with the UFF USF Bargaining Team was conducted at 12 noon in EDU 161, although it was accessible through Zoom. Attendance. Twelve members, with five on Zoom and seven counting ballots Minutes. Minutes for the April 22 meeting were...
USF UFF Chapter Meeting in EDU 161 and on Zoom at 12 noon on Friday, May 13th
The USF Chapter of the United Faculty of Florida will meet Friday, May 13, at 12 noon in EDU 161 on USF Tampa. On the agenda: counting the ballots. And here are the minutes for the previous meeting. This is the first chapter meeting of the summer. Any employee in the...
Chapter Minutes 8 April 2022
Time and place. This meeting was conducted at 12 noon in CGS 203, although it was accessible through Zoom. Attendance. Sixteen members, including six members of the Council, and two guests. Minutes. Minutes for the March 25 meeting were approved. President's Report...
Invitation to a Bargaining Session on Friday, April 8th
The bargaining teams for the USF Chapter of the United Faculty of Florida (the faculty union, representing employees in the UFF USF Bargaining Unit) and the USF Administration (representing the USF Board of Trustees) will meet on Friday, April 8, at 1 pm, in CGS 140,...
A Problematic Survey
Last year, the Legislature passed a bill on Postsecondary Education that, among other things, "requires State Board of Education to conduct annual assessment on intellectual freedom & viewpoint diversity." The United Florida of Florida was concerned about this...
Minutes 25 March 2022
Time and place. This meeting was conducted at 11:30 noon in CGS 136, although it was accessible through Zoom. Attendance. Fifteen members, including ten members of the Council, and two guests. Minutes. Minutes for the March 11 meeting were approved. President's Report...
USF UFF Elections
USF Chapter of the United Faculty of Florida is conducting its annual election, and the Chapter has issued a Call for Nominations. UFF members - and only UFF members - may run in this election. The Chapter will be electing the president, vice president, secretary,...
USF UFF Chapter Meeting at noon on Zoom, Friday, February 25, 2022
The USF Chapter of the United Faculty of Florida will meet Friday, February 25th at 12 noon on Zoom. On the agenda USF, collective bargaining issues, academic freedom, and elections for the coming year. Contact the Chapter Secretary to get a link to the meeting....
USF UFF Chapter Meeting Friday, February 11, 2022 at noon on Zoom
The USF Chapter of the United Faculty of Florida will meet Friday, February 11th at 12 noon on Zoom. On the agenda USF, collective bargaining issues, academic freedom, and elections for the coming year. Contact the Chapter Secretary to get a link to the meeting....
Town Hall on Bargaining Friday, February 11 from 4-5 PM on Zoom
We will have a town hall meeting on the current status of bargaining the next UFF USF collective bargaining agreement. Contact Susan Ariew (sariew60@gmail.com) for a Zoom invitation. The meeting will cover: 1) How we got here--bargaining history and timeline 2) UFF...
Chapter Meeting Friday, January 28th at Noon on Zoom
The USF Chapter of the United Faculty of Florida will meet Friday, January 28th at 12 noon on Zoom. On the agenda USF, collective bargaining issues, academic freedom, and elections for the coming year. Contact the Chapter Secretary to get a link to the meeting. Photo...
Chapter Meeting Friday, December 17 on Zoom at Noon
The USF Chapter of the United Faculty of Florida will meet Friday, December 17th at 12 noon on Zoom. On the agenda USF, collective bargaining issues, academic freedom, and elections for the coming year. Contact the Chapter Secretary to get a link to the meeting....