Category: Elections

UFF-FIU Chapter Meeting Agenda October 22, 2021: 10:00am-12:00pm WEAR RED Virtual Meeting  Approval of Minutes Motion to approve: Tom Breslin 2nd: Maria Reid Approval of Agenda Motion to approve: Lorna Veraldi 2nd: Maria Shpurik Legislative Affairs Update post-tenure review is on admin radar (mentioned by Provost); GA changes to post-tenure, no faculty oversight, attack on shared governance, further erosion of tenure; student success is included, beyond teaching, service and research, AAUP says GA tenure is… Continue reading

The spring Chapter Meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 9th from 11 am-1 pm via Zoom. All faculty will be emailed a Zoom link and password to join the meeting, to their FIU email. If you are not currently receiving emails from UFF-FIU and you wish to attend, please check your spam folder and then contact webmaster@uff-fiu.org ASAP! Additionally, nominations for union leadership positions for 2022-23 have closed as of February 23rd. Below you… Continue reading

The CBA Ratification Election was held from September 12, 2021 at 12:00am until September 14, 2021 at 5pm. The ratification passed with almost 95% approval. Yes – I approve the CBA: 489 votes (94.8%) No – I reject the CBA: 27 votes (5.2%) Total votes: 516. Continue reading

Fellow FIU faculty: Important Update: For the Self-supporting Summer Supplemental Assignments, it has been agreed that a scrivener error occurred in the language for the salary rate for the summer programs. The specification of the rate should have included the words “no less than”. The final wording of Article 13.2, item 3-b-i-i, should read: “These rates shall be set to no less than the fall/spring overload course equivalent for the individual program.” After more than… Continue reading