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Labor Day Message from UFF-UCF President

Dear Colleagues: As chapter president of the United Faculty of Florida (UFF) again, I wanted to write to you on Labor Day because it reminds me of a telling moment durin...
Posted on Sunday, August 31, 2008 [View Article]

Bargaining Update

Dear Colleague, Welcome back to campus for the Fall 2008 semester. I was pleased to see this morning that the repairs to the "education" parking garage (A) were done in ...
Posted on Monday, August 25, 2008 [View Article]

Trustees' chair: UCF committed to balance of access and quality

Rick Walsh Special To The Sentinel March 28, 2008 When I first arrived at UCF in the early '70s, there was a two-lane road leading from Orlando, five buildings and two...
Posted on Friday, April 11, 2008 [View Article]

Faculty union chief: UCF far behind Florida competitors in quality

Stanley Smith Special To The Sentinel March 21, 2008 We're No. 1! The New York Times recently ranked the University of Central Florida as No. 1 on its list of student/fac...
Posted on Friday, April 11, 2008 [View Article]

What, no contract?

Dear Colleague, It has been four months since I last wrote to update you on the bargaining process and I wish I were writing with better news. Negotiations have prog...
Posted on Thursday, April 10, 2008 [View Article]

Students Can Feel Lost in Huge Classrooms

UCF Says Its Focus is on Access. But Does the Student-Teacher Ratio Hurt Learning? Stephanie A. Wilken Orlando Sentinel February 7, 2008 University of Central Fl...
Posted on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 [View Article]

Faculty Contracts Can Affect Students

By Megan Speer Central Florida Future February 11, 2008 The words "collective bargaining" aren't likely to spark student interest, but the deals being struck at UC...
Posted on Monday, February 18, 2008 [View Article]

Faculty Summer Teaching at Risk: It's Time for Solidarity

Faculty Summer Teaching at Risk: It's Time for Solidarity Dear colleagues, We're writing to inform you that faculty have now lost some important summer teaching...
Posted on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 [View Article]

Hitt's Pay High Among Colleges

Pay Ranks 9th For College Presidents By Lauren Erlich Central Florida Future December 3, 2007 President John Hitt ranks as the ninth highest-paid university president...
Posted on Monday, December 3, 2007 [View Article]

Where's my raise???

Dear Colleague, Where's your raise? That's a fair question. Your UFF bargaining team has been negotiating with the BOT bargaining team for almost a year, but we...
Posted on Thursday, November 8, 2007 [View Article]

Faculty Request 6-Month Written Notice of Termination

Faculty Request 6-Month Written Notice of Termination Lauren Paulauskas, Central Florida Future September 28, 2007 UCF faculty and Board of Trustees members argued ove...
Posted on Friday, September 28, 2007 [View Article]

UCF Could Target Classes If State Budget Cuts Deepen

UCF Could Target Classes If State Budget Cuts Deepen Melissa Patterson and Amanda Bass | Special to the Sentinel September 20, 2007 Further budget cuts could result in...
Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2007 [View Article]

UFF UCF President Update on Union Interventions and Budget Concerns

Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the UCF chapter of United Faculty of Florida (UFF), I write to share some updates on the activities of your faculty union, who, by state l...
Posted on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 [View Article]

New York Times Shows UCF Has Worst Faculty-to-Student Ratio in US

New York Times - Big Article New York Times - Big Graphic
Posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 [View Article]

UFF Wins Arbitration on Faculty Evaluations

August 7, 2007 Dear Colleagues, Late last month, your UFF won an important arbitration victory over the UCF Board of Trustees (BOT) regarding annual evaluation standar...
Posted on Thursday, August 9, 2007 [View Article]

2007-2008 Salary Increases

Dear Colleague, Earlier today, your UFF bargaining team presented a salary counter-proposal to the Board of Trustee's team. You will recall that the BOT proposal w...
Posted on Monday, July 16, 2007 [View Article]

