Resources for Summer 2020 Negotiations

USFFA/ USF Tentative Agreement

Amendment No. 2 to Collective Bargaining Agreement Regarding CBA Article 45.3, June 30, 2020

Full text of Agreement here (posted July 9, 2020, update added July 10)


Documents from USFFA for Summer 2020 Negotiations

Summer 2020 FAQ Link here

July 10, 2020: Tentative Agreement Voting Guide from the Executive Board

July 7, 2020: FAQ regarding Tentative Agreement (updated July 10)

Salary Calculator created by Sophie Engle

Proposed salaries as of July 7, 2020

Video explanation of salary cuts by Janet Yang (what was presented at July 2, 2020 GM meeting)

Update & Overview of Tentative Agreement presented at July 2, 2020 General Membership Meeting

Membership Survey 4 results presented at June 24, 2020 General Membership Meeting

Proposals & Counter Proposals presented June 22, 2020 (see email for password)

Update from the Negotiating Team presented at June 17, 2020 General Membership Meeting

Membership Survey 3 results presented at June 17, 2020 General Membership Meeting

June 17, 2020: Presidents Remarks at the General Membership Meeting

USF Budget 101 presented by Proposal Development Team, Budget Research Committee on June 16, 2020

Update on negotiations presented at June 10, 2020 General Membership Meeting

Membership Survey 2 results presented at June 10, 2020 General Membership Meeting

Public Health Working Group Recommendations presented at June 10, 2020 General Membership Meeting

May 31, 2020: Results of the Vote

Report on results that was presented at Policy Board on June 3, 2020

FAQ on the May 29, 2020 Vote

Updated proposal from the USF Administration to USFFA as it appears on the May 29, 2020 Ballot

Proposal from USF Administration to USFFA on May 27, 2020 (note: not the most recent proposal - see 5/29/20 for most recent update)

Slides from Negotiating Team presented at General Membership Meeting on May 28, 2020

Slides from Negotiating Team presented to Policy Board on May 27, 2020

Negotiating Team Counterproposal Regarding Sabbaticals 


USFFA Negotiating Team

Sonja Poole (SOM)
Xornam Apedoe (SOE)
Dorothy Kidd (Arts)
Jennifer Parlamis (SOM)
Christina Purpora (SONHP)
Mike Webber (Arts)
Justine Withers (Library)
Janet Yang (Sciences)
Naupaka Zimmerman (Sciences)

Negotiating Advisory Team Coordinators: Rachel Brahinsky, Rebecca Mason, Danfeng Koon
Negotiation Advisory Team Organizational Chart & Contacts


Solidarity Statements

Joint Solidarity Statement of USFFA, PTFA, OPEIU, SEIU Local 87, SEIU USWW, Unite Here Local 2, ALP, and the SF Labor Council (July 2020)

USFCA Solidarity: Statements of Support from Current and Former USF Students (submitted June 28, 2020)

USFFA, USF PTFA, and OPEIU Joint Solidarity Statement (signed May 29, 2020)

Probationary Caucus and International Faculty Solidarity Statement (updated June 1, 2020)

USFFA encourages solidarity with contracted out union workers on campus, including ABLE Corporation custodians represented by SEIU 87 . Members can donate to the UNITE HERE COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund for laid off BonApp food service workers.


Perspectives & Tools from USFFA Members

Open Letter All USFFA Members
July 12, 2020: Response to Senior Faculty Working Group Memo from Stephen Huxley, Professor of Business Analytics, School of Management

Open Letter to All USFFA Members
July 11, 2020 letter from Doreen Ewert, Professor of Rhetoric and Language, College of Arts & Sciences

Open Letter to All USFFA Members
July 5, 2020 letter from Stephen Huxley, Professor of Business Analytics, School of Management

Senior Faculty Working Group Memo to USFFA
June 25, 2020 Memo to Negotiations Team

USFFA Senior Faculty Members Letter
June 23, 2020 Letter to USFFA members from Senior Faculty and Librarians

Message from Gleeson Librarians
June 17, 2020 message to USFFA members from Gleeson Librarians

Ways to Meet 48% of Shortfall: How This Affects You + USF
from Ron Sundstrom, Evelyn Ho, and Steve Devlin

If you would like to figure out what happens to your paycheck and what happens in terms of collective USF savings, please read the following documents compiled by USFFA members: Ron Sundstrom (rrsundstrom@usfca.edu), Evelyn Ho (eyho@usfca.edu), and Steve Devlin (smdevlin@usfca.edu

We have provided three documents with different levels of explanation/detail to help you understand the numbers. 

1) Slides: this is the quickest, fastest way to get the numbers for those who are more words-oriented

2) Sheet: this provides all of our calculations and for the more numbers oriented people includes a toggle that allows you to see and compare bigger cuts

3) Doc: this is a verbal explanation of how we calculated the numbers and some caveats about the fact that these are only estimates. This is the full nerd-out explanation for those who really want it. But it also explains how to use the toggle feature on the sheet if you want to use that. 

To provide some security, we’ve set these three documents to “Open to USF Faculty/Staff.” If you prefer to access them from a non-USF email, just request from that email and assuming we can tell you’re a faculty member, we’ll allow access.



Get Involved

If you want to get involved with organizing please reach out to us - solidarity@usffa.net