Category: Bargaining

  • FAM-L Bargaining, Day 24

    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…

  • FAM-T Bargaining, Day 31

    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!

  • FAM-T Bargaining, Day 28

    FAM-T Bargaining, Day 28

    Today was a jam-packed day! We got management to respond on every outstanding article in their court — including Compensation. FAM’s actions over the past month are working, and we are seeing momentum at the table!

  • FAM-L Bargaining, Day 23

    FAM-L Bargaining, Day 23

    Today at FAM-L bargaining, it was clear that the people at management’s table were not the ones making the decisions. Instead, they are being forced by upper administration to stall this deal. Who on their side is really making the decisions and why aren’t they at the table themselves? By contrast, we are a united…

  • FAM-L Bargaining, Day 22

    FAM-L Bargaining, Day 22

    Academic freedom is essential to librarians’ role supporting the crucial work of faculty and students — but management doesn’t believe librarians should have it.

  • FAM-T Bargaining, Day 27: a win on Academic Freedom

    FAM-T Bargaining, Day 27: a win on Academic Freedom

    Thanks to YOUR hard work and actions over the past month, we WON academic freedom protections that are stronger than current policy! 💪 Today at FAM-T bargaining, we won the language on Academic Freedom that is a top priority for our members, including reference to the AAUP 1940 statement and its 1970 amendments. We also…

  • FAM-L Bargaining, Day 21

    FAM-L Bargaining, Day 21

    Movement at the table today 💪🏽 A full and robust session today, with lots of forward movement. We came to a Tentative Agreement (TA) on Librarian Ranks, which provides clarity on each librarian rank. FAM-Librarians and Miami management also quickly shared multiple versions of other articles, including a combined package on Academic Freedom and Discipline…

  • FAM-T Bargaining Update for 9/17/24

    FAM-T Bargaining Update for 9/17/24

    Major agreement with management: a tentative agreement (TA) on an article on Discipline and Discharge!

  • FAM-T Bargaining, Day 25

    FAM-T Bargaining, Day 25

    What was the theme of today’s FAM-T bargaining? Job security. Job security. Job security.  FAM countered on several key articles important to our members’ job promotion and job security protections: Appointment, Renewal, and Promotion of TCPL Faculty; Appointment and Promotion of Tenure Track and Tenured Faculty; and a package on Discipline and Discharge and Academic…