Salary increases for 2007-2008

Dear Colleague, Two weeks ago, your UFF bargaining team wrote to ask for your help gathering information about parental leave for birth or adoption and summer teaching. ...
Posted on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 [View Article]

paid parental leave and summer teaching

Dear Colleague, Your UFF bargaining team is writing to ask for your help. Our negotiations with the Board of Trustees (BOT) have gone fairly well this year and we have ...
Posted on Monday, June 18, 2007 [View Article]

Crist Tuition Veto Affects UCF Faculty And Students

By: Lauren Paulauskas Posted: 6/11/07 The ripple effect of Gov. Charlie Crist's veto was felt Friday in contract negotiations between UCF's administration and t...
Posted on Monday, June 11, 2007 [View Article]

UFF UCF President Addresses Faculty on Annual Reports

February 8, 2007 Dear Colleagues, Since many of us are now completing our annual reports, I write to remind you of some issues that have come to UFF's attention tha...
Posted on Friday, February 9, 2007 [View Article]

Central Florida Future Article on UFF/BOT Contract Talks

UCF, Faculty-Union Contract Talks Off To A Good Start Board Of Trustees and United Faculty Of Florida Have OK'd Half The Contract By: Abe Aboraya Central Florida Future J...
Posted on Sunday, January 28, 2007 [View Article]

UFF UCF Position on Conflict of Commitment

November 20, 2006 Dear colleagues, Your UFF chapter's leadership has been following closely recent discussions in Deans, Chairs and Directors' meetings and in Facul...
Posted on Monday, November 27, 2006 [View Article]

Please Take UCF Salary Survey

Dear Colleagues, This month, your union, United Faculty of Florida (UFF), and the UCF Board of Trustees begin negotiations on the 2007-2010 Collective Bargaining Agree...
Posted on Monday, November 27, 2006 [View Article]

From UFF UCF President: Your Contract Raise Now Ratified

October 10, 2006 Re: Your Contract and Raise Now Ratified Dear Colleague, Good news! On October 3 and 4, 2006, members of the Bargaining Unit represented by UFF...
Posted on Friday, October 13, 2006 [View Article]

Florida ban on travel to Terrorist States; Ratification of Articles 10, 23

October 2, 2006 Dear Colleague, I write to remind you that voting on ratification of Articles 10 and 23 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement is this week, Tuesday...
Posted on Wednesday, October 4, 2006 [View Article]

Students' Parking Loss Is Faculty's Gain.

Students' Parking Loss Is Faculty's Gain: Students Lose Lots To Make Room For Faculty Parking By Tiffany LaPalma–Central Florida Future UCF faculty can enjoy more...
Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 [View Article]

UFF UCF Chief Negotiator Announces Tentative Agreement

Dear Colleague, I am pleased to let you know that we (UFF) have reached tentative agreement in our collective bargaining negotiations with the UCF Board of Trustees (BO...
Posted on Friday, September 15, 2006 [View Article]

UFF-UCF President's New Academic Year Welcome Letter

August 28, 2006 Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the UCF chapter of United Faculty of Florida, I write to welcome you to the new academic year, to share some news abou...
Posted on Wednesday, August 30, 2006 [View Article]

Hitt Gets Substantial Bonus And Raise

Dear Colleagues, As UFF-UCF Chapter President, I write to you in response to recent news of President Hitt's salary raise. The University's Board of Trustees (BOT), cit...
Posted on Thursday, August 10, 2006 [View Article]

Update from UFF Chief Negotiator

Dear Colleague, Your UFF bargaining team has been busy this summer negotiating revisions to three articles with the UCF BOT (Board of Trustees). In this email, we provi...
Posted on Monday, July 31, 2006 [View Article]

Bargaining Update--The Administration's Proposal

May 22, 2006 Re: Bargaining Update-- What Has the Administration Proposed? Although the full contract is bargained every three years, Article 23: Salary is bargained...
Posted on Monday, May 22, 2006 [View Article]

More Parking for UCF Faculty and Staff!

