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Grievance News May 2026
Due to Florida law and limited resources, our union cannot represent non-dues-paying members in grievance disputes. If you are not a member, UFF-UCF still represents you in bargaining for contract and salary raises, but UFF-UCF cannot represent you personally. All ...
Dear Colleagues, UFF-UCF has a consultation with the UCF administration on May 7, 2026 to discuss the recent decision to release CCIE faculty after May 2027. UFF-UCF President Talat Rahman began a petition for our Colleagues. We request a full ...
Here is an update from our bargaining session that was held on Wednesday, February 11, 2026. UCF BOT did not respond to our proposal #3 for Article 23 (Salary etc.). They maintain that they have no funds left in the ...
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AAUP Report on Florida
The AAUP released their Preliminary Report of the Special Committee on Academic Freedom and Florida. The full report is coming in the fall. The report notes that, “The Florida legislature has passed a series of bills that, taken collectively, constitute ...
Bargaining & Ratification We believe we have reached a final negotiation for the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) 2021-2024. Right now this agreement is verbal and awaiting final signatures, public access to the final article language and one last bargaining session ...
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] ...
Bargaining Update We will be having our next bargaining session tomorrow Wednesday January 19 at 1:30pm. You can come to the session virtual at https://events.ucf.edu/event/2317411/faculty-collective-bargaining/ At the last session we agreed on a couple of articles and came close to ...
Article 23 Salaries Update We want to thank all of you who joined us for the bargaining session on November 10. Over 130 people attended on Zoom. We responded with a 3% across the board raise and the Interim Provost ...
This is an announcement. UCF has posted a draft policy, it is 4-216 DRAFT High Risk Entity Policy. Please look it over, especially those of you who are either international faculty or your research, grants and/or scholarly associations are overseas. ...
Penalties of Collective Work Stoppages, Strikes and “Sick Outs” in Florida
Penalties of Collective Work Stoppages, Strikes and “Sick Outs” in Florida UFF guidance for members during COVID-19 Pandemic Please also see the UFF memo “Right to Refuse Unsafe Working Conditions” from October 7, 2020. All individual and collective actions come ...
UCF and UFF-UCF have signed a Covid-19 Impact Agreement. You can read the PDF here. The text is below. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING: COVID-19 HEALTH EMERGENCY April 30, 2020 During the current health emergency brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, UFF-UCF ...
UFF-UCF published in the spring edition of UFF News and Views
The update below, written by UFF-UCF President Scott Launier and treasurer Yovanna Pineda was published in News and Views, the UFF internal quarterly magazine. UFF-UCF changes Compulsory Leave to Recovery Leave By Yovanna Pineda and Scott Launier Two years ago, ...
Next UFF-UCF Chapter Council Meeting is on Monday, Feb. 10
The UFF-UCF Bargaining Team met with the Board of Trustees last Thursday afternoon, October 8th, for the first time after the BOT announced it would not approve our second negotiated raise.
The UFF-UCF Bargaining Team met with the Board of Trustees last Thursday afternoon, October 8th, for the first time after the BOT announced it would not approve our second negotiated raise.
Colleagues, Yesterday, the Board of Trustees did not approve the second 1.25% raise contingent on the final UCF budget. Your union leadership is extremely disappointed with the Board’s decision to not follow through with our negotiated raise in full. We ...
The collective bargaining teams of UFF and the UCF BOT have arrived at a tentative 2018-2021 collective bargaining agreement. You now have the opportunity to vote on whether to approve these articles, whether you are a dues-paying member of UFF-UCF or not. There will be voting locations at the main, downtown, and Rosen campuses.
Results of Our June 11 Contract Bargaining Session
AT Tuesday's bargaining we discussed Article 24, Benefits, at length. We may tentatively approve (TA) this article at the next session. We also discussed the process for handling names and forms for Membership
UCF VP for Equity, Inclusion & Diversity: Feedback Needed!
Four finalists for UCF’s new Vice President for Equity, Inclusion and Diversity are on campus next week to meet the campus community. Each candidate will give a presentation at an open forum held at the FAIRWINDS Alumni Center in the ...
Today the UFF and BOT teams made significant progress, tentatively agreeing on eight articles, including nondiscrimination, employee performance evaluations, tenure, and promotion procedure. UFF-UCF had several wins! We introduced new language in our contract that allows instructors and lecturers to ...
December 5, 2018 1:00 – 2:30 pm Millican Hall 395 UFF-UCF 2018 Fall Consultation Agenda PDL applications should not be held up waiting for a dean’s signature Faculty need a paper-based option for evaluations when serving on committees such as ...
Florida Amendment 4, Voting Rights Restoration for Felons Initiative Passes
Amendment 4, Voting Rights Restoration for Felons Initiative passed with 63% of the vote on Tuesday, Nov. 6th. Florida was one of four state permanently denying voting rights of convicted felons. The victory means more than 1 million people will regain the right to vote.
LLI Graduates Johanna Lopez and Maribel Cordero Both Win
Two graduates of Latino Leadership Institute's Electoral Activism and Leadership Academy, Maribel Cordero for Orange County Commission District 4, and Johanna Lopez for Orange County School Board District 2 have made history and won their perspective races.
