NOTICE OF RATIFICATION VOTE TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE FACULTY BARGAINING UNIT REPRESENTED BY THE UNITED FACULTY OF FLORIDA – UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA CHAPTER UFF-UWF VOTING FOR RATIFICATION OF THE 2022 – 2023 “REOPENER” COLLECTIVE BARGAINING REOPENER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UFF-UWF AND THE UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA WILL OCCUR AS LISTED BELOW: DATE: THURSDAY, … Continue reading 2022-2023 “Reopener” CBA Ratification Vote

The United Faculty of Florida encourages all higher education faculty, staff, and students to ignore the voluntary “Viewpoint Discrimination” survey for the following reasons: Florida’s government has no right to know the thoughts, feelings, or political or religious beliefs of anyone, including the higher education community. Privacy is the bedrock of democracy and a safeguard … Continue reading Message from UFF President Gothard on HB 233

According to a communication we received from UFF, your timely collective actions and those of our allies from across the state have defeated HB 1197 (the union decertification bill)! If you sent an email or called our representatives in the legislature: THANK YOU! There’s no doubt this bill will return again next year. We know … Continue reading Legislative Update

Dear Colleagues! I wish this note was about the social event we held last week. (It was great to see some familiar faces and meet a few new ones!) Unfortunately, it’s been a busy legislative season that has seen a lot of ‘culture war’ bills targeting those of us in higher ed. You’ve probably heard … Continue reading Three Minutes Can Help Our Union, Five Can Save It

NOMINATION AND ELECTION NOTICEUNITED FACULTY OF FLORIDA-UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA CHAPTER NOMINATIONS Nominations for the offices of President, Vice President for Grievances, Vice-President for Bargaining, Secretary, Treasurer, Six (6) Senators, Three (3) FEA Delegates, and a Membership Officer, will be accepted from the floor at the March 2022 membership meeting at the date, time, and … Continue reading Nomination and Election Notice

UFF-UWF has scheduled a virtual faculty ratification vote for the 2021-2022 “Reopener” Collective Bargaining Agreement.  Voting will open on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021 and close at 11:59p.m. CST on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. Voting will take place electronically. In-unit faculty will receive a verifiable voting email to their UWF email address from Helois (heliosvoting.org).  UFF … Continue reading 2021-2022 “Reopener” CBA Ratification Vote

The Florida legislature is in session and you should be paying attention. There are a large number of bills in the works that, if passed, will have a tremendous effect on your job, whether or not you’re a union member. We are tracking about a dozen bills at the moment. We won’t go through all … Continue reading Legislative Matters Matter

First, the UFF Presidential Candidates’ campaign video speeches are available (https://myuff.org/elections/). You can also click the links below to  watch the campaign videos (listed in alphabetical order): Andrew Gothard: https://youtu.be/-1CZI90GIHAKaren Morian: https://youtu.be/NEzn1KdPHm4  Should you have any questions, feel free to direct them to the Elections Committee. UFF_Elections@floridaea.org Martin Balinsky, TCC chairDebby Hicks, LSSCKrystal Williams, FAMU-GAU Each Presidential candidate will … Continue reading UFF Candidate Videos and Townhall

UFF-UWF has scheduled a virtual faculty ratification vote for the 2020-2023 “Fullbook” Collective Bargaining Agreement. Voting will open on Wednesday, Nov. 18 and close at 11:59p.m. on Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. Voting will take place electronically. In-unit faculty will receive a verifiable voting email to their UWF email address from Helois (heliosvoting.org).  (UFF will message faculty … Continue reading 2020-2023 “Fullbook” CBA Ratification Vote