More Parking for UCF Faculty and Staff! I am very pleased to announce UFF’s successful efforts to improve the parking situation at UCF. By the beginning of the sum...
Posted on Tuesday, May 9, 2006 [View Article]

President, UCF Chapter of UFF Message

May 1, 2006 Dear Colleagues, I'm writing to membersof the Bargaining Unit to introduce myself as UFF-UCF's new Chapter President, to report on the Chapter Elections ...
Posted on Monday, May 1, 2006 [View Article]

Possible Summer Contract Violations

Hi Colleagues, Because summer assignments are being made and we’re getting reports of possible contract violations, your UFF grievance team advises you to check yo...
Posted on Monday, April 24, 2006 [View Article]

Please Take Salary Survey

Dear Colleague, On Friday, April 7, 2006 from 1-3 p.m., limited contract negotiations between UFF and the UCF Board of Trustees will begin. The meeting is scheduled to b...
Posted on Tuesday, March 14, 2006 [View Article]

UFF Voting Intructions--Please Vote

Hello UFF Member, As a member of United Faculty of Florida at UCF, you should soon receive your ballot to elect the 2006-07 council of officers, senators, alternate sen...
Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2006 [View Article]

Welcome Back from UFF UCF President

Dear Colleagues, Welcome back. I hope you enjoyed winter break and the holidays. A few quick updates on evaluations, salary increases, and other issues. We've he...
Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 [View Article]

UFF UCF Elections in February

December 1, 2005 Dear UFF Members: We are beginning to plan for Spring and beyond; this is a preliminary announcement on opportunities to help lead our chapter. ...
Posted on Thursday, December 1, 2005 [View Article]

UFF Contract Balloting Information for 2005-2006

Dear Colleagues In the next day or so you should soon receive a large envelope from United Faculty of Florida with a blue ballot to vote on the ratification of Article 2...
Posted on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 [View Article]

Open Letter to UCF President

Dear Colleagues, Last Friday (October 21, 2005), you received an email from UCF President John Hitt titled “Response to Comments Reported in the Orlando Sentinel.&...
Posted on Thursday, October 27, 2005 [View Article]

Officer Mario Jenkins: UCF-UFF Message

Dear Colleagues, The loss of UCF police officer Mario Jenkins has been hard on everyone in the UCF community. By all accounts, Officer Jenkins was a good man and a good ...
Posted on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 [View Article]

UFF and BOT Tentatively Agree on New Article 23 (Salaries)

The United Faculty of Florida and the Board of Trustees have come to a Tentative Agreement on Article 23: Salaries. This agreement was signed off on October 3, 2005 and a ra...
Posted on Monday, October 3, 2005 [View Article]

UFF President's Welcome and Update on '05-'06

Dear Colleagues, Welcome back to campus and another fall hurricane season. For those of you with family and friends on the Gulf coast - my father is in New Orleans and r...
Posted on Wednesday, September 7, 2005 [View Article]

Myths and Realities Regarding the TIP/RIA/SoTL Awards

Myth #1: UFF is trying to get rid of TIP/RIA/SoTL awards. This has never been proposed. Instead, we have asked the BOT team and administration to reduce the percentage o...
Posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 [View Article]

Collective Bargaining Issues

Dear Colleague, By now you may have received an email entitled "TIPs and SoTLs" from the BOT bargaining team. The administration had informed UFF that its email would pr...
Posted on Thursday, August 25, 2005 [View Article]

2005-06 Bargaining Update, 7/27/05

Dear Colleague, This email is intended to provide you with a brief update on the bargaining process. You will also receive an email discussing 2004-2005 market equity in...
Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 [View Article]

Market Equity Increase 2004-05

Dear Colleague, If you were eligible for one, you should have received your 2004-2005 Market Equity increase in your July 22, 2005 paycheck, including the retroactive am...
Posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 [View Article]

NEA Jettisons Conservative Agenda Proposal

THE WASHINGTON TIMES NEA Affiliate Rejects Freedom Proposal By George Archibald July 5, 2005 LOS ANGELES -- The college affiliate of the National Education Associati...
Posted on Monday, July 11, 2005 [View Article]

