Attend, drop in, or join a UFAS membership or committee meeting today! Regular membership meetings are open to the public (though non-members cannot vote and need permission to address the meeting). Want to work on an issue you don’t see represented here? Work with us to set up a committee or work group with others who share your interest? Contact us at ufas223@gmail.com and we’ll get you connected.
Standing Committees
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee (SC) is the executive body of UFAS, and is charged with implementing the decisions of the membership, and with preparing the agenda for each membership meeting. The SC includes elected officers (president or co-presidents, vice president, secretary, and treasurer) and chairpersons of the standing committees. All members in good standing of UFAS have the right to attend and address all meetings of the Steering Committee, and of all standing and ad hoc committees, with right of address subject to such provisions as may be specified in the Bylaws. If you’d like to add something to our agenda, please let us know at least a week in advance. You’re welcome to join and talk to us about it or we can discuss it on our own–just let us know.
Contact: UFAS President at ufas223@gmail.com
Organizing Committee
This is where members strategize and map ways to engage members and potential members. Our primary function is to listen – to listen to the concerns and ideas of workers on campus and to help turn those concerns and ideas into action and campaigns. This includes mapping members on campus for department by department organizing, developing stewards so members in each unit have a contact, keeping records and contact information updated, and contacting new members and plugging them into the union. When active, this committee hears the most about what is on the minds of workers and where ideas for future campaigns and actions grow.
Meetings: Every Tuesday @ Steenbock’s, 4-6:00pm
Contact: ufas223@gmail.com
Other Standing Committees
Academic Staff
Campus Issues & Education
Committee on Political Education:
Compensation & Benefits
Equity & Diversity
Grievance
Communications:
System & State Issues:
Ad Hoc (Select) Committees and Working Groups
COVID-19 working group
The COVID-19 response working group includes UFAS members and others from campus and the surrounding community who seek to promote strong measures to protect the health of campus employees, students, and community members. Efforts have included an open letter to the Chancellor and a lending library of CO2 monitors and air filter boxes.
Meetings: asynchronously via Discord and a Google group.
Contact: ufas223@gmail.com
United Faculty & Academic Staff 