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We are the Faculty Alliance of Miami, a union of faculty (currently, tenure-track, tenured and TCPL faculty) and librarians at Miami University. Every day, across ranks and campuses, Miami’s teacher-scholars foster student success and academic excellence. As a faculty-librarian union, we have formed a union to win fair compensation and working conditions and to protect our academic mission and the public good it has created. ​

To the faculty and librarians at Miami: Winning twin union elections for tenure-track, tenured and TCPL faculty and librarians at Miami in summer 2023 was the result of more than two years of your hard work building support for unionization. Your enthusiastic support and solidarity continues to inspire your negotiating team as we enter our second year of tough contract negotiations. The team has won major victories already and we expect to wrap up negotiations soon.

Get the latest news on negotiations here, and find out how to become a member of FAM here. Membership is your negotiating team’s leverage at the bargaining table. Join FAM to win the contract you deserve.

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FAM Updates

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Average annual raise FAM has proposed to help address increases in your cost of living: 7%. Manageme…

“Miami University is in very strong financial condition.”

“Miami University is in very strong financial condition.”

Bunsis explained that Miami can easily afford FAM’s pay proposals without touching reserves. Faculty…

FAM NT in red shirts smiling and making strong arms.

FAM-T Bargaining, Day 36

Today at FAM-T bargaining, we exchanged nearly all of our outstanding articles and made substantive …

FAM NT with arms around each other, with a caption saying "TOGETHER, WE WIN!"

FAM-L Bargaining, Day 30

Now more than ever, we must stand together as a union. Across the country and state, we see attacks …

FAM members march at the Rally for Raises in 2024.

FAM, AAUP-AFT statement: We Must Stand Together 

Across the country and state, we are seeing attacks on workers’ rights, education and on the most vu…