Category: Bargaining
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FAM-T Bargaining, Day 20
Today was a super productive day at FAM-T bargaining: we came to two tentative agreements (TAs) and signed one MOU on Artificial Intelligence. The AI MOU is a significant win, and here’s the scoop: after rejecting our AI proposal last semester, management set up an AI task force to find out how AI impacts our…
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FAM-L Bargaining, Day 16
Today at FAM-L bargaining, we exchanged several important counters on Grievance and Arbitration, Librarian Ranks, Parking, and Vacation and Holidays. Regarding vacay, we had a lively exchange with management about librarians being forced to take vacation days on days when the university is closed — a practice that we would like to change for our…
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FAM-L Bargaining, Day 15
Management’s compensation and benefits proposals dropped today. Their Compensation proposal provides a mere 1.25% annual salary increase (after an initial signing increase of 2%) and a flat rate for all promotion increases (a smaller increase than current practice). Our proposal, by contrast, would provide librarians with a substantial cost of living increase annually of 7%…
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FAM-T Bargaining, Day 19
Our first negotiations of the summer were red-hot — we proposed four counters, including one that would clarify how faculty can be evaluated and one strengthening the job protections of TCPL faculty. Importantly, we vehemently re-rejected management’s language creating a new, unnecessary, and punitive post-tenure review process. We countered on discipline and discharge, and we…
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FAM-T Bargaining, Day 18
Today at the table, management offered a new Artificial Intelligence Memo of Understanding (MOU), a response to our AI proposal which would require both parties to discuss AI’s impact on our work. This is a positive first step, since management had initially refused to bargain over AI at all. If we reach agreement on this,…
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FAM-T Bargaining, Day 17
FAM-T had a great session at the negotiating table today. Our biggest win was being recognized as a university group to use campus facilities. Management has pushed back against this effort for months, but we won! The union is not a third party—it’s us. Our wins today were fueled by our recent organizing actions at…
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FAM Index
Average annual raise FAM has proposed to help address increases in your cost of living: 7%. Management raise proposal: 1.4%. Cost of FAM pay proposal annually: $15 million. Average Miami surplus over last ten years: $109 million. Miami’s rank among Ohio public universities for financial viability and net income: 1 and 1.
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FAM-L Bargaining, Day 14
It was a busy day at the FAM-L table today, protecting our job security and rights with nearly a dozen proposals and agreements discussed. Most importantly, we made progress on the key Discipline and Discharge proposal that prohibits arbitrary action and assures fair and equitable working conditions. We moved forward with proposals on health and…
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FAM-T Bargaining, Day 16: What Management Thinks You’re Worth
1.4% pay increase for faculty, on average, per year. That’s only a 5.9% pay increase over the course of the contract. That’s management’s compensation proposal, presented at today’s FAM-T bargaining session. This sharply contrasts with FAM’s pay proposal, which calls for 29% over the course of the contract1—an average of 7% per year including the…