Employee / Labor Relations

Collective Bargaining Session Between Designated representatives on behalf of the University of South Florida (USF) Board of Trustees and United Faculty of Florida (UFF)

Friday, May 23, 2025
10:00 am EST
SVC Second Floor SVC 2070
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Collective Bargaining Session Between Designated representatives on behalf of the University of South Florida (USF) Board of Trustees and Graduate Assistants United (GAU) 

Friday, May 16, 2025 
1:00 – 3:00 pm EST 
Patel CGS 140 

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Collective Bargaining Session Between Designated representatives on behalf of the University of South Florida (USF) Board of Trustees and Graduate Assistants United (GAU) 

Friday, April 25, 2025 
3:30 – 5:00 pm EST 
Patel CGS 140 

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This is a status update on bargaining between the University and UFF on a successor CBA to replace the previous contract that expired on August 7, 2024. We are disappointed to share that the faculty union rejected the University’s wage proposal during the most recent bargaining session on February 21, 2025, and further indicated that it will be unavailable to resume negotiations until at least April. This decision by the union is particularly unfortunate given the significance of the University’s proposed 3-year agreement during a time of increasing uncertainty at the state and federal levels, and our hope that we could secure well-deserved increases for in-unit faculty in time for the fall 2025 semester.

Specifically, USF proposed the following:

• Annual merit base salary increases of 2% each year for three years (2025-2026, 2026-2027, and 2027-2028 academic years).
  
  • Factoring in the 3% discretionary market increase the University implemented in October 2024 while the parties’ negotiations remained pending, USF’s proposal would total more than 9% in increases through the 2027-2028 academic year for in-unit faculty who meet the standard eligibility criteria included in past CBAs.
    
    
• Increasing the promotion raise amount from 9% to 12% for both Tenured/Tenure-track and Instructor positions. Instructors would also receive a $2,000 flat increase upon promotion, in addition to the 12% promotion raise—a first for any CBA between the parties, which have historically included flat increases only for Tenured/Tenure-track promotions.

The above increases would have been in addition to the University’s discretionary authority to make salary adjustments for extra compensation, verified counteroffers, market equity, compression/inversion, and excellence in research, teaching, service, and other assigned duties.

The University’s objective throughout this bargaining process is to recognize in-unit faculty for their tremendous efforts in support of USF’s mission and to incentivize continued progress in the pursuit of our shared goals. To that end, USF will continue to bargain in good faith to reach a new agreement.

Collective Bargaining Session Between Designated representatives on behalf of the University of SouthFlorida (USF) Board of Trustees and United Faculty of Florida (UFF)

Friday, April 11, 2025
10:00 am EST
SVC Second Floor SVC 2070
 
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Collective Bargaining Session Between Designated representatives on behalf of the University of South Florida (USF) Board of Trustees and Graduate Assistants United (GAU)
 
Friday, April 11, 2025
3:30 pm EST
Patel CGS 140
 
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Collective Bargaining Session Between Designated representatives on behalf of the University of South Florida (USF) Board of Trustees and United Faculty of Florida (UFF) 

Friday, February 21, 2025 
1:00 pm EST 
SVC Second Floor SVC 2070 

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Collective Bargaining Session Between Designated representatives on behalf of the University of South Florida (USF) Board of Trustees and United Faculty of Florida (UFF) 

Friday, January 17, 2025 
10:00 am EST 
SVC Second Floor SVC 2070 

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Collective Bargaining Session Between Designated representatives on behalf of the University of South Florida (USF) Board of Trustees and United Faculty of Florida (UFF) 

Friday, November 15, 2024 
11:00 am EST 
SVC Second Floor SVC 2070 

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Collective Bargaining Session Between Designated representatives on behalf of the University of South Florida (USF) Board of Trustees and United Faculty of Florida (UFF) 

Friday, September 6, 2024
1:30 pm EST 
Patel Building, 1st Floor CGS 140 

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In-unit Faculty Increases for Market Equity:  The University and UFF are actively engaged in ongoing negotiations on a successor CBA following the expiration of the parties’ previous CBA on August 7, 2024.  The parties have held multiple bargaining sessions to date, and USF remains committed to bargaining in good faith to reach a new agreement.  In the absence of a formal wages proposal from the union, and in an effort to provide much-deserved increases to in-unit faculty without further delay, the University has authorized a three percent (3%) discretionary pool to be distributed to eligible in-unit faculty pursuant to the University’s continuing discretionary authority to provide salary adjustments for market equity. These adjustments will be effective October 11, 2024, and will be reflected on paychecks beginning November 1, 2024. 

Eligible faculty are those whose most recent performance evaluations are satisfactory and above (a minimum score on the most recent annual evaluation of at least 3.0 on a 5.0 point numerical rating scale) and who do not have any active performance improvement plans as of the effective date of the increase.  New hires with no evaluation are excluded from this pool, as are faculty with no evaluation on file within the past two academic years. 
 
In-unit Increases for PBA & GAU: The University will abide by the specific negotiated wage provisions contained in the current CBAs between the University and PBA or GAU, as applicable. 

Increases for Employees Previously Represented by AFSCME and SEIU: Although AFSCME and SEIU have been decertified by the Public Employees Relations Commission (PERC) and, consequently those CBAs ceased to exist, the University will honor the previously-negotiated wage increases contained in the two now-defunct CBAs.

Collective Bargaining Session Between Designated representatives on behalf of the University ofSouth Florida (USF) Board of Trustees and United Faculty of Florida (UFF)
  
Friday, August 9, 2024
1:30 PM EST
Patel Building, 1st Floor CGS 140
 
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Collective Bargaining Session Between Designated representatives on behalf of the University of South Florida (USF) Board of Trustees and United Faculty of Florida (UFF) 

Friday, June 28, 2024

1:30 pm EST 

Patel Building, 1st Floor CGS 140 

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Collective Bargaining Session Between Designated representatives on behalf of the University of South Florida (USF) Board of Trustees and United Faculty of Florida (UFF) 

Friday, May 10, 2024

2:00 pm EST 

Patel Building, 1st Floor CGS 140 

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• Understanding In-Unit vs. Out-of-Unit Unions and Collective Bargaining at USF
• Frequently Asked Questions about Labor Relations and Employees at USF
• Administration and Staff jobs by title, with in-unit status indicated
• Faculty in-unit positions (from UFF Collective Bargaining Agreement Appendix A)
• Staff in-unit positions (from AFSCME Collective Bargaining Agreement Appendix A)
• Job Codes and Descriptions for Temporary Appointments