UFF-UF
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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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UFF-UF
@uffuf.bsky.social
· Sep 1
Today is a great day to join United Faculty of Florida!
We are stronger together.
myuff.org/join-uff/
We are stronger together.
myuff.org/join-uff/
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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...
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BOOM!
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Brown REJECTS Trump’s loyalty oath!
“I’m concerned the compact, by its nature & provisions, would restrict #academicfreedom & undermine the autonomy of Brown’s governance, critically compromising our ability to fulfill our mission.”
— Christina H. Paxson, Brown University President
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Brown REJECTS Trump’s loyalty oath!
“I’m concerned the compact, by its nature & provisions, would restrict #academicfreedom & undermine the autonomy of Brown’s governance, critically compromising our ability to fulfill our mission.”
— Christina H. Paxson, Brown University President
Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
BOOM!
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Brown REJECTS Trump’s loyalty oath!
“I’m concerned the compact, by its nature & provisions, would restrict #academicfreedom & undermine the autonomy of Brown’s governance, critically compromising our ability to fulfill our mission.”
— Christina H. Paxson, Brown University President
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Brown REJECTS Trump’s loyalty oath!
“I’m concerned the compact, by its nature & provisions, would restrict #academicfreedom & undermine the autonomy of Brown’s governance, critically compromising our ability to fulfill our mission.”
— Christina H. Paxson, Brown University President
Universities offered the Trump “Compact” — union rebels, unite.
Complements of @aaup-penn.bsky.social
Complements of @aaup-penn.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Universities offered the Trump “Compact” — union rebels, unite.
Complements of @aaup-penn.bsky.social
Complements of @aaup-penn.bsky.social
📢 VOTE Friday
UFF-UF Bargaining & UF Board of Trustees reached this tentative agreement:
✦ 3.0% merit raise pool for higher ed faculty
✦ $145,466 raise pool for PK Yonge faculty
🗳 Vote Fri., Oct. 3:
📍 Higher Ed: Lib West (South patio), 11am–2pm
📍 PK Yonge: Elem Bldg 11am–12pm | Main Ofc 12pm–2pm
UFF-UF Bargaining & UF Board of Trustees reached this tentative agreement:
✦ 3.0% merit raise pool for higher ed faculty
✦ $145,466 raise pool for PK Yonge faculty
🗳 Vote Fri., Oct. 3:
📍 Higher Ed: Lib West (South patio), 11am–2pm
📍 PK Yonge: Elem Bldg 11am–12pm | Main Ofc 12pm–2pm
October 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM
📢 VOTE Friday
UFF-UF Bargaining & UF Board of Trustees reached this tentative agreement:
✦ 3.0% merit raise pool for higher ed faculty
✦ $145,466 raise pool for PK Yonge faculty
🗳 Vote Fri., Oct. 3:
📍 Higher Ed: Lib West (South patio), 11am–2pm
📍 PK Yonge: Elem Bldg 11am–12pm | Main Ofc 12pm–2pm
UFF-UF Bargaining & UF Board of Trustees reached this tentative agreement:
✦ 3.0% merit raise pool for higher ed faculty
✦ $145,466 raise pool for PK Yonge faculty
🗳 Vote Fri., Oct. 3:
📍 Higher Ed: Lib West (South patio), 11am–2pm
📍 PK Yonge: Elem Bldg 11am–12pm | Main Ofc 12pm–2pm
🍴 Solidarity at Plaza: Faculty Lunch ✊
Join us for lunch and conversation about faculty issues and building union power!
📅 Wed, Oct 1
⏰ 12:00 PM
📍 Plaza of the Americas
Bring your lunch or grab Krishna with us—let’s share a meal, connect, and organize together! 💬🌳
Join us for lunch and conversation about faculty issues and building union power!
📅 Wed, Oct 1
⏰ 12:00 PM
📍 Plaza of the Americas
Bring your lunch or grab Krishna with us—let’s share a meal, connect, and organize together! 💬🌳
October 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
🍴 Solidarity at Plaza: Faculty Lunch ✊
Join us for lunch and conversation about faculty issues and building union power!
📅 Wed, Oct 1
⏰ 12:00 PM
📍 Plaza of the Americas
Bring your lunch or grab Krishna with us—let’s share a meal, connect, and organize together! 💬🌳
Join us for lunch and conversation about faculty issues and building union power!
📅 Wed, Oct 1
⏰ 12:00 PM
📍 Plaza of the Americas
Bring your lunch or grab Krishna with us—let’s share a meal, connect, and organize together! 💬🌳
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22 million people could see their health insurance premiums spike if Congress doesn’t extend the ACA’s tax credits.
Workers are already struggling to make ends meet, and can’t afford this health care crisis. Tell Congress: stop health care price spikes! act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
Workers are already struggling to make ends meet, and can’t afford this health care crisis. Tell Congress: stop health care price spikes! act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
September 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
22 million people could see their health insurance premiums spike if Congress doesn’t extend the ACA’s tax credits.
Workers are already struggling to make ends meet, and can’t afford this health care crisis. Tell Congress: stop health care price spikes! act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
Workers are already struggling to make ends meet, and can’t afford this health care crisis. Tell Congress: stop health care price spikes! act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...