UFF wins 3.6% pay increase for UCF

UCF Trustees, United Faculty of Florida Reach Agreement on Timing of Raises University of Central Florida faculty members and other employees who are represented by the ...
Posted on Friday, July 1, 2005 [View Article]

Bargaining Update

Dear Colleague This past Tuesday, your UFF-UCF bargaining team began new negotiations with the UCF Board of Trustees. The purpose of this round of bargaining, which both...
Posted on Friday, June 24, 2005 [View Article]

Bargaining Update

Dear Colleague, It has come to UFF's attention that there are a few problems with summer contracts. Please review this email and compare it to your summer contract, if y...
Posted on Monday, May 9, 2005 [View Article]

In-Unit Salary Increase Notification

Dear Colleague, By now, you should have received a 2004-05 "In-Unit Salary Increase Notification." Here's what you should double check on this sheet: (1) In the firs...
Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 [View Article]

HB 837 has been passed by House Education Council

TO: UFF Steering Committee and Chapter Presidents FROM: Tom Auxter, President and Steve Weinberger, Executive Director RE: Academic Bill of Rights Update We just...
Posted on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 [View Article]

Faculty Parking Space Reduction

Parking is a problem on all college campuses. It always has been and probably always will be. Seeking solutions to the problem requires analysis to determine what specific i...
Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2005 [View Article]

Help Us Resist the Undermining of Academic Freedom

Talking Points Regarding the 'Academic Freedom' Bill 1. Students cannot have the same academic freedom as faculty. It would mean students set course policies, determine ...
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 [View Article]

Academic Freedom Under Siege

Dear Colleagues If all goes as planned in the Florida House and Senate, your freedom as an academic expert in your field ends July 1, 2005. I'm writing to inform you of ...
Posted on Thursday, April 7, 2005 [View Article]

Bill courts trouble for academic freedom

Palm Beach Post Editorial By Sherman Dorn Again, a Florida legislator wants to meddle in the public universities. One year after trying to force an unwanted profession...
Posted on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 [View Article]

Academic Freedom Wars

Inside Higher Ed Academic Freedom Wars Scott Jaschik March 25, 2005 Academic freedom is getting more public attention that it has in many years. This week, legislatio...
Posted on Friday, March 25, 2005 [View Article]

Ratification - YES!

Dear Colleagues: The white smoke you can see over the library--if you look hard enough--means the news is good. At 5:00 pm, Wednesday, March 23rd the ballot count confir...
Posted on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 [View Article]

Ratification Vote, March 22 & 23

Dear Colleagues: Please consider this note both a welcome back from Spring Break and an exhortation to come out and vote this Tuesday or Wednesday. As you already know, ...
Posted on Sunday, March 20, 2005 [View Article]

Notice of Ratification of Election

Dear Colleague: As chapter president, I am proud to present to you the first collective bargaining agreement between United Faculty of Florida and the UCF Board of Trus...
Posted on Thursday, March 3, 2005 [View Article]

NEW DATES OF "GET TO KNOW YOUR CONTRACT TOUR"

NEW DATES OF "GET TO KNOW YOUR CONTRACT TOUR" Before the contract ratification vote the week after Spring Break (March 22 and 23), it^s important that you have an opport...
Posted on Monday, February 28, 2005 [View Article]

Agreement Reached; What's Next?

Feb. 10, 2005 Dear Colleagues, I want to wish you a belated, but especially Happy Mardi Gras. As you likely now know, our UFF Bargaining Team has reached an understa...
Posted on Thursday, February 10, 2005 [View Article]

JOIN US IN TELLING THE BOT “WE CARE; TALK TO US”

Dear Colleagues: Happy New Year. I am writing to ask for a little of your time this Tuesday Jan. 18. When the UCF Board of Trustees declared impasse on Nov. 22, 200...
Posted on Friday, January 14, 2005 [View Article]

President Alert

Dear Colleagues: The UFF bargaining team has already emailed you about the November 22, 2004 bargaining session, but I want to make sure all of you know a few additiona...
Posted on Monday, November 29, 2004 [View Article]

