Free N-95 Masks

We still have N-95 masks, you can pick them up this week through Thursday January 27. I will leave them out in front of my office on the main campus in Trevor Colbourn Hall Room 348K. [https://map.ucf.edu/?show=123] My office is inside the Women and Gender Studies Suite which is 348. For those on the Downtown Campus I will be there Friday (January 28) and I can share masks with you and your colleagues just email me and schedule a pick up or drop off. [email protected] We should have enough masks for the next week or so and then we will run out.

Free COVID Home Tests

Free home COVID tests are available from the Federal Government. A box of four test can be mailed to every household. To request tests, visit - COVIDtests.gov - Free at-home COVID-19 tests. Please share this news widely with your colleagues, friends and loved ones.

Bargaining Session

At the last Bargaining Session we agreed on a few more articles. You can see which we reached an agreement on at our bargaining site here: https://www.uffucf.org/bargaining/ We also offered a new Article 23 Salaries that you can read here https://www.uffucf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/23UFF05011922.pdf UCF will respond to our Article 23 at the next Bargaining Session. We will be having our next Bargaining Session on February 2 at 1:30pm. You can come to the session virtual at https://events.ucf.edu/event/2317418/faculty-collective-bargaining-notice/.

UF Court Case on Academic Freedom

Last week a federal judge issued a ruling on the University of Florida academic freedom case and compared administrators at UF to “Chinese Party functionaries.” You can read the story here: https://floridaphoenix.com/2022/01/22/u-s-judge-raps-u-f-s-knuckles-blocks-policy-silencing-testimony-by-professors/ Remember Academic Freedom is a right bargained in our Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Robert Cassanello
UFF-UCF, President