Author: Theresa Kulbaga
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100+ Faculty and Librarians Demand a Fair Contract Now at the Board of Trustees Meeting
Faculty and librarians handed out holiday cards to Miami’s trustees while chanting “FAIR CONTRACT NOW” on our 471st day of negotiations. Speakers pointed out that the University’s current spending priorities hurt students by diverting large sums from academics to outside consultants, new sports arenas, and outside legal counsel.
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FAM-L Bargaining, Day 26
Huge Win on Vacation Pay! Thanks to FAM, all Miami staff will now be paid during holiday closings instead of having to take mandatory vacation days. FAM and Miami management today signed a landmark agreement ensuring fair pay for mandatory closing days during Winter Break.
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FAM-T Bargaining, Day 33
By now, you may have seen the news that management’s lead lawyer on the FAM-T side has stepped away, and will soon be replaced. Read FAM’s statement … Today at FAM-T bargaining, we had many surprisingly productive conversations with management about your top priorities: compensation and job security. FAM began the day by countering on…
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FAM-T Bargaining, Day 32
Your Negotiation Team continues to fight for fair evaluations, job security, and benefits for our members. At FAM-T bargaining today, we countered on Leaves, Benefits, Financial Exigency and Academic Reorganization, and presented packages on Faculty Evaluations & Performance Improvement Plans, and Management Rights & Association Rights. These proposals protect our members’ benefits and job security…
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FAM-L Bargaining, Day 25
We begin today’s bargaining update with a tribute to Dr. Phill Alexander, your Negotiating Team’s first chair and a lead organizer for FAM. FAM mourns the loss of our beloved colleague, who worked tirelessly on behalf of his colleagues and for a better Miami to help organize and lead our union. Read our tribute to…
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A Tribute to Dr. Phill Alexander
FAM mourns the loss of our beloved colleague and FAM leader, Dr. Phill Alexander. Phill was Assistant Professor of Emerging Technology + Business Design (ETBD) at Miami, a Games Studies professor and scholar and a key architect of the Games + Simulation major. Phill’s teaching and research interests included game studies, Cherokee / Indigenous rhetorics,…
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Librarians Publish Open Letter to Jerome Conley, Dean of University Libraries
“We are writing to you today to ask you to add your voice to our own: to advocate for us and the resources we need, for the good of our students, our community, the University, and the Libraries.” On November 20, 2024, twenty-five Miami librarians signed an open letter to Jerome Conley, Dean of University…
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FAM-L Bargaining, Day 24
work as many hours as management wants — or leave Today at FAM-L bargaining, management told librarians that working regularly in excess of 40 hours every week is just fine, super normal, and if we don’t like it we can find work elsewhere. This is unacceptable. We voted unanimously to form a union because we…
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FAM-T Bargaining, Day 31
Thanks to yesterday’s March for Thanks, we won three major agreements on our 439th day without a contract. YOU did this!