Bargaining Update

Dear Colleagues, As you know, your UFF bargaining team has been trying for more than a year to bargain salaries and the rest of the contract with the BOT Bargaining Team...
Posted on Monday, November 22, 2004 [View Article]

Alert From the President

Dear UFF Colleagues: The UFF Chapter Council met yesterday. We are urging all of you to take advantage of this opportunity to weigh in on the issues most vital to your ...
Posted on Thursday, November 18, 2004 [View Article]

Bargaining Update #27

IN THIS UPDATE 1. UFF and BOT Agree on Salary MOU 2. BOT Rejects UFF MOU on 2003-2004 Salaries 3. Other Articles Presented 4. Other Meeting Details This update su...
Posted on Saturday, November 13, 2004 [View Article]

UFF Response to Provost's 11/12 Email

Dear Colleagues, I wish I didn't have to interrupt my work (and your work) so often to correct misstatements by the Provost. Those of you familiar with the information w...
Posted on Friday, November 12, 2004 [View Article]

Alert From the President

Dear Colleagues, On October 28th, your UFF bargaining team proposed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to the BOT bargaining team to allow payment of the $1,000 one-ti...
Posted on Friday, November 12, 2004 [View Article]

Did You Know?

Dear Colleagues: You already know that --The administration continues to offer you $0 in faculty raises for 2003-2004. --The Provost has flip-flopped, saying that this...
Posted on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 [View Article]

Bargaining Update #26

IN THIS UPDATE 1. UFF Proposes Two ^MOUs^ on Salaries 2. Other Articles Proposed 3. Other Meeting Details This update summarizes proposals from the bargaining session...
Posted on Thursday, November 4, 2004 [View Article]

UFF on Salaries and Next Bargaining Session

Dear Colleagues, Rather than respond individually to each of the unfounded assertions, half truths, and misrepresentations contained in the Provost's last email to you ...
Posted on Sunday, October 24, 2004 [View Article]

UFF and UCF Admin agree to interim grievance proce

Dear Member of the UCF-UFF Bargaining Unit: I am pleased to inform you that, in response to an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charge filed by the UFF against the UCF Board ...
Posted on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 [View Article]

UFF Response to Provost's Oct. 8 Email

Dear Colleagues, On Oct. 8 the Provost sent you an email reminding you that his latest bargaining team --under the direction of a professional labor lawyer-- will be at ...
Posted on Tuesday, October 12, 2004 [View Article]

ULP Hearing

Please join your UFF representatives at an Unfair Labor Practice Hearing about our Grievance (Contract Enforcement) Process on campus. When: Wednesday, 22 September at 9...
Posted on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 [View Article]

Alert from the President

Dear Colleagues, I wanted this note out on the first day of classes but everything seems to take longer these days. I particularly want to thank all of you for your not...
Posted on Friday, August 27, 2004 [View Article]

UFF/UCF Bargaining Update #25

IN THIS UPDATE Administration Presents Salary Proposal for 2004-2005 Tentative Agreements Reached Other Meeting Details Your team has been hard at work this summer...
Posted on Friday, July 30, 2004 [View Article]

Alert From the President

Dear Colleagues: I've had a quiet weekend, still grading, of course, but I think it is imperative to share with you Friday's Bargaining Session news. Before I'd gotten b...
Posted on Monday, July 26, 2004 [View Article]

UFF Response to Provost Q & A

Dear Colleagues, By now, most of you will have seen a letter from Provost Hickey dated July 9 (the email version had the subject "Collective Bargaining"). Although a poi...
Posted on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 [View Article]

Alert From The President

Hi colleagues: I am taking a break from grading in order to respond to this morning's message from the Provost. I am not sure who the Provost's sources are regarding what re...
Posted on Wednesday, July 21, 2004 [View Article]

Alert From the President

Dear Members of the UCF Bargaining Unit, On Friday, June 5, 2004, news stories on channel 9 (WFTV) and channel 27 (WRDQ) covered the ongoing failure of the UCF Board of ...
Posted on Sunday, June 6, 2004 [View Article]

