Category: Bargaining

  • Rally for Raises!

    Rally for Raises!

    It’s time to choose your future and show management you won’t accept raises averaging only 1.25% over the course of the contract!

  • State of Bargaining: Update to Miami Senate

    State of Bargaining: Update to Miami Senate

    We have made progress! In several crucial areas, however, there’s still daylight between management’s and FAM’s proposals.

  • FAM-L Bargaining, Day 20

    FAM-L Bargaining, Day 20

    Today at FAM-L bargaining, we signed a tentative agreement (TA) on Appointment Notices. The agreed upon article will help librarians better understand the conditions and expectations for their initial appointment as a librarian to the University. We also passed counters focused on protecting and clarifying your job security and benefits, including Grievance & Arbitration and Leaves…

  • FAM-T Bargaining, Day 24 

    FAM-T Bargaining, Day 24 

    Yet another example of management wanting to erode faculty job security under an overly-broad definition of “management rights.” We will not accept this overreach.

  • A Special Joint Bargaining Update for FAM-T (August 7) and FAM-L (August 8)

    A Special Joint Bargaining Update for FAM-T (August 7) and FAM-L (August 8)

    We expect movement on management’s side, and that we are prepared to take action if they don’t.

  • FAM-L Bargaining, Day 18

    FAM-L Bargaining, Day 18

    We’re fighting for fair pay and transparency in the promotion system! Today was a red-hot day at the FAM-L table: we passed across no fewer than six counter-proposals on key priorities: Compensation; Librarian Promotion, Continuing Contract, and Evaluation; Librarian Ranks; Personnel Committee; and Salary Adjustment Studies.  On compensation, we are working hard to ensure that…

  • FAM-L Bargaining, Day 17

    FAM-L Bargaining, Day 17

    At FAM-L bargaining today, we presented counters on Union Access to Information and Facilities, Association Rights, and Management Rights. Management keeps rejecting our Association Rights proposal, but we are standing firm. Our proposal will strengthen our already-unanimous union by ensuring our members get service recognition for their hard work in improving working conditions! Our members…

  • FAM-T Bargaining, Day 22

    FAM-T Bargaining, Day 22

    FAM held fast to our Compensation proposal today at FAM-T bargaining. In response to management’s unacceptable 1.4% average annual salary increment, we held to our numbers (a robust 7% average annual salary increment, with a total raise over three years of the contract would be 26.5%) while compromising with some of management’s language, timelines, and…

  • FAM-T Bargaining, Day 21

    FAM-T Bargaining, Day 21

    Today at the FAM-T bargaining table, we presented a reworked proposal on Academic Freedom, which is of paramount importance for our members and is essential for preserving Miami University’s primary educational mission. The four traditional aspects of academic freedom include freedom of research, freedom of teaching, freedom of extramural speech, and freedom of intramural speech;…