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Recent Events
Brown Bag Lunch Series
Professors as the New Contract Workers
The Labor Center / UFF Luncheon Series Workshop continues on Thursday, April 9, from 12:30 - 2 p.m. in LC 110. Abdolrahim Javadadzadeh, Ph.D. will discuss "Professors as the New Contract Workers."Randi Weingarten at MDC
A Conversation with the President of AFT
Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, holds a conversation with local education union l eaders at Miami Dade College Thursday, April 9, from 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. in Room 6120 at Miami Dade College Kendall Campus 11011 SW 104th St, Miami, FL 33176.
Members in the News
A few members of UFF-FIU have been in the news lately.
FSU Presidential Search
Florida State University's presidential search advisory committee hired a new head hunter, Alberto Pimentel, and set a new deadline of September 2, 2014 for accepting applications.
In the original search, faculty and students cried foul when only one candidate, John Thrasher, a term-limited Florida State Senator, was the only candidate presented to the advisory committee by the original consultant, William Funk prompting a vote of no-confidence in Mr. Funk by the FSU Faculty Senate.
FSU faculty and students demand that their president be an individual with strong academic credentials. John Thrasher has never worked in a university. They also point out that the 27-member search panel needs more than four professors and three students.
UFF-FSU President Jennifer Proffitt notes: "I think there is a fundamental question to be asked he re: is this truly a university or is it a multifaceted corporation that happens to teach some classes? If it is truly a university, and I think we all agree it should be, there is nothing more fundamental to a university than faculty to teach and to research and students to teach and to research, and these two groups remain woefully underrepresented."
Online Teaching: Workshop #3
FIU's Collective Bargaining Agreement & Online Teaching: Implications for Faculty Work Assignments, Work Conditions, Evaluations/Promotions & Salaries
Date: Thursday, April 17
Time: 2:00-3:30 pm
Place: Graham Center 271A, MMC Campus
Open Forum for All Faculty, Staff, Administrators & Students
Salary Amendment for 2017-18
In light of the fact that bargaining has already begun for the 2018-2021 contract, we only negotiated salary for the 2017-2018 bargaining session.
Gender Equity Report
This study on gender equity at FIU was commissioned by the United Faculty of Florida at FIU as a follow up to concerns about the issue voiced by faculty focus group participants during a study that examined Quality of Worklife at FIU. The union commissioned the Research Institute on Social & Economic Policy of the Center for Labor Research & Studies to analyze the most basic indicators of gender equity, numbers of men and women and salaries paid to men and women members of the faculty. The analysis of these factors is based on 2010-11 data provided by FIU’s office of Academic Affairs. In addition, RISEP conducted an on-line survey to elicit a wider range of perceptions and concerns about gender equity among faculty members. 382 FIU faculty members responded to the survey.
Quality of Work Life Survey
During the month which spanned September and October, 2009, the FIU Chapter of the United Faculty of Florida conducted a survey of its 933 bargaining unit members at FIU, eliciting 338 responses.
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Florida Legislature
The power point presentation about the 2012 Florida Legislative Session is available for download, for those who could not attend the teach-in. Power Point Presentation
The presentation has a reference to Rick Scott's Legislative Preview, which is included here.
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