Teachers At UCF May Have Received Raises Illegally

There's debate at the University of Central Florida about whether or not teachers have been getting raises illegally. The Teachers' Union is upset with how the board of ...
Posted on Thursday, June 3, 2004 [View Article]

PERC rules against UCF: raises unfair

Central Florida Future By Andres Healy UCF lost its battle May 18 with the faculty union when a state hearing officer ruled that the way the university distributed rai...
Posted on Tuesday, June 1, 2004 [View Article]

Bargaining Update #24

From: bargaining@uffucf.org To: UFF/UCF_Bargaining_Unit Subject: UFF/UCF Bargaining Update #24 IN THIS UPDATE UCF Found Guilty of Unfair Labor Practice Proposals ...
Posted on Friday, May 28, 2004 [View Article]

Alert From the President

Dear Members of the UCF Bargaining Unit, On February 10, 2004, I wrote to you explaining why the UFF had filed an unfair labor practice (ULP) charge against the UCF Boar...
Posted on Thursday, May 27, 2004 [View Article]

Bargaining Update #23

From: bargaining@uffucf.org To: UFF/UCF_Bargaining_Unit Date: 2 May 2004, 10:05 PM Subject: UFF/UCF Bargaining Update #23 IN THIS UPDATE UFF Wins Tax Savings For ...
Posted on Saturday, May 1, 2004 [View Article]

Alert From the President

Dear UFF Colleagues: The state UFF has certified our elections and I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for giving me this opportunity to serve as the UFF chap...
Posted on Monday, April 26, 2004 [View Article]

Bargaining Update #22

From: bargaining@uffucf.org To: UFF/UCF_Bargaining_Unit Date: 8 April 2004, 11:03 PM Subject: UFF/UCF Bargaining Update #22 IN THIS UPDATE Unfair Labor Practice S...
Posted on Wednesday, April 7, 2004 [View Article]

Bargaining Update #21

From: bargaining@uffucf.org To: UFF/UCF_Bargaining_Unit Date: 15 Mar 2004, 10:29 PM Subject: UFF/UCF Bargaining Update #21 IN THIS UPDATE Board of Trustees Unfair...
Posted on Sunday, March 14, 2004 [View Article]

Bargaining Update #20

From: bargaining@uffucf.org To: UFF/UCF_Bargaining_Unit Date: 2 Mar 2004, 04:13 PM Subject: UFF/UCF Bargaining Update #20 On Wednesday, February 25, your UFF Bargaini...
Posted on Monday, March 1, 2004 [View Article]

UFF Legislative Update

UFF Legislative Update
Posted on Thursday, February 26, 2004 [View Article]

Bargaining Update #19

From: bargaining@uffucf.org To: UFF/UCF_Bargaining_Unit Date: 25 Feb 2004, 04:10 PM Subject: UFF/UCF Bargaining Update #19 On Thursday, February 19, your UFF Bargaini...
Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2004 [View Article]

UCF's Hitt: The lowdown on athletics

By John Hitt Special to the Sentinel February 19, 2004 The hiring of Coach George O'Leary and his staff has sparked considerable interest in the University of Central ...
Posted on Wednesday, February 18, 2004 [View Article]

Bargaining Update #18

From: bargaining@uffucf.org To: UFF/UCF_Bargaining_Unit Date: 17 Feb 2004, 05:04 PM Subject: UFF/UCF Bargaining Update #18 Dear Colleagues: We have received sever...
Posted on Monday, February 16, 2004 [View Article]

Bargaining Update #17

From: bargaining@uffucf.org To: UFF/UCF_Bargaining_Unit Date: 13 Feb 2004, 06:24 PM Subject: UFF/UCF Bargaining Update #17 On Monday, February 9, your UFF Bargaining ...
Posted on Thursday, February 12, 2004 [View Article]

