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1 February 2012Dear Colleagues:This is the time of year when we watch our state legislature closely to see what bills might have an impact on us. While the session started in ...
Posted on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 [View Article]
UFF supports faculty rights, shared governance, and academic excellence. It also works to improve your salary and benefits. But did you also know that UFF membership can save ...
Posted on Monday, November 7, 2011 [View Article]
Thursday, October 27, 201112:00 Noon-1:00 PMStudent Union, Key West Room 218ATopic: Open meeting of all members of the United Faculty of Florida-UCF Chapter to discuss the cur...
Posted on Friday, October 21, 2011 [View Article]
Dear Colleague,I hope the fall semester is going well for you.The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the UCF Board of Trustees (BOT) and the United Faculty of Flori...
Posted on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 [View Article]
Dear Colleagues:United Faculty of Florida, your union, welcomes you to the new academic year.You are invited to our Social on Thursday, September 8, from 4 to 7 at Azteca D’...
Posted on Wednesday, August 24, 2011 [View Article]
MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW!!!UFF-UCF, your faculty union, invites all faculty members to our annual Fall Semester Welcome Back ReceptionThursday, September 8th, 20114 p.m.-7 p.m....
Posted on Wednesday, August 24, 2011 [View Article]
Hello colleagues,One guarantee of our collective bargaining agreement is that you receive your teaching assignment, if practicable (which it normally is), at least 6 weeks bef...
Posted on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 [View Article]
Ratification Vote ResultsI am pleased to announce that the vote for Ratification of Article 10 was positive. The Election Committee counted votes today; the approval was unani...
Posted on Monday, June 6, 2011 [View Article]
We hope you were pleased by the recent announcement that the BOT and UFF bargaining teams came to agreement on Article 10 (Employee Performance Evaluations.) You will be asked...
Posted on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 [View Article]
With UFF and the collective bargaining agreement
12.5% of your 9-month pay for each 3-hour summer course.
one sabbatical for every 30 faculty members at 75% of 9-month pay for...
Posted on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 [View Article]
2004-2005
2% across-the-board increase
1% defined merit pool
1% market equity pool
9% promotion increases
98 salary increases of $5,000 through TIP/RIA/SoTL
increased summer t...
Posted on Wednesday, April 20, 2011 [View Article]
First, we want to thank each and every one of you for being a member of UFF-UCF. Your support means a lot to the union and its efforts to protect the rights of UCF Faculty.Sec...
Posted on Monday, April 11, 2011 [View Article]
According to this article in the Wall Street Journal, John Hitt is the 4th highest paid university president in the country with an annual compensation package of $800,703.
Posted on Monday, April 4, 2011 [View Article]
tenure and promotion
academic freedom
a Summer teaching rate of 12.5% per course and an equitable Summer rotation policy
fair and non-arbitrary teaching assignments
annual ev...
Posted on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 [View Article]
This is an editorial to the Chronicle of Higher Education written by UCF Finance professor Dr. Stan Smith. The full editorial may be read here.To the Editor:As one tries to un...
Posted on Wednesday, March 16, 2011 [View Article]
Dear Colleagues:UFF invites you to meet on Thursday, March 17, from 12 to 3 in the Reading Room of Burnett Honors College.We face dire challenges to our rights and our benefit...
Posted on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 [View Article]
Dear Colleagues:Many of you have contacted us about your concerns regarding the state legislature’s proposed efforts to deny state employees a voice, to eliminate our rights...
Posted on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 [View Article]
Dear Colleagues:I am writing to you today to inform you about issues and events for this semester. The Governor has issued a budget, and the legislature will soon do the same....
Posted on Thursday, February 10, 2011 [View Article]
YOU ARE INVITED!UFF-UCF, your faculty union, invites all faculty members to ourEnd of Semester SocialDate: Friday, December 03, 2010Time: 3:00 pm - 6:00 pmLocation: Houlihan's...
Posted on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 [View Article]
Dear Colleague,All members of the UFF-UCF bargaining unit, whether dues-paying UFF members or not, are eligible to participate in the ratification vote scheduled for November ...
Posted on Monday, November 22, 2010 [View Article]
Dear Colleagues:The UFF and the Administration have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) which will result in your receiving your raises. The next step in the process is...
Posted on Friday, November 19, 2010 [View Article]
Dear Colleagues:I am pleased give you more information about agreement signed on November 10 by the UFF and the UCF Board of Trustees (the administration). Because you are rep...
