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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 ...
UFF-UCF Post Tenure Review Cease and Desist Letter We want to remind everyone that we (UFF-UCF) delivered a Cease and Desist letter to UCF concerning Post Tenure Review. Cease and Desist Letter PTR-1 We put UCF on notice that they ...
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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 ...
Decertification? We have been getting questions about how we can avoid decertification and save our union. The easiest way is to be part of the 60% of concerned faculty. To help us and save our contract you need to get ...
On behalf of the Bargaining Team, here are (1) minutes from the Oct 19 2022 bargaining meeting: 2022-10-19 minutes (2) and the article drafts with comments that were discussed at that meeting: A23 BOT 01 2022-12-14 (pdf) A23 BOT 01 2022-12-14 ...
On behalf of the Bargaining Team, here is the BOT presentation of: (1) the third draft of Article 22: A22 BOT 03 2022-12-14 and (2) the first draft of Article 23: A23 BOT 01 2022-12-14.
For those of you concerned about the recent legislation surrounding HB 7 there has been some movement by the Board of Governors. They have released a draft policy which includes how public universities are supposed to enforce the provisions of ...
Greetings all, the Election Committee has verified the results of our Chapter Election. Those who were elected to office appear below. The date they will assume office will be September 1, 2022. Please join me in welcoming our incoming 2022-2024 ...
We completed the ratification vote today at 3:30pm for the Salary MOU and counted the ballots at 4:00pm. In total we had 106 votes cast. We counted 103 yes votes, 2 no votes and 1 ballot with no vote selected. ...
This is an update on the one-time payment discrepancies. For those who are on a summer contract you will know that UCF did not calculate the one time payment correctly so what you received was less than what was featured ...
This email comes as a notice that many of you have reported a One Time Payment Discrepancy on their forthcoming June 3 paycheck between how large a one time payment you were entitled to and what appears currently on your ...
We tallied the final ballots from the Chapter Election on Saturday, May 14. We are not ready to announce the full list of winners just yet because of the number of write in candidates. Everyone whose name was printed on ...
This is to announce that we have a signed Salary MOU. You can read it here. What this means is we will begin the ratification process tomorrow sometime with an announcement of all the details. We are still working out ...
On Monday May 16 at 2pm we will have the next Bargaining Session, which we hope to wrap up this MOU. It now appears on the UCF Events Calendar. You can access the Zoom link directly here. The bargaining team ...
UCF delivered a Salary MOU to us for consideration. You can read the Salary MOU here. The proposal has a tiered structure based on your annual salary. We were told that UCF could offer a one flat amount for everyone ...
Change in W-2 and Pay Stub Access As many of you might have already heard UCF is switching to a new online Human Resources Management System called “Workday.” What we want to point out is that starting June 30, you ...
We will be negotiating a Salary MOU on Thursday, May 12 @ 11:00 am. The bargaining session will be on Zoom and public. The Zoom information to watch the session will be here. We do not have any specifics to ...
Dear colleagues, As you may have heard, our respective institutions will be distributing an ideological viewpoint survey, which requests that all faculty, staff, and students respond and share not only their own political and religious viewpoints but what they perceive ...
CBA Online The Collective Bargaining Agreement 2021-2024 was passed by the UCF Board of Trustees on March 17. The CBA is now online on the UFF-UCF website. View Point Diversity Survey If you want to consult our guidance on the ...
Important UFF-UCF Guidance on “View Point Diversity Survey”
On March 31, 2022, we expect UCF to announce that the View Point Diversity Survey will be available starting April 4 and remain open until April 8. The UFF-UCF Council is concerned that this survey and the legislative atmosphere in ...
HB 1197: Employee Organizations Representing Public Employees-This bill from last year which would require public employee unions to have over 50% membership for certification failed to make it to the Senate floor for a vote so it did not pass. ...
SB 7044: Postsecondary Education This bill has passed the House. It would require a 5 year listing of books made public for each class as well as require public colleges and universities to seek a different accreditation agency each cycle. ...
SB 7044: Postsecondary Education This bill would require a 5 year listing of books made public for each class as well as require public colleges and universities to seek a different accreditation agency each cycle. This bill which included the ...
Greetings all, there have been some important legislative updates since last I reported. Post Tenure Review Amendment SB 7044: Postsecondary Education. This bill came out of committee and was recently introduced in the legislature, there is also a House version ...
