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		<title>Retirement Cuts and Legal Challenges</title>
		<link>http://uff-fsu.org/2012/05/retirement-cuts-and-legal-challenges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 13:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jtfiorito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UFF-FSU Chapter will sponsor a May 24 luncheon featuring attorneys Thomas W. Brooks and Lynn C. Hearn to discuss legal aspects of recent cuts in retirement benefits.  Please let me know if you plan to attend so that we &#8230; <a href="http://uff-fsu.org/2012/05/retirement-cuts-and-legal-challenges/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Merit Bonus and Other Updates</title>
		<link>http://uff-fsu.org/2012/05/merit-bonus-and-other-updates/</link>
		<comments>http://uff-fsu.org/2012/05/merit-bonus-and-other-updates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 14:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jtfiorito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to a UFF-FSU Facilitation request and meeting (see Sec. 20.8(a) of the Collective Bargaining Agreement), FSU Administration representatives notified UFF-FSU representatives on Monday that additional merit bonus distributions will be made in several colleges and other academic units.  The Facilitation &#8230; <a href="http://uff-fsu.org/2012/05/merit-bonus-and-other-updates/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Report on University Welfare for Faculty Senate, April 18th, 2012</title>
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		<comments>http://uff-fsu.org/2012/04/report-on-university-welfare-for-faculty-senate-april-18th-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jtfiorito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Professor Jack Fiorito, Senator and UFF-FSU President “Welcome” to new, continuing, and returning Senators. This is a good time to review the roles of the Senate and of the United Faculty of Florida (UFF). The Faculty Senate is the &#8230; <a href="http://uff-fsu.org/2012/04/report-on-university-welfare-for-faculty-senate-april-18th-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Discretionary Raises (ADI)</title>
		<link>http://uff-fsu.org/2012/04/discretionary-raises-adi/</link>
		<comments>http://uff-fsu.org/2012/04/discretionary-raises-adi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jtfiorito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UFF continues to hear reports from faculty that a few Deans and other administrators claim that the UFF is preventing them from giving raises to individual faculty members. Any such claim is a misstatement. As Vice President Ingram stated &#8230; <a href="http://uff-fsu.org/2012/04/discretionary-raises-adi/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>UFF-FSU Chapter Election Results, 2012</title>
		<link>http://uff-fsu.org/2012/04/uff-fsu-chapter-election-results-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://uff-fsu.org/2012/04/uff-fsu-chapter-election-results-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 02:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jtfiorito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All listed candidates were easily elected, along with a few write-ins. Our new (and not so new) UFF-FSU elected leadership, effective immediately is as follows: Officers:  Jack Fiorito, President and Senator; Nancy Kellett, Vice President and Senator; Jennifer Profffitt, Vice &#8230; <a href="http://uff-fsu.org/2012/04/uff-fsu-chapter-election-results-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>April First Friday</title>
		<link>http://uff-fsu.org/2012/04/april-first-friday/</link>
		<comments>http://uff-fsu.org/2012/04/april-first-friday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our First Friday social gathering for April will be at Chez Pierre, 1215 Thomasville Road, beginning at 5:00 on Friday, April 6th.  Appetizers will be provided.]]></description>
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		<title>Report to Faculty Senate on University Welfare, March 21, 2012</title>
		<link>http://uff-fsu.org/2012/03/report-to-faculty-senate-on-university-welfare-march-21-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://uff-fsu.org/2012/03/report-to-faculty-senate-on-university-welfare-march-21-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jtfiorito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Collective Bargaining Faculty voted overwhelmingly in favor of the changes and supplements to our Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in last month’s ratification vote.  A special thanks to those of you who voted! I hope everyone has completed the reading assignments &#8230; <a href="http://uff-fsu.org/2012/03/report-to-faculty-senate-on-university-welfare-march-21-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Another Legislative Session, Another Cut</title>
		<link>http://uff-fsu.org/2012/03/another-legislative-session-another-cut/</link>
		<comments>http://uff-fsu.org/2012/03/another-legislative-session-another-cut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jtfiorito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Florida Legislature has imposed yet another compensation cut on many faculty members. This year it wasn&#8217;t a pay cut per se, but a substantial cut in benefits to members of defined-contribution retirement plans, namely ORP and FRS Florida Investment &#8230; <a href="http://uff-fsu.org/2012/03/another-legislative-session-another-cut/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Judge Fulford&#8217;s Ruling on Pay Cuts</title>
		<link>http://uff-fsu.org/2012/03/judge-fulfords-ruling-on-pay-cuts/</link>
		<comments>http://uff-fsu.org/2012/03/judge-fulfords-ruling-on-pay-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jtfiorito</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Florida Legislation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;UFF Takes Sides, Yours&#8221; is a bumper sticker motto. Its importance is underscored in yesterday&#8217;s ruling by Judge Fulford to the effect that the legislature cannot ignore its contractual obligations to university faculty members and other participants in the Florida &#8230; <a href="http://uff-fsu.org/2012/03/judge-fulfords-ruling-on-pay-cuts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The 2012 Legislative Session:  Week Seven</title>
		<link>http://uff-fsu.org/2012/02/the-2012-legislative-session-week-seven/</link>
		<comments>http://uff-fsu.org/2012/02/the-2012-legislative-session-week-seven/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jtfiorito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oppose Severe Cuts for State Universities We are down to the last week to leave messages for legislators. This is our last chance to stop severe budget cuts. There is reason to think we could reduce the damage if we &#8230; <a href="http://uff-fsu.org/2012/02/the-2012-legislative-session-week-seven/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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