Category: FAM-L Bargaining
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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.
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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’s first year of negotiations
Building our first contracts from scratch is a monumental undertaking, but thanks to the over 60 faculty members and librarians from all divisions and ranks who developed bargaining proposals, already we’ve made significant progress.
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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.