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United Faculty of Florida-University of Florida chapter is a democratic, member-supported, volunteer-powered voice for higher education faculty at UF and statewide.
All UFF statewide chapters are members of FEA/NEA & the AFT.
💥 Union power! 💥
All UFF statewide chapters are members of FEA/NEA & the AFT.
💥 Union power! 💥
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🚨 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.
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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!
February 4, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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!
Solidarity. Truth telling. Leadership.
Michael Meranze on Minneapolis lessons for higher education:
utotherescue.blogspot.com/2026/01/minn...
Michael Meranze on Minneapolis lessons for higher education:
utotherescue.blogspot.com/2026/01/minn...
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...
utotherescue.blogspot.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Solidarity. Truth telling. Leadership.
Michael Meranze on Minneapolis lessons for higher education:
utotherescue.blogspot.com/2026/01/minn...
Michael Meranze on Minneapolis lessons for higher education:
utotherescue.blogspot.com/2026/01/minn...
“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...
www.alligator.org/article/2026...
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...
www.alligator.org
January 30, 2026 at 10:56 PM
“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...
www.alligator.org/article/2026...
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?
January 28, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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 & 📪 ? ⬇️
www.instagram.com/reel/DTyCRB9...
www.instagram.com/reel/DTyCRB9...
January 21, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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 & 📪 ? ⬇️
www.instagram.com/reel/DTyCRB9...
www.instagram.com/reel/DTyCRB9...
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?
Meanwhile the CHE & @GarrettShanley report that Gov. DeSantis already flew to NJ & offered RP George the UF presidency.
Whose input counts?
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.
www.chronicle.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:22 PM
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?
Meanwhile the CHE & @GarrettShanley report that Gov. DeSantis already flew to NJ & offered RP George the UF presidency.
Whose input counts?
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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
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
January 20, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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
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
🚨 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.
January 18, 2026 at 1:40 PM
🚨 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.
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.
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...
www.alligator.org
January 10, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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.
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!)
addcal.io/e/evt_e2ccrj...
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!)
addcal.io/e/evt_e2ccrj...
⏰ 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:
addcal.io/e/e2ccrjqpr1rf
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:
addcal.io/e/e2ccrjqpr1rf
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...
addcal.io
January 8, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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!)
addcal.io/e/evt_e2ccrj...
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!)
addcal.io/e/evt_e2ccrj...
⏰ 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:
addcal.io/e/e2ccrjqpr1rf
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:
addcal.io/e/e2ccrjqpr1rf
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...
addcal.io
January 4, 2026 at 12:31 AM
⏰ 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:
addcal.io/e/e2ccrjqpr1rf
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:
addcal.io/e/e2ccrjqpr1rf
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“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...
dailytarheel.com/article/univ...
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...
dailytarheel.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
“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...
dailytarheel.com/article/univ...
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.
Institutional Neutrality – Regulation and Policy Hub
policy.ufl.edu
December 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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.
And now, a word from
UFF-UF.
Original Artwork by Delaney Gibbons.
UFF-UF.
Original Artwork by Delaney Gibbons.
December 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
And now, a word from
UFF-UF.
Original Artwork by Delaney Gibbons.
UFF-UF.
Original Artwork by Delaney Gibbons.
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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
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal breaks down why in this clip from our recent AAUP TV update.
@veenadubal.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
October 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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
AAUP General Counsel Veena Dubal breaks down why in this clip from our recent AAUP TV update.
@veenadubal.bsky.social
#DefendHigherEd
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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
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
University of Arizona declines to sign onto Trump administration 'compact'
The University of Arizona on Monday cited academic freedom as it became the seventh elite institution to decline a Trump administration proposal offering nine schools preferential consideration for federal funding in exchange for agreeing to a set of po...
seiu.co
October 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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
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
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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...
www.wmnf.org/wide-awake-a...
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.
www.wmnf.org
October 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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...
www.wmnf.org/wide-awake-a...
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UT Austin students protest Compact outside investiture of President Jim Davis.
October 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
UT Austin students protest Compact outside investiture of President Jim Davis.
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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
"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
Academic Staff Need Academic Freedom, Too (opinion)
Colleges cannot continue to operate as if all staff work is identical, Aaron Stoller writes.
www.insidehighered.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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
"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
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💛💛💛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
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
October 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
💛💛💛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
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
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“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.”
October 18, 2025 at 7:14 AM
“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.”
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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.
October 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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.
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"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...
truthout.org/articles/har...
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?
truthout.org
October 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
"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...
truthout.org/articles/har...
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Our executive committee, the only elected faculty body remaining at UT, urged the President and Board of Regents to reject Trump’s ultimatum. www.chronicle.com/article/dart...
Dartmouth’s President Balks at Trump Compact, Sources Say, as Feds Expand Offer to ‘Any Institution’
Sian Leah Beilock has told faculty members she won’t sign the document as written. Meanwhile, the White House’s broader proposal has shifted discussion about the deal.
www.chronicle.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Our executive committee, the only elected faculty body remaining at UT, urged the President and Board of Regents to reject Trump’s ultimatum. www.chronicle.com/article/dart...