Meeting Schedule

UWUFF meetings provide a space for organizers and supporters to share experiences and strategies across univerities and ranks. Meetings are facilitated by different UWUFF members each month who set the agenda. The only decision that must be made at each meeting is to elect the next faciltator.

Meetings are open to all university workers. They occur on the first Friday of the month. To join a meeting, please email universityworkers@gmail.com for the invitation and link.

Meeting 24

May 7, 2PM EST / 5PM PST

Hosted by Katryn E. (Columbia / GEO)

Meeting 23

April 2, 2 PM EST/ 11 AM PST

Hosted by Sarah T. (Penn State University / CJU/ PSU)


Meeting 22

March 5, 2 PM EST/ 11 AM PST

Hosted by Andy T. (U Michigan/ LEO)

Meeting 21

Jan. 15, 2PM EST / 5PM PST

TOPIC: TBD

Meeting 20

Dec. 4, 2 PM EST/11 AM PST



Meeting 19

Oct. 23, 2:30 PM EDT

TOPIC: Organizing at Liberal Arts Colleges: The Case of Ithaca College

Meeting 18

Oct. 9, 2020, 8PM EDT/ 5PM PDT

TOPIC: Happy Hour!

Meeting 17

Sept., 25, 2 PM EDT/11 AM PDT

TOPIC: New Semester, New Struggles?


Meeting 16

Sept. 11, 2PM EDT/ 11AM PDT

TOPIC: New Semester, New Struggles?

Meeting 15

Aug. 28, 2020, 2 PM EDT/11AM PDT

TOPIC: New Semester, New Struggles?

Meeting 14

Aug. 7, 2020, 2 PM EDT/11 AM PDT

TOPIC: Principles, mission, vision


Meeting 13

July 24, 2020, 2PM EDT/ 11AM PDT

TEACH-IN: Breaking the Silos at University of Michigan: How contingent faculty's collective bargaining turned into a cross-rank, multi-campus coalition with students & ladder-rank faculty

TOPIC: Principles, mission, vision

Meeting 12

July 10, 2020, 2PM EDT/ 11 AM PDT

TOPIC: H1-B and F-1 visa discrimination

TOPIC: Principles, mission, vision by institution type

Meeting 11

June 26, 2020, 2 PM EDT

TOPIC: Principles, mission, vision by rank

Meeting 10

June 12, 2020, 2 PM EDT

TOPIC: Principles, mission, vision

Meeting 9

May 29, 2020, 1:30 PM EDT

TOPIC: Organizing by strategy (3): Working Group Sessions

Meeting 8

May 22, 2020, 1:30 PM EDT

TOPIC: Organizing by strategy (2): Endowments and Budgets

TEACH-IN: How Endowments Rule: An Analytical Toolkit

Meeting 7

May 15, 2020, 3 PM EDT

TOPIC: Organizing by strategy (1): Unions and Advocacy

TEACH-IN: Risa Lieberwitz, General Counsel AAUP, and Julie Schmid, Executive Director AAUP

Meeting 6

May 8, 2020, at 4:30 PM EDT.

TOPIC: Organizing by rank (grad, contingent/term-limited, pre-tenure and tenured) (2).

TEACH-IN: Debt Collective: If you owe the bank $1.3 trillion, you own the bank.

Meeting 5

May 1, 2020, 1:30 PM EDT.

TOPIC: Organizing by rank (grad, contingent/term-limited, pre-tenure and tenured) (1)

TEACH-IN: University of Washington Short- and Long-term Organizing for Appointment Renewals.

Meeting 4

April 24, 2020, 4:30 PM EDT.

TOPIC: Organizing by type of institution (public, private, liberal arts) (2).

Meeting 3

April 17, 2020, 4:30 PM EDT.

TOPIC: Organizing by type of institution (public, private, liberal arts) (1).

TEACH-IN: Columbia People's Response to COVID: Organizing Against the University-Landlord

Meeting 2

April 10, 2020, 2 PM EDT

TOPIC: Sharing and brainstorming tactics and strategies

Meeting 1

April 3, 2020, 3:15 PM EDT.

TOPIC: Welcome!