Faculty Alliance of Miami: FAM

Category: FAM-T Bargaining

  • Faculty Alliance of Miami University Reaches Tentative Agreement on Contract

    A joint press release by Faculty Alliance of Miami (FAM) and Ohio Federation of Teachers (OFT) February 25, 2025 OXFORD, OHIO — The Faculty Alliance of Miami (FAM), which represents 830 faculty members and librarians at Miami University, reached a tentative agreement with the university Monday evening on a first contract for faculty that includes…

  • FAM-T Bargaining, Day 37

    FAM-T Bargaining, Day 37

    Today — on the 544th day of negotiating — FAM-T closed our first contract!  Our team has reached tentative agreements (TA) on all outstanding articles, including Compensation, Financial Exigency and Academic Reorganization, and Appointment, Renewal, and Promotion of TCPL Faculty. The final agreement secures a 9.27% raise for our faculty, as compounded over three years…

  • FAM-T Bargaining, Day 36

    FAM-T Bargaining, Day 36

    Today at FAM-T bargaining, we exchanged nearly all of our outstanding articles and made substantive progress on Compensation and TCPL job security. Most notably, we got management to agree to presumptive renewal for Full and Senior TCPL faculty — a major win for our members that we’ve been fighting for since 2023.  This win is…

  • FAM-T Bargaining, Day 35

    FAM-T Bargaining, Day 35

    Today’s FAM-T bargaining session was a whirlwind of exchanged proposals — a total of ten proposals passed back and forth — and these are productive signs that both sides are gaining momentum to close this contract. We are down to key concepts, including compensation and job security, and today we got management to back down on…

  • FAM-T Bargaining, Day 34

    FAM-T Bargaining, Day 34

    New Year. New Management Lawyer. New Delays. On our 492nd day of working without a contract, we got to meet Management’s third new lawyer…along with all the other delays Management has brought to the process, including but not limited to: picking arbitrary fights, writing arcane