Alert From the President

Dear Members of the UCF Community, A few days ago, President Hitt sent you an email in which he explained that he and the UCF Board of Trustees intended to unilaterally ...
Posted on Monday, February 9, 2004 [View Article]

Bargaining Update #16

From: bargaining@uffucf.org To: UFF/UCF_Bargaining_Unit Date: 6 Feb 2004, 05:45 PM Subject: UFF/UCF Bargaining Update #16 On Wednesday, February 4, your UFF Bargainin...
Posted on Thursday, February 5, 2004 [View Article]

Bargaining Update #15

From: bargaining@uffucf.org To: UFF/UCF_Bargaining_Unit Date: 26 Jan 2004, 02:45 PM Subject: UFF/UCF Bargaining Update #15 On Wednesday, January 21, your UFF Bargaini...
Posted on Sunday, January 25, 2004 [View Article]

Board Confronts Gay Discrimination

Central Florida Future By Andres Healy UCF's Board of Trustees may act on the Faculty Senate's request to protect gays from discrimination on campus when it meets at 1 ...
Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2004 [View Article]

Bargaining Update #14

From: bargaining@uffucf.org To: UFF/UCF_Bargaining_Unit Date: 16 Jan 2004, 09:00:00 AM Subject: UFF/UCF Bargaining Update #14 On Wednesday, January 14, 2004 your UFF ...
Posted on Thursday, January 15, 2004 [View Article]

Alert From the President

Dear Colleagues: Did you know that, despite UCF's ongoing budget crisis, UCF administrators received raises averaging over 9%--and the upper administrators received rais...
Posted on Sunday, January 11, 2004 [View Article]

Bargaining Update #13

Date: Friday, January 2, 2004 3:20 PM From: bargaining@uffucf.org To: UFF/UCF_Bargaining_Unit Subject: UFF/UCF Bargaining Update #13 On Thursday, January 1, 2004, you...
Posted on Thursday, January 1, 2004 [View Article]

Bargaining Update #12

Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 1:20 PM From: bargaining@uffucf.org To: UFF/UCF_Bargaining_Unit Subject: UFF/UCF Bargaining Update #12 On Monday, December 29, 2003, ...
Posted on Monday, December 29, 2003 [View Article]

Bargaining Update #11

Date: Wednesday, December 18, 2003 2:01 PM From: bargaining@uffucf.org To: UFF/UCF_Bargaining_Unit Subject: UFF/UCF Bargaining Update #11 On Tuesday, December 16, 200...
Posted on Wednesday, December 17, 2003 [View Article]

Bargaining Update #10

Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 6:31 AM From: bargaining@uffucf.org To: UFF/UCF_Bargaining_Unit Subject: UFF/UCF Bargaining Update #10 At the most recent bargainin...
Posted on Tuesday, December 9, 2003 [View Article]

Alert from the President

Dear Member of the UCF bargaining unit, You recently received an email from Provost Hickey regarding UCF's current financial position and the collective bargaining proce...
Posted on Tuesday, December 9, 2003 [View Article]

E-Mail From Provost Hickey

Submitted By: Provost Terry L. Hickey Submitted For: All Faculty Members Subject: FYI Newsletter Since the FYI newsletter has been a successful way of keeping all inte...
Posted on Tuesday, December 9, 2003 [View Article]

Faculty furious over administrative raises

Central Florida Future By Andres Healy Frustrations about large administrative raises coupled with recent academic budget cuts boiled over in a packed Pegasus Grand Bal...
Posted on Wednesday, December 3, 2003 [View Article]

UCF Faculty Blasts School President's Budget Priorities

Orlando Sentinel By David Damron December, 3 2003 University of Central Florida faculty members challenged President John Hitt on Tuesday for allowing cuts in student ...
Posted on Wednesday, December 3, 2003 [View Article]

Protest pins blame on Hitt

Central Florida Future By Andres Healy Standing barefoot on the grass of the free-speech lawn, Patrick Rostock, a 19-year-old history major, wanted to give the campus a...
Posted on Sunday, November 30, 2003 [View Article]

