{"id":759,"date":"2018-01-20T05:03:29","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T05:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/?page_id=759"},"modified":"2021-02-15T23:56:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T23:56:39","slug":"why-join","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/why-join\/","title":{"rendered":"why join uff?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a name=\"reasons\"><\/a>Why You Should Join the United Faculty of Florida<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Because the UFF negotiates with the FIU administration the Collective Bargaining Agreement<br \/>\nthat determines our salaries and conditions and terms of employment<\/li>\n<li>Because more members means a stronger union and a better agreement<\/li>\n<li>Because the collective bargaining agreement has the status of law, and is therefore<br \/>\nenforceable by the grievance and arbitration procedure<\/li>\n<li>Because without a grievance procedure, the only way to defend your rights would be for<br \/>\nyou to personally hire a lawyer and sue the university over issues like academic freedom, assignments,<br \/>\nevaluations, leaves, tenure, discrimination, discipline, intellectual property rights,<br \/>\nsummer pay, and a host of others<\/li>\n<li>Because without the union, the administration will impose a top-down corporate management<br \/>\nstructure, which would treat us as expendable employees, rather than the shared-interest<br \/>\ngovernance approach the union is trying to defend<\/li>\n<li>Because membership brings a $1 million liability insurance policy, in case you are sued<br \/>\nin connection with your job<\/li>\n<li>Because you have a free consultation with an attorney on non-employment related issues,<br \/>\nand reduced attorney charges if you need to retain one<\/li>\n<li>Because you can save hundreds of dollars a year on travel, entertainment, and auto and home insurance through discounts offered by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/affiliates\/\">our partner unions<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Join now by:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Downloading the <a href=\"\/doc\/Membership_Form.pdf\">membership form<\/a> and mailing it to <a href=\"mailto:membership@uff-fiu.org\">webmaster<\/a>, or<\/li>\n<li>Submit through the <a href=\"http:\/\/join.uff-fiu.org\">online membership form<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why You Should Join the United Faculty of Florida Because the UFF negotiates with the FIU administration the Collective Bargaining Agreement that determines our salaries and conditions and terms of employment Because more members means a stronger union and a better agreement Because the collective bargaining agreement has the status of law, and is therefore enforceable by the grievance and arbitration procedure Because without a grievance procedure, the only way to defend your rights would\u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/why-join\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-759","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2094,"href":"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/759\/revisions\/2094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uff-fiu.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}