Happy Hour – March 20, 2025
Happy Hour
Hosted by the Good and Welfare Committee
- Chili’s (MMC)
- Thursday, March 20, 2025
- 4-6 pm
- Open to all faculty
- Two drinks on us
30 BY 30
Our membership committee has launched a 30 by April 30th membership campaign in which we are recruiting 30 non-members to prepare for our recertification petition in July.
In this uncertain environment, preserving our union is more important than ever! Moreover, proposed legislation would make it extremely difficult to become re-certified for any union that does not make 60% density.
Non-members join us today through the Registration Form and members talk to your colleagues about joining. We’re stronger together!
UFF-FIU Happy Hour on Thursday, March 20
UFF-FIU Happy Hour on Thursday, March 20
The UFF-FIU Good & Welfare Committee will host a union Happy Hour on Thursday, March 20, from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm, at Chili’s @ MMC.
All faculty (members and non-members) are invited, and your first two beverages are on the Union!
Election Ballot – April 2, 2025
UFF-FIU Chapter Elections for 2025-2026 will be held in person (only) at the Spring Chapter Meeting on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, from 12:00 noon to 2:00 pm in the Wertheim Conservatory, WC 130, at MMC, and in the Marine Science Reading Room, MSB 105, at BBC. As per the stipulations of applicable labor law, only UFF-FIU dues-paying members are eligible to vote and absentee and proxy voting are not allowed.
Senators
There are 47 candidates running for UFF-FIU Senator (33 seats) who were nominated by the published nomination deadline. Candidates with the least votes will become Alternate Senators, who are also members of the Chapter Council.
Jennifer Abeloff
Tigran Abrahamyan
Andrea Adelman
Candice Ammons-Blanfort
Timothy Aylsworth
Thomas Breslin
Jason Calloway
Debra Dean
Noemy Díaz Burgos
Ming Fang
Janna Fierst
Mark Finlayson
Stacy Frazier
Anthony Galaska
Marta Gierczyk
Natalia Giordano
Camila Granados Cifuentes
Christopher Jiménez
Levente Juhász
Alexander Kroll
Zachary Levenson
Matthew Marr
Elizabeth Marsh
Emily Messina
Martha Meyer
Thomson Moore
Christi Navarro
Luzmary Ocampo
Julia Parker
Cindy Pérez
Terrence Peterson
Natalia Soares Quinete
Katie Rainwater
Maria Reid
Douglas Robertson
Elizabeth Scarborough
Martha Schoolman
Hock-Peng Sin
Jeanette Smith
Alfred Soto
Maria Shpurik
Carolina Villalba
Melissa Ward
Marc Weinstein
Hassan Zahedi
Susanne Zwingel
Only one candidate was nominated by the published nomination deadline for each of the following Chapter offices. According to the UFF Bylaws, these candidates are deemed elected by acclamation and no election by secret ballot of the membership is required.
President: Tania Cepero López
Vice President: Martha Meyer
Secretary: Alfred Soto
Treasurer: Marc Weinstein
Florida Education Association Delegates
Only one candidate was nominated for each of the 17 Delegate seats to be filled. The following members are therefore deemed elected by acclamation.
Jennifer Abeloff
Tigran Abrahamyan
Timothy Aylsworth
Mark Finlayson
Stacy Frazier
Tania Cepero López
Emily Messina
Martha Meyer
Katie Rainwater
Maria Reid
Douglas Robertson
Elizabeth Scarbrough
Martha Schoolman
Hock-Peng Sin
Jeanette Smith
Marc Weinstein
Susanne Zwingel
UFF-FIU Faculty Lunch – March 5, 2025
The UFF-FIU Good & Welfare Committee will host a UFF-FIU Lunch in the Faculty Club @ MMC on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, from 12:00 noon to 2:00 pm.
All faculty (members and non-members) are invited.
If you are a dues-paying member, please bring a colleague who’s not joined yet.
Lunch will be paid by your union.
We hope to see you there! 