Bargaining Update #9

Date: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 10:21 PM From: bargaining@uffucf.org To: UFF/UCF_Bargaining_Unit Subject: UFF/UCF Bargaining Update #9 On Monday, November 24 your ...
Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2003 [View Article]

Bargaining Update #8

Date: Monday, November 24, 2003 6:30 PM From: bargaining@uffucf.org To: UFF/UCF_Bargaining_Unit Subject: UFF/UCF Bargaining Update #8 On Monday, November 17 your UFF ...
Posted on Sunday, November 23, 2003 [View Article]

Alert from the President

Dear Members of the UCF Community, Provost Hickey recently sent an email to faculty regarding issues raised at the bargaining table. His description of events at the mos...
Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2003 [View Article]

Bargaining Update #7

Date: Sunday, November 16, 2003 11:20 PM From: bargaining@uffucf.org To: UFF/UCF_Bargaining_Unit Subject: UFF/UCF Bargaining Update #7 On Wednesday, November 12 your ...
Posted on Saturday, November 15, 2003 [View Article]

Bargaining Update #6

Date: Monday, November 10, 2003 9:45 PM From: bargaining@uffucf.org To: UFF/UCF_Bargaining_Unit Subject: UFF/UCF Bargaining Update #6 On Friday, November 7 your UFF B...
Posted on Sunday, November 9, 2003 [View Article]

Bargaining Update #5

Date: Sunday, November 2, 2003 11:20 pm From: bargaining@uffucf.org To: UFF/UCF_Bargaining_Unit Subject: UFF/UCF Bargaining Update #5 On Wednesday, October 29 your UF...
Posted on Saturday, November 1, 2003 [View Article]

Bargaining Update #4

Date: Monday, October 27, 2003 10:15 pm From: bargaining@uffucf.org To: UFF/UCF_Bargaining_Unit Subject: UFF/UCF Bargaining Update #4 On Friday, October 24 your UFF B...
Posted on Sunday, October 26, 2003 [View Article]

Bargaining Update #3

Date: Monday, October 6, 2003 02:25 am From: bargaining@uffucf.org To: UFF/UCF_Bargaining_Unit Subject: UFF/UCF Bargaining Update #3 On Wednesday, October 1 your UFF ...
Posted on Sunday, October 5, 2003 [View Article]

Bargaining Update #2

Date: Friday, September 26, 2003 02:15 am From: bargaining@uffucf.org To: UFF/UCF_Bargaining_Unit Subject: UFF/UCF Bargaining Update #2 On Monday, Sept. 22 your UFF B...
Posted on Thursday, September 25, 2003 [View Article]

Bargaining Update #1

NOTE: This message could not be delivered on September 18th to approximately 20% of campus email addresses due to undetermined problems with email communications. We will mo...
Posted on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 [View Article]

Bargaining Update FAQ

NOTE:  Due to the campus email problem, receipt at some campus email addresses was delayed until September 3rd or later. Date: Saturday, August 23, 2003 01:25 am From: ...
Posted on Friday, August 22, 2003 [View Article]

Salary Rumors

Date: Sunday, June 29 2003 05:30 pm From: bargaining@uffucf.org To: Bargaining Unit Subject: Salary Rumors To all members of the UFF bargaining unit, During the p...
Posted on Saturday, June 28, 2003 [View Article]

Bargaining Status

Date:  Friday, June 6 2003 05:19 pm From:  bargaining@uffucf.org To:  Bargaining Unit Subject:  UFF/UCF Bargaining Status We are sending this message out to each indi...
Posted on Thursday, June 5, 2003 [View Article]

UCF Takes Lead In Recognizing Faculty Union

Central Florida Future By Joel Addington When the leaders of UCF's faculty union collected faculty signatures last semester, they did not know what to expect from the ...
Posted on Thursday, February 13, 2003 [View Article]

Collective Bargaining Alert

UFF Consultation with President Hitt UFF representatives attended a disquieting consultation with President Hitt, Provost Whitehouse, and lawyers from UCF's Office of th...
Posted on Tuesday, December 10, 2002 [View Article]