We Need You to Join!

With many PROFS members retiring, we cannot keep providing the same results unless more faculty members join. Please use the convenient online form to join today!

Here is what PROFS, Inc. means to you (and other UW-Madison faculty members):

Veto of the 1.5% Retirement Contribution
PROFS led the campaign in opposition to the provision in the 2005-2007 state budget that would have required faculty to pay 1.5% of their salaries toward their retirement contribution. The campaign was successful, as Governor Doyle vetoed the provision when he signed the budget into law.

First Six Months of Health Insurance
PROFS also led the successful campaign to have the state pick up the cost of the first six months of health insurance for new-hires. Previously, new-hires were forced to pay the entire cost of health insurance for the first six months of employment.

What New-Hires Would Be Paying:
$1,030 (monthly cost of employer share of Unity-UW Health family
plan, the lowest cost plan) x 6 months = $6,180
$413 (employer share of Unity single plan) x 6 months = $2,478

Other Issues
PROFS also lobbies for competitive compensation, state funding of the university, federal funding for research, preservation of the research environment on campus, and other issues as they arise.

PROFS Dues - A Real Bargain
At 1/10 of 1% on a nine-month salary, PROFS dues are a bargain.

Please use the convenient online form to join today!