Why and How to ORGANIZE your department recruiting NOW!
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Good News: Stop WOKE Act (HB 7) temporarily halted, but Tenure still under threat — from UFF-UF President Paul Ortiz
Dear Colleague, I write to update you about some important developments related to Florida House Bill (HB) 7, the “Stop
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From the Chapter President: The Year in Review, Defending the First Amendment, and Inaugural Chapter Awards 
I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions…. I
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Robert H. Zieger Prize announced
The Southern Labor Studies Association (SLSA) announces the Robert H. Zieger Prize for the best essay in Southern Labor Studies.
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2013-16 Contract Ratified
I am pleased to report that a new Collective Bargaining Agreement for 2013-2016 has been ratified by the faculty in the bargaining unit.
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Higher Education in Florida: Are Florida’s universities overadministered?
The picture that emerges from a look at the staffing practices of Florida universities in the past five years is complex. Like universities across the nation, Florida schools have been beset by budget cuts. And like schools nationally,
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Gainesville Sun: Working climate at UF not good, union survey finds
“Swamped by paperwork, mistrustful of an administration seen as unresponsive, frustrated by a lack of communication and fearful of voicing dissent, University of Florida faculty are an unhappy lot.”
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Gainesville Sun Editorial: Room to Improve
Bernie Machen has had a very good year. The University of Florida president delayed retirement to take another shot at long-sought goals such as getting pre-eminant status for the university and additional funding to try to reach the top-10 public institutions.
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Results: 2013 Faculty Climate Survey by UFF-UF
This survey is part of an ongoing effort by your faculty union to hear and publish your voice on a variety of topics so that the union may better represent you. The survey’s questions were designed to glean your opinion of UF’s administration and working climate.
Raw results are provided in PDF files, organized by college.
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SB904 Scheduled for Vote
SB904 effectively removes Florida’s university and college faculty from their role in determining which courses qualify for credit toward a degree from a Florida university or college. The vote was postponed until Wednesday (4/24). This gives those concerned just enough time to call senators’ offices and make a difference in what senators are hearing from constituents on this bill. If we all do our work, we can stop SB 904.
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Florida Lawmakers Taking on Accreditors and Faculty
Florida lawmakers want to boost MOOCs and upend the traditional quality control system by letting state officials demand that public colleges grant credit for courses offered by unaccredited institutions.
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In Memoriam: Robert H. Zieger
Dr. Robert Zieger, Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Florida, passed away on March 6, 2013. Professor Zieger was one of the preeminent labor historians of the United States. He was a two-time recipient of the Philip Taft Labor History Book Award for the best book in labor history. He was a prolific writer and authored classic works including, For Jobs and Freedom: Race and Labor in America since 1865, The CIO, 1935-1955, and America’s Great War: World War I and the American Experience.