Some of Our
UFF-FGCU
Members

Headlines...
Acting UFF President Monika
Renard gave an update of the UFF-FGCU Collective Bargaining
Agreement negotiations at the last chapter meeting on November
18. Download the slide presentation here.
Access the collective bargaining agreement
update presented at the Oct. 16 Faculty Senate meeting: slide presentation here. Also, check out the compression
and inversion study and proposal completed
by the UFF-FGCU this
year.
Dear
Colleagues,
Welcome
to the FGCU-UFF Chapter website.
We are starting this academic year with a record number and proportion
of members, a reputation among our colleagues in the state as one of
the fastest growing chapters, a good contract that was strongly
supported and ratified by the faculty, an implemented Market Adjustment
study that established salary minimums for existing and newly hired
faculty, and a reputation for collegial problem-solving and
professional demeanor that reflects well on all faculty at FGCU.
UFF's mission is to provide faculty with a strong organization that
protects important professional rights and responsibilities by
collective bargaining and other problem solving activities with other
University constituencies, representation for grievances for all
faculty, connections to the state UFF for important political action
and lobbying, sponsorship of local faculty meetings and events,
orientation of new faculty to contract provisions, and for those
faculty who choose membership, journals and newsletters, as well as
connection to liability insurance and a number of personal discounts.
On the following pages, you can find archived weekly Hot
Topics in Education, monthly Milestone
Reminders (monthly reminders about contract provisions and
faculty responsibilities), membership forms, links to various related
sites (e.g., the state UFF website, other UFF Chapters and contracts
around the state), and a statement of our bylaws and mission.
We know that our growing numbers indicate that membership in UFF-FGCU
is the right thing to do. If you are not yet a member, consider doing
your part to support the many benefits you have already received in
terms of CBA provisions, salary and benefits enhancements, and
continuing protection of your rights. Membership dues are only 1% of
regular salary which is far less than any single raise or Market
Adjustment achieved for faculty in the last few years. (These are taken
out of paychecks as earned (e.g., if your biweekly paycheck is for
$2200, of which as much as $300 may be from raises in the last few
years, you would have $22.00 deducted from each check.) It is a small
amount compared to the benefits of membership. Research around the
state continually shows that chapters with the largest memberships have
the best contracts and have achieved the highest raises. We are your
professional guild on campus, join us and get involved. A hundred quiet
voices in unison are more readily heard that a single loud voice.
Help us meet our goal of an excellent University in which we invest our
work and careers. Please join UFF...today! Thank you.
Maddy Isaacs
Madelyn L. Isaacs, Ph.D.
President, UFF-FGCU
Professor, Counseling College of Education
Florida Gulf Coast University 10501 FGCU Blvd., S.
Fort Myers, FL 33965 239 590-7785
Comments on Our New Website?
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few
minutes to explore the many features
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and months to come, new funtions will be added. Please contact Anne
Hartley with
any suggestions for changes, additions, deletions, etc. to the site. We
look forward to your feedback. Thanks.
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