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💌 LOVE YOUR UNION SOCIAL ♥️ Friday the 13th (2/13)
🕓 4-7 PM
🍺 🎟️ 📍 Cypress & Grove - 1001 NW 4th St

No bad luck here - just union love.

Come celebrate getting through the recertification election with us and show some love for collective power ✊❤️

And as always, standing in solidarity with our other union comrades who are deep in negotiations or about to start! @lccea.bsky.social, @uffuf.bsky.social, @uaw4811.bsky.social & more!

Minneapolis Lessons for Higher Education By Michael Meranze It is too soon to tell what will be the long term impact of the federal invasion of Minneapolis.  But it is clear that th...

Solidarity. Truth telling. Leadership.

Michael Meranze on Minneapolis lessons for higher education:

utotherescue.blogspot.com/2026/01/minn...

UF’s ICE partnership betrays its own mission - The Independent Florida Alligator The University Police Department states its mission is "to preserve a safe, secure campus environment where diverse social, cultural and academic values are allowed to develop and prosper." But UF's c...

“Rather than fostering a safe, inclusive learning environment, the 287(g) agreement creates fear and distrust. The agreement neither improves law enforcement nor enhances campus safety.”

www.alligator.org/article/2026...

Infographic on Public Employee Relations commission requirements that unions without 60% density must go through a timely and costly recertification vote each year or entirely lose their public union and collective bargaining agreements/protections. Return the ballot from PERC mailed to your home address.

Mail your PERC ballots back to PERC, UF faculty. The deadline is early next week so mail TODAY. Why does this matter & what can we do about it?

UF faculty! Eligible faculty (those represented by UFF regardless of membership status) were mailed a ballot from FL Public Employees Relations Commission this week. It’s VERY important to open, vote, stamp, sign & return this. Why should you vote YES & 📪 ? ⬇️

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When Robert P. George Was Offered the U. of Florida Presidency A new <i>Chronicle</i> investigation of Mori Hosseini, long the most powerful person at the red-state flagship, revealed a key moment in a Republican power struggle.

UF’s Presidential Search Advisory Committee just announced listening sessions & links so campus stakeholders can guide & participate in the search process.

Meanwhile the CHE & @GarrettShanley report that Gov. DeSantis already flew to NJ & offered RP George the UF presidency.

Whose input counts?

A view of the Caryatids of the Erechtheion on the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.

NEH Pours Millions Into Conservative-Aligned Projects

The Trump-overhauled National Endowment for the Humanities announced $75.1 million in grants. Western civilization, great books and other subjects conservatives support won big. https://bit.ly/4q7vWSl

How else can I help besides mailing back this PERC ballot? The 2023 union-busting bill demands that we repeat this costly, time-consuming ritual annually until we reach 60% membership density. So you can help most by helping in-unit colleagues to JOIN UFF.

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Tens of thousands of workers in Florida have just lost their labor unions. More is coming A WLRN investigation begins to reveal the scope of SB 256, a sweeping anti-union labor law passed in 2023. What is emerging is an outright crisis for teachers and other public sector workers. “The wor...

A reminder of WHY this is happening: recent state laws want to nullify collective bargaining & decertify public unions statewide. So this process is by state design.

BUT we will NOT let the state rob UF faculty of a right enshrined in our state constitution. Keep watch for the ballot shown above!

What’s at stake? A majority yes vote means UFF retains the legal right to represent UF faculty for 12 more mos.

Otherwise UFF-UF will be decertified, UF faculty’s entire Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) will cease to exist, & UF faculty will no longer have a union or a collective voice.

Photo of mailed Ballot mailed to eligible faculty from State of Florida Public Employees Relations Commission marked “Ballot Enclosed / Personal & Confidential.

🚨 Action needed, UF faculty! Look for a ballot from Public Employees Relations Commission. DO NOT ignore. Open, vote YES to keep all eligible UF faculty’s in-unit collective bargaining agreement & preserve the faculty union. Add a postage STAMP & mail back. See 👇 for why.

Faculty union battles university over post-tenure review at 6-hour impasse hearing - The Independent Florida Alligator Over 60 faculty members gathered in the Reitz Union Senate Chamber Jan. 8, where the United Faculty of Florida UF chapter met with UF’s Board of Trustees for a contract negotiation impasse hearing.&nb...

Our impacted chapter members, president, and bargaining team representatives showed UP and spoke out yesterday at our collective bargaining impasse hearing. Thank you! We are stronger together.

Thank you for the strong showing! See the coverage in a separate post.

