News from UFF-UF
UFF calls for all Florida colleges and universities to transition to remote learning
July 26, 2020
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UFF PRESS CONFERENCE ON MONDAY, JULY 27th AT 2:00 P.M. EDT The officers of the United Faculty of Florida will be joined by fellow members and Florida Education Association Vice President Andrew S ... Continue Reading →
Fall 2020 Reopening: Questions and Answers
July 12, 2020
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UFF-UF leaders respond to members’ questions from COVID-19 Town halls. ... Continue Reading →
Help pass the HEROES Act
June 26, 2020
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HEROES Act: Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions The HEROES Act will give states, schools and communities the funding they need to be able to address three ongoing emergencie ... Continue Reading →
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 →
Labor Notes
- Interview: If Only Unions Had Managed to Organize the South, Could Trump Have Been Avoided? November 23, 2020
- How Postal Workers Saved the Election November 20, 2020
- It Took a Boatload of Uber Cash to Beat Self-Organized Drivers November 19, 2020
- Will Urgent Care Doctors Be Forced to Strike in a Pandemic for the Right to Go Home? November 17, 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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