United Faculty, UNI

10/13/2026

It took me less than 30 seconds to vote today! Thanks for your support of United Faculty!

10/12/2026

10/09/2026

UF president Chris Martin speaks on "the deferred maintenance of the faculty" at Iowa Board of Regents Meeting (7:51:38 in video), Sept. 16, 2026, Cedar Falls.

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10/09/2026

The 2026 biennial recertification election for United Faculty begins Tuesday, October 13 at 7:00 a.m. and ends Tuesday, October 27 at 9:00 a.m. Nearly all UNI faculty -- tenure track, term, renewable term, clinical, or temporary -- are eligible to vote. Voting is easy -- by phone, or by Internet. You may vote 24 hours a day, 7 days a week during the voting period. Go to ufaculty.uni.edu for instructions.

Why vote? You don't have to be a United Faculty member. But, if you want United Faculty to continue to be the bargaining representative for United Faculty (which we've been doing since 1976), then vote YES.

09/21/2026

The Iowa Capital Dispatch covered some of United Faculty's comments to the Iowa Board of Regents last week. Do you have any other examples of the “dismal” funding of public universities by the state?

The Iowa Board of Regents approved increases to state appropriations requests and heard about the latest revenue enhancement work from REAPS.

09/07/2026

Happy Labor Day, UNI professors!

New Gallup polling finds that 71% of people in the U.S. approve of unions, continuing the highest period of favorability in over 60 years. This coincides with the greatest number of workers represented by a union in 16 years. The Gallup polling also showed that unions are favorable across generation...

07/16/2026

Did you know United Faculty will be celebrating its 50th anniversary this fall? Our very first UF president in 1976 was Josef Fox (1914-1980) who taught Humanities at UNI from 1947 to 1979. Read his profile in the UNI 150: People You Should Know. https://insideuni.uni.edu/150/josef-fox