It’s time! 9:30 am Jan 8! Please come to Reitz: faculty need to make a strong showing as UFF argues before a special magistrate.

The Thursday am hearing now begins at 9:30 am.

Zoom if you cannot be present in the senate chamber. Here is more info (& Zoom info!)

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UFF-UF Impasse Hearing Make a commitment to stand with your UFF-UF Bargaining Team at the impasse hearing on Jan 8. This hearing is a vital flashpoint in the contest for shared g...

⏰ UF Colleagues! We need your help- Jan 8, 9am, Reitz Faculty Chamber.

Support us by packing the room (& Zoom) as UFF-UF faces off w/the UF Board of Trustees in front of a special magistrate on core matters of faculty governance.

For more:
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UNC cuts all six area studies research centers, effective 2026 As part of the University's plan to make $70 million in budget cuts across the institution, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations Nate Knuffman projected that cutting 14 centers and institutes in...

“The Center for European Studies, the African Studies Center, the Carolina Asia Center, the Center for Middle East + Islamic Studies, the Institute for the Study of the Americas and the Center for Slavic, Eurasian + East European Studies are all slated to close.” 😥

dailytarheel.com/article/univ...

What better time to join UFF and support your member- & dues-supported Collective Bargaining Agreement.

CLAS, COTA, WCOB, HWCOE, HHP, CJC, Education, & UF Lib — avail yourself of your UFF CBA. 8 other college units at UF lack a CBA & its protections.

And join UFF-UF! We are stronger together.

Fast as lightning, the UF Board of Trustees pushed through a wide-sweeping “institutional neutrality” policy designed to shape faculty teaching, research, and communications. Read the fine print and send questions and concerns to your UFF-UF chapter.

Cartoon with six panels depicting Ron DeSantis plotting with advisors to win the next election cycle by banning critical thinking.

And now, a word from
UFF-UF.

Original Artwork by Delaney Gibbons.

Public universities that sign onto Trump's "Loyalty Oath" will violate the constitutional rights of their students.🤯

AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal breaks down why in this clip from our recent AAUP TV update.

@veenadubal.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd

If we start taking money from leaders who want to decide what teachers can say, we’re not gaining support — we’re losing our independence.

Education should open minds, not close them. When politics defines “truth”, it’s not just classrooms that suffer— it’s our future. https://seiu.co/47yziYh

Wide Awake America - Why Fascists Fear Teachers Wide Awake America delves into why America's classrooms are the fiercest battleground in our democracy and more.

Defending public education is about defending democracy. Classrooms are where our kids learn critical thinking and collaboration—essential tools to being engaged citizens. My full conversation about "Why Fascists Fear Teachers" with @nadinesmith.bsky.social below.
www.wmnf.org/wide-awake-a...

UT Austin students protest Compact outside investiture of President Jim Davis.

Academic Staff Need Academic Freedom, Too (opinion) Colleges cannot continue to operate as if all staff work is identical, Aaron Stoller writes.

This. Absolutely this.
"While much has been written about the vulnerabilities of contingent faculty, there has been almost no discussion of the academic freedom needs of one of higher education’s most rapidly growing workforces: third-space professionals." #HigherEd #Staff #AcademicLibraries

💛💛💛Can’t decide what to wear for the Oct. 18th #NoKings day of action?
We say bring the YELLOW! It's a color that symbolizes unity!

Together, we’ll peacefully and powerfully make it clear: In America, the people have the power, not dictators or kings.

go.aft.org/nokings

“Today’s events demonstrate the power of collective organizing & action to defeat tyranny. “We hope that we serve as an example to the other public universities that received the ‘Compact’—the University of Texas, Austin, & the University of Arizona—giving them the courage & clarity not to buckle.”

Across the country, people are standing up to say: No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings. Those in power are trying to divide us, silence us and put themselves above the law.

Harvard Dominates Headlines, But Other Schools Are Quietly Battling Trump Faculty at state schools are waging collective action in the face of both federal and state attacks. Will it be enough?

"Robert Cassanello, associate professor of history at University of Central Florida and president of UFF, says that as a new union president, he’s had to bridge the gap between the ideas of a 'bread and butter' or 'social activist' union."
truthout.org/articles/har...

Student organizations protest Trump administration’s compact offered to UT About 200 students chanted “do not sign” in front of the Main Tower on Monday, as they protested the compact the Trump administration offered the University earlier this month. The compact would prior...

thedailytexan.com/2025/10/13/s...

Do Not Sign!