USF UFF Chapter Meeting Friday, November 18th at noon on Zoom and in EDU 261
The USF Chapter of the United Faculty of Florida will meet Friday at 12 noon on USF Tampa in EDU 261 and it will also be hybrid on Zoom. There will be sandwiches, fruit, drinks, and sweets starting at 11:30. On the agenda: Post tenure review, consequences of the...
Chapter Minutes 21 October 2022
Time and place. The meeting was conducted at 12 noon on USF Sarasota / Manatee in B229 and on Zoom. Attendance. Eighteen UFF members and one guest Minutes. Minutes of the 7 October 2022 meeting approved. President's Report. Salary Issues. Promotional salaries this...
Chapter Minutes 7 October 2022
Time and place. This meeting was conducted at 12 noon on USF St. Petersburg at USC in the Palm Room and on Zoom. Attendance. 16 members and one staff member Minutes. Minutes for the September 9 meeting were approved. President's Report. Report on the Hurricane. The...
USF UFF Chapter Meeting on Friday, October 7th
The USF Chapter of the United Faculty of Florida will meet Friday at 12 noon on USF St. Petersburg at the University Student Center in the Palm Room; it will also be hybrid on Zoom. There will be sandwiches, fruit, drinks, and sweets starting at 11:30. And here are...
Chapter Minutes 23 September 2022
Time and place. This meeting was conducted at 12 noon in EDU 261 and on Zoom. Attendance. 21 members and one staff member Minutes. Minutes for the September 9 meeting were approved. President's Report. Report on the UFF Senate Meeting. The Senate meeting was preceded...
USF UFF Chapter Meeting Friday, September 9th at noon both on the Tampa Campus and on Zoom
USF UFF Chapter Meeting this Friday, September 9th at noon. If you want a free lunch starting at 11:30, you can attend the meeting in person in EDU 261. There will be Jason's Deli sandwiches and wraps, chips, fruit, drinks, and dessert. If you want to attend virtually...
Chapter Minutes 26 August 2022
Time and place. This meeting was conducted at 12 noon on Zoom. Attendance. 19 members, one staff member, and one guest Minutes. Minutes for the August 5 meeting were approved. President's Report. Update on dealing with recent legislation. Discussion of HB 7, HB 223,...
USF UFF Chapter Meeting, Friday, August 26th at noon on Zoom
The USF Chapter of the United Faculty of Florida will meet Friday, August 26th 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. New members are welcome!
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,...