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!