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Extreme politicians are pushing for devastating cuts to the science & research funding that saves lives, powers our economy, and secures our future.
@pocan.house.gov's seen this playbook before in Wisconsin, & he's sounding the alarm.
aft.org/HigherEdBene...
@aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social
@pocan.house.gov's seen this playbook before in Wisconsin, & he's sounding the alarm.
aft.org/HigherEdBene...
@aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Extreme politicians are pushing for devastating cuts to the science & research funding that saves lives, powers our economy, and secures our future.
@pocan.house.gov's seen this playbook before in Wisconsin, & he's sounding the alarm.
aft.org/HigherEdBene...
@aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social
@pocan.house.gov's seen this playbook before in Wisconsin, & he's sounding the alarm.
aft.org/HigherEdBene...
@aaup.org @afthighered.bsky.social
Please boost our colleagues in Texas & share to your networks.
🔔Our open letter to academic leaders in TX: “As pressures mount on TX public institutions of higher education, we write on behalf of faculty across the state to remind you of your obligations to protect academic freedom and due process.”
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September 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Please boost our colleagues in Texas & share to your networks.
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America is currently the world leader in cutting-edge medical and scientific research, and we want to keep it that way. Tell Congress: No cuts to federal science funding or student aid! #HigherEdBenefitsEveryone @AFTHigherEd.bsky.social @AAUP.org actionnetwork.org/letters/prot...
Support American science in federal funding
Our health and safety depend on scientific research. America is currently the world leader in cutting-edge medical and scientific research, and we want to keep it that way. Families need safe medicine...
actionnetwork.org
September 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
America is currently the world leader in cutting-edge medical and scientific research, and we want to keep it that way. Tell Congress: No cuts to federal science funding or student aid! #HigherEdBenefitsEveryone @AFTHigherEd.bsky.social @AAUP.org actionnetwork.org/letters/prot...
UFF-UF stands with Texas A&M faculty and students in their expanding battle to defend academic freedom.
TODAY at Texas A&M students, faculty, and staff will rally to protect academic freedom! 📢📢
Student-led demonstration for #academicfreedom TOMORROW at Texas A&M 6pm! 👏✊👇
September 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
UFF-UF stands with Texas A&M faculty and students in their expanding battle to defend academic freedom.
🚨 Look at how TX universities are aggressively conceding far more than their terrible laws and policies (laws that will not hold up in court) even require.
Stop government censorship and overreach by random government officials into university courses.
Stop government censorship and overreach by random government officials into university courses.
Under pressure from Texas government officials, Angelo State University in Texas is banning all discussion or mention of the existence of trans people along with banning the LGBTQ pride flag from campus and forced misgendering of trans people.
conchoobserver.com/2025/09/19/a...
conchoobserver.com/2025/09/19/a...
September 22, 2025 at 11:46 PM
🚨 Look at how TX universities are aggressively conceding far more than their terrible laws and policies (laws that will not hold up in court) even require.
Stop government censorship and overreach by random government officials into university courses.
Stop government censorship and overreach by random government officials into university courses.
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Wishing everyone celebrating #RoshHashanah a year filled with joy, health, and meaningful new beginnings. 🌟
September 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Wishing everyone celebrating #RoshHashanah a year filled with joy, health, and meaningful new beginnings. 🌟
Manufactured Outrage Kills Academic Freedom…
Op Ed by President of the AAUP chapter at UT Austin. Let teachers teach, let students learn. #AcademicFreedom #DefendHigherEd
September 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Manufactured Outrage Kills Academic Freedom…
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“Violence is never the answer. Neither is silence nor apathy. The answer lies in unity: Let’s come together — not as left or right, not as union or non-union, but as neighbors, parents, workers and citizens — and fight for a better future for us all.” www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/09/21/c...
Commentary: Stop the attacks on unity and civil discourse
The president of the Florida Education Association calls on state leaders to bring us together at the community level.
www.orlandosentinel.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
“Violence is never the answer. Neither is silence nor apathy. The answer lies in unity: Let’s come together — not as left or right, not as union or non-union, but as neighbors, parents, workers and citizens — and fight for a better future for us all.” www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/09/21/c...
Well, well: Turns out no laws l govern race, sex & gender conversations in TX university classrooms despite what some trustees & the governor claim. Nor do federal executive orders apply to university classrooms. Yet a faculty member was fired despite no due process & no state policy violations.
The new reality that is emerging in Texas is that certain topics or ideas are simply off the table in the classroom.
The censorship of academic speech and entire fields of knowledge in service to an ideology poses an unprecedented danger to the future of higher education.
#AcademicFreedom
The censorship of academic speech and entire fields of knowledge in service to an ideology poses an unprecedented danger to the future of higher education.
#AcademicFreedom
How a secret recording of a gender identity lecture upended Texas A&M
Officials have struggled to detail the exact reasons for the A&M professor’s termination, citing a technical issue with her course description. Faculty say the move was politically motivated.
www.texastribune.org
September 21, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Well, well: Turns out no laws l govern race, sex & gender conversations in TX university classrooms despite what some trustees & the governor claim. Nor do federal executive orders apply to university classrooms. Yet a faculty member was fired despite no due process & no state policy violations.