Why wait any longer? Join us in supporting our fellow faculty, in fighting for faculty rights, in building a stronger institution for our students and for future generations, and in having a stronger voice in state and national higher education decision-making.
Those who join the United Faculty of Florida-University of North Florida will:
- Make our faculty voice stronger
- Strengthen our voice at the negotiation table and in the political arena
- Have legal binding power to have a say and a voice on issues that affect your work
- Protection for y our inventions and works
- Access to local representation on issues with the administration and trustees
- Fair and independent process for enforcing faculty rights (grievances)
- Add your voice to the national and state movement fighting for the interests of academic freedom
- Receive local, state, and national publications on higher education issues
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50-50 Campaign
In an effort to recruit more members (and to counter ALEC legislation that tries to decertify unions with less than 50% membership), we are starting our 50-50 campaign. Any UNF-UFF member who recruits a new member to the chapter will get a $50 gift card. In addition, the new member will also receive a $50 gift card.
As If You Need More Reasons to Join Your Union:
Labor unions are directly responsible for the following:
- Weekends without work
- All breaks at work, including lunch breaks
- Paid vacation
- Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Sick leave
- Social Security
- Minimum wage
- Civil Rights Act/Title VII – prohibits employer discrimination
- 8-hour work day
- Overtime pay
- Child labor laws
- Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA)
- 40-hour work week
- Workers’ compensation (workers’ comp)
- Unemployment insurance
- Pensions
- Workplace safety standards and regulations
- Employer health care insurance
- Collective bargaining rights for employees
- Wrongful termination laws
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA)
- Whistleblower protection laws
- Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) – prohibits employers from using a lie detector test on an employee
- Veteran’s Employment and Training Services (VETS)
- Compensation increases and evaluations (i.e. raises)
- Sexual harassment laws
- Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Holiday pay
- Employer dental, life, and vision insurance
- Privacy rights
- Pregnancy and parental leave
- Military leave
- Public education for children
- Equal Pay Acts of 1963 & 2011 – requires employers pay men and women equally for the same amount of work
- Laws ending sweatshops in the United States