News from UFF-UF
Bargaining victory: paid parental and medical leave
June 26, 2020
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Starting January 1, 2021, full-time faculty and staff at the University of Florida will have access to eight weeks of both paid parental and medical leave. These new benefits are the result of fifteen ... Continue Reading →
UFF STATEMENT ON GEORGE FLOYD
June 02, 2020
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George Floyd. Ahmaud Aubery. Breonna Taylor. One more family devastated. One more child without a parent. The list goes on and on, with incidents almost too f ... Continue Reading →
Advice on intellectual property and accepting funds to move F2F classes online for fall
May 28, 2020
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Per Article 22 of the current CBA, a faculty member can choose not to accept the offered stipend for the QM+UF standards. In that case, the faculty member will have sole ownership of their instruction ... Continue Reading →
MOU on COVID-19 impact is ratified
May 25, 2020
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By an overwhelming vote of the bargaining unit last week (May 20-23), the COVID-19 Impact Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been ratified. With this ratification, provisions aimed ... Continue Reading →
Agreement reached in impact bargaining over COVID-19 emergency measures
May 17, 2020
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After two months of impact bargaining, UFF and the UF administration have agreed on a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) over emergency policies implemented in the wake of the COVID-19 pandem ... Continue Reading →
Guidance on reporting outside activities
May 14, 2020
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In discussions, the United Faculty of Florida and the UF administration have come to agreements over several issues regarding the reporting of outside activities via the UFOLIO system. Below is some g ... Continue Reading →
Best & Brightest Ratification Vote
May 03, 2020
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For the 2019-2020 budget year, the Florida Legislature approved a K-12 teacher bonus plan called, “The Best and the Brightest” (B&B). The Legislature also specified that, to release these B&B ... Continue Reading →
Chapter election results: Paul Ortiz elected president
May 01, 2020
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From the Nominations Committee: We received the certified results yesterday from the American Arbitration Association, which administered the balloting/voting process for UFF-UF. While there were ... Continue Reading →
Labor Notes
- Viewpoint: As the West Coast Burns, We Don’t Need Unity. We Need to Point the Finger at Those Responsible September 25, 2020
- Your Letters and Parcels Are Piling Up Thanks to the New Privatizer General September 25, 2020
- Lessons from the NBA Strike for Black Lives September 24, 2020
- Pandemic Spurs Nashville Restaurant Workers to Organize September 23, 2020
NEA
- Teacher Creates National Database Tracking COVID-19 Outbreaks in Schools September 1, 2020
- As School Year Begins, Students Raise Their Voices August 31, 2020
- How Community Schools Were Better Prepared for COVID-19 Crisis August 27, 2020
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