About UFF-UF
“UFF’s origins lie in efforts by faculty to protect academic freedom, defend civil liberties, and end racial discrimination at UF. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, UF administrators fired or denied tenure to outspoken advocates of racial integration and faculty rights.
Believing that only a binding contract, with strong grievance procedures, could protect faculty from such harassment, UFF pioneers launched the union in 1968. After nearly a decade of struggle, UFF achieved a state-wide collective bargaining agreement in 1976 and since then has remained a vigorous and effective agent in behalf of academic freedom and faculty rights.”
— Robert H. “Bob” Zieger, UF Distinguished Professor of History, 2012
Run by and for faculty, the University of Florida Chapter of United Faculty of Florida (UFF-UF) is our union.
UFF-UF is the collective voice for over 2,000 faculty members. Our union represents faculty in Arts; Business; Counseling and Wellness; Design, Construction and Planning; Education; Engineering; Hamilton; Honors; Health and Human Performance; International Center; Journalism and Communications; Liberal Arts and Sciences; Libraries; Museums; Office of Research; PK Yonge Developmental Research School; Student Life; Student Success; and Whitney Marine Laboratory.
Our union gives us a powerful voice and empowers us to meet our employer on equal footing, ensuring faculty have a meaningful and democratic say in our workplace.
Every day, our union and its faculty volunteers:
- Fight for academic freedom, competitive pay and benefits, real shared governance, and improved working conditions.
- Negotiate and enforce our contract for members of the bargaining unit.
- Help faculty succeed through community-building and solidarity, including supporting dues-paying members through difficulties at work.
- Collaborate with the state and national levels of our union to advocate for higher education in Florida.
Since 1968, we’ve been proud to fight for the faculty who make the University of Florida work. With your membership and support, we can make UF the university that workers, students, and the people of Florida deserve.
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People
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Chapter Governance
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Affiliate Unions
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UFF-UF 101 Zine
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Contact Us
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