Posted on Monday, November 15, 2010 [View Article]
UFF is very pleased to announce that on Wednesday, November 10th, the UCF Board of Trustees approved adding gender identity and expression into UCF's non-discrimination policy...
Posted on Monday, November 15, 2010 [View Article]
Dear President Hitt and Provost Waldrop,We have watched your YouTube videos a number of times and are concerned that, perhaps, you do not understand UFF’s position with resp...
Posted on Monday, November 1, 2010 [View Article]
Colleagues, here is a list of the people whom the Board of Trustees plans to approve for huge bonuses. At the hearing last week on October, after voting against giving you a r...
Posted on Friday, October 29, 2010 [View Article]
Unfortunately, UCF’s Board of Trustees Subcommittee on Compensation has voted not to give faculty a raise. UFF had recommended that the BOT accept the independent Special Ma...
Posted on Thursday, October 28, 2010 [View Article]
Dear Colleague,You will recall on September 28th the UCF administration wrote to you, "The university agrees 100 percent with the magistrate’s recommendation that faculty me...
Posted on Friday, October 22, 2010 [View Article]
Here is a copy of UFF's positions presented at the impasse hearing on 21 October 2010. View Here
Posted on Friday, October 22, 2010 [View Article]
October 13, 2010Dear Colleagues:You are invited to the Impasse Hearing on October 21, 2010, at 1:30 p.m. in MH 307, the President’s Board Room. You will have an opportunity ...
Posted on Thursday, October 14, 2010 [View Article]
Dear Colleague,The BOT bargaining team sent you a message earlier this week which, unfortunately, appears to imply that they intend to continue this slow impasse process, payi...
Posted on Thursday, September 30, 2010 [View Article]
Dear Colleague,Great news!We just received the recommendation from the Special Magistrate. His recommendation is that all eligible faculty and professional staff should receiv...
Posted on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 [View Article]
Dear Colleague,A number of you have inquired about the status of your $1,500 bonus and share of the 1% merit raise pool.Because of the impasse process, the Board of Trustees w...
Posted on Thursday, September 9, 2010 [View Article]
Dear Colleagues:Greetings at the beginning of a new academic year. UFF has been working hard to resolve the issues regarding the raise package; we have proposed several conces...
Posted on Monday, August 30, 2010 [View Article]
YOU ARE INVITED!UFF-UCF, your faculty union, invites all faculty members to our annual Fall Semester Welcome Back ReceptionThursday, September 9th, 20104 p.m. - 7 p.m.Houlihan...
Posted on Monday, August 30, 2010 [View Article]
Dear Colleague,Yesterday, the impasse hearing regarding 2009-2010 salaries occurred before Mr. Kenneth Starr, the special magistrate who was appointed by the public employee r...
Posted on Thursday, July 15, 2010 [View Article]
Dear Colleague,Your United Faculty of Florida (UFF) bargaining team has some invitations for you.First, UFF declared impasse regarding 2009-2010 salary negotiations because no...
Posted on Friday, July 2, 2010 [View Article]
Colleagues,Last week UFF won an important arbitration on a faculty layoff that will have repercussions across the State. The grievance addressed the University’s responsibil...
Posted on Thursday, July 1, 2010 [View Article]
Inform yourselfWhether or not you support the UFF's stand on protecting your rights, in spite of the Administration's attempt to wage a Public Relations campaign to undermine ...
Posted on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 [View Article]
Dear Colleagues:There have been a series of misleading emails from the UCF administration recently concerning a pay raise offer for faculty. Here, simply put, is UFF’s posit...
Posted on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 [View Article]
UFF Memorandum to Faculty June 16 2010Dear Colleagues:I appreciate that many of you contacted me and President Hitt last week with your support and ideas. The dialogue is heal...
Posted on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 [View Article]
Letter to Faculty 10 June 2010Dear Colleagues:It is good that the Administration is able to provide a small raise package at this time. Our faculty and staff are the heart of ...
Posted on Thursday, June 10, 2010 [View Article]
Dear Colleagues:I greet you this summer in my new role as President of the UFF-UCF chapter. Our previous president, Patrick Murphy, recently accepted the position of interim c...
Posted on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 [View Article]
Dear Colleague,As you know from our March 15th email, the UCF Board of Trustees (BOT) has offered a small raise package for 2009-2010. This package contains a one-time merit b...
