Category: FAM-L Bargaining
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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-L Bargaining, Day 13
Today at FAM-L bargaining, our negotiating team worked to protect librarians’ promotion, tenure, and evaluation process and advocate for more manageable workloads. Meanwhile, management presented “solutions” that miss the realities of librarians’ day-to-day work — promotion procedures that put librarians’ progress at risk; arguing that service and scholarship don’t count as part of day-to-day work…
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FAM-L Bargaining, Day 12
Today at FAM-L bargaining, management made clear that they will continue to chip away at shared governance and job security for librarians at Miami. While FAM’s proposals aim to improve working conditions for librarians, management is proposing to erode the rights and protections that librarians currently have. For example, management’s proposal on Promotion and Continuing…
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FAM-L Bargaining, Day 11
Today was a proud day for FAM-L: We have now completed submitting our proposed contract articles outlining our vision for librarians at Miami University. Under our proposals, Miami would become a better place to work and study, and we would be able to carry out our mission of high quality education and research more effectively. This…
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“Miami University is in very strong financial condition.”
Bunsis explained that Miami can easily afford FAM’s pay proposals without touching reserves. Faculty salaries are well below Miami-identified peer institutions at all campuses.
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Can Miami afford raises for faculty?
Update: View the slides from Howard Bunsis’ Analysis of the Financial Situation of Miami University, presented at Wednesday’s FAM-T bargaining session. If you attend one bargaining session this year, attend the one on Wednesday, March 13. Other important sessions are coming up — but this one is not to be missed because Dr. Howard Bunsis, expert…
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The Board of Trustees heard loud and clear: “Work With Us Not Against Us”
Standing room only at the Board of Trustees meeting today! A room packed full of FAM-supportive faculty and librarians clapped loudly to celebrate colleagues’ promotions and even louder and longer for the speeches telling the Board that it’s time to Work With Us, Not Against Us.
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FAM-L Bargaining, Day 10
The tone from management was more conciliatory today at FAM-L negotiations, following this morning’s Board of Trustees action (great turnout and solidarity!) and last session’s dramatic ending, in which FAM put management on notice that librarians won our unit unanimously and are prepared to fight for our contract. FAM reaffirmed our stance on academic freedom…
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Why Students Support FAM—Dylan Halpin
“For students, our professors hold a special place in our hearts.”