This includes everything from how many hours you should have between a night class and a morning class, the formula used to compute your summer teaching pay, basic terms of multi-year appointments, procedures for filing a grievance, and so forth. This agreement is subject to annual amendment. This is automatic and does not require the payment of dues. Benefits of membership begin at our home campus. The local chapter negotiates local terms and conditions of work, works in concert with faculty governance to promote interests of faculty to the benefit of students and the university, helps educate local legislatures on issues of higher education, and provides a forum for faculty to discuss work conditions.
Benefits then extend to the state organization, which is funded by our dues.
For example, our dues fund salary specialists that join the full time faculty members on the negotiating team to ensure we have the best possible package to present to the BOR and the legislature. Finally, member benefits extend to the individual. It even covers legal actions brought against you as a member of a peer committee. An Attorney Referral Plan which provides two free half-hour consultations by UFF attorneys each year on personal legal matters. There are other financial benefits to UFF members, such as access to Home Ownership and Automobile Insurance plans that may be cost effective because of group discounts, access to Long Term Disability Plans effective to age 70, magazine discounts, consumer guides and Financial Planning services.