Posted on Wednesday, April 7, 2010 [View Article]
Dear Colleague,I want to thank everyone who took time to mark their ballots for the contract ratification vote. The results are 156 votes against ratification and 22 votes for...
Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2010 [View Article]
Dear Colleague,We’re writing to provide a brief update on the status of bargaining raises for the current year (2009-2010).As you’re probably aware, a ratification vote is...
Posted on Monday, March 15, 2010 [View Article]
Speakers: Valerie Wilk, NEA Organizer and Tom Auxter, UFF PresidentWhen: Monday March 1st, 11:00 AM-1:00 PMWhere: Student Union Key West 218 C/DFree Box Lunch ProvidedTom Auxt...
Posted on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 [View Article]
Dear Bargaining Unit Members:The ratification vote on the UCF Board of Trustees’ proposed new Collective Bargaining Agreement will be held on March 23rd and 24th. Bargaining...
Posted on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 [View Article]
Dear colleagues,As you know, the time to submit Annual Activity Reports is upon us. These reports are important for several reasons, not the least of which is they can protect...
Posted on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 [View Article]
Dear Colleague,Last week, you received an email from Rick Walsh, chair of the UCF Board of Trustees, notifying you that the BOT had voted to approve a contract in the ongoing ...
Posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 [View Article]
OrlandoSentinel.comMy Word: UCF must keep merit standardsBy Stanley SmithDecember 27, 2009, p. A20The Orlando Sentinel recently expressed the view that merit pay should become...
Posted on Sunday, December 27, 2009 [View Article]
Recently the Administration has painted a relatively rosy picture of the university budget projections for the next several years, a far cry from the dire straits they describ...
Posted on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 [View Article]
Dear Colleagues,Your faculty union has serious concerns about the proposed new conflict of interest form, believing that aspects of it violate the CBA and constitute unnecessa...
Posted on Friday, September 18, 2009 [View Article]
July 21, 2009PROBLEMS WITH PROVOST’S INFOMERCIALSDear Colleagues,On Monday (July 20), the Provost attempted to responde to UFF's call for an open discussion of the budget de...
Posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 [View Article]
July 20, 2009Dear colleagues,As you know, the UCF Board of Trustees will soon decide whether to approve the administration’s unnecessary and misguided recommendations to eli...
Posted on Monday, July 20, 2009 [View Article]
President Hitt:The United Faculty of Florida (UFF) UCF Chapter has tried to have an honest conversation with the Administration and Board of Trustees (BOT) about the financial...
Posted on Friday, July 17, 2009 [View Article]
From the Orlando SentinelBy Luis ZaragozaDespite an earlier protest by more than 100 students and faculty, university leaders Monday recommended the elimination of four academ...
Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 [View Article]
WDBO Local NewsBy WDBO StaffBy Lauren ParkThe University of Central Florida announced July 10 that it will suspend the Actuarial Sciences program and continue its Statistics p...
Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 [View Article]
My Word: UCF program cuts misguidedBy Blake ScottSpecial to the SentinelJuly 15, 2009On Monday, a University of Central Florida Board of Trustees committee voted to approve th...
Posted on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 [View Article]
July 6, 2009Dear colleagues,As you know, the UCF Board of Trustees (BOT), at its July 23rd meeting, will decide whether to approve the Provost’s recommendations for program ...
Posted on Monday, July 6, 2009 [View Article]
Dear Colleagues,We are linking herea report recently produced for the UFF analyzing UCF data provided in response to public records requests. This report makes it quite clear ...
Posted on Monday, June 29, 2009 [View Article]
From WESH.comORLANDO, Fla. -- The Teachers' Union at the University of Central Florida said it has hard evidence that teachers and programs should be spared budget cuts by cut...
Posted on Monday, June 29, 2009 [View Article]
June 24, 2009Dear Colleagues:On behalf of the UFF-UCF Council, I am writing to share some information about the current stealth layoff program made public last Thursday, June ...
Posted on Thursday, June 25, 2009 [View Article]
The Educational Programs Committee of the Board of Trustees will meet on Monday, July 13th to discuss program closures. This meeting, originally scheduled for July 23rd, has b...
Posted on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 [View Article]
By Megan StokesFull article available here.Kirsten Krenzan wanted to join the University of Central Florida cardiopulmonary program after her mother had open heart surgery thr...
Posted on Thursday, June 18, 2009 [View Article]
Victoria's Secret Goes Sexy With UCFCompany To Make Lingerie With School's LogoORLANDO, Fla. -- The University of Central Florida is getting some sexy publicity. The school ha...
Posted on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 [View Article]
On Thursday, June 4th, the President and Provost announced the program elimination and attendant layoff decisions that have been threatened for many months. While the specific...
Posted on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 [View Article]
Dear Colleagues,Provost Hickey has again raised the specter of program eliminations and layoffs despite the positive budget news coming out of Tallahassee. The argument for th...
Posted on Monday, June 1, 2009 [View Article]
Dear Colleague:I have received many emails from colleagues worried about their jobs and their futures in light of President Hitt’s public discussion of layoffs. Among many...
Posted on Friday, May 8, 2009 [View Article]
From the Central Florida FutureCollective bargaining ongoingFaculty still requesting higher salariesKimmy Barker24 March 2009The United Faculty of Florida and the UCF Board of...
Posted on Monday, April 20, 2009 [View Article]
April  5, 2009Dear Colleague,Many members of the UFF-UCF Council recently attended a session of “Discrimination (including Harassment) and Retaliation Prevention Training...
Posted on Friday, April 10, 2009 [View Article]
UFF has filed an unfair labor practice against UCF over adminstrative discretionary raises. The filing may be found here. Or you can copy and paste the following URL into you...
Posted on Friday, March 13, 2009 [View Article]
Click here to view a recent report on Channel Nine news about student and faculty outrage over the 300 palm trees planted in front of Dr. Hitt's house. UFF-UCF's own Jim Gilke...
Posted on Thursday, March 5, 2009 [View Article]
Dear Colleague,It's hard to understand how UCF's finances are being handled.Last week, President Hitt and Provost Hickey visited the faculty in some of our colleges and  tol...
Posted on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 [View Article]
"Make Schools Our Priority" Pro-Education Rally at UCF on Saturday 28 February 2009 at the UCF Arena from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM.Flyer available here.
Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2009 [View Article]
Dear Provost Hickey:The UCF faculty appreciates the budget updates that you have sent out periodically over the last year or so; however, we request that you provide more co...
Posted on Friday, January 30, 2009 [View Article]
Dear Colleague,"Has the contract been settled?" I've been asked this by dozens ofcolleagues over the last week or so, as the administration announced thatthey are proceeding w...
Posted on Thursday, January 22, 2009 [View Article]
At the previous collective bargaining session, UFF proposed a comprehensive package for settling the new contract. Our offer would accept status quo (current contract langua...
Posted on Monday, January 12, 2009 [View Article]
United Faculty of Florida Important Notification Change in Representation Policy One important benefit of membership in UFF is the representation by an
experienced UFF grievan...
Posted on Monday, December 8, 2008 [View Article]
One important benefit of membership in UFF is the representation by an
experienced UFF grievance representative in cases when your rights have
been violated. As of November 5,...
Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 [View Article]
United Faculty of Florida Important Notification Change in Representation PolicyOne important benefit of membership in UFF is the representation by an experienced UFF grievanc...
Posted on Monday, November 17, 2008 [View Article]
Dear Colleague,Unfortunately, the BOT bargaining team cancelled today's bargaining session.At that session - which had been scheduled for months - UFF intended to present an a...
Posted on Saturday, October 25, 2008 [View Article]
The 24 October bargaining session has been canceled. The 1:00 PM -3:00 PM 7 November session has been moved to 9:45 AM 6 November location TBD.
Posted on Friday, October 24, 2008 [View Article]
Dear Colleague,
This brief email updates you on UFF’s most recent salary proposal (Article 23) which was presented to the BOT bargaining team at our last bargaining session...
Posted on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 [View Article]
Dear Colleague,
Today's bargaining session ended just a few hours ago and I wanted to be sure to clarify the good news on salaries and to post you on some bad news on th...
Posted on Monday, October 6, 2008 [View Article]
The UCF Board of Trustees and the United Faculty of Florida are pleased to announce that they have agreed to implement promotion raises effective August 8, 2008, for employees...
Posted on Monday, September 22, 2008 [View Article]
Dear Colleagues,
I know you've been concerned about the raise money that the Provost emailed about a couple of weeks ago, and rightfully so. I'm writing to you from a c...
Posted on Friday, September 12, 2008 [View Article]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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
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]
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]
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
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
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]
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 - Big Article
New York Times - Big Graphic
Posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 [View Article]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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 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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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!
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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"
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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
Posted on Thursday, February 26, 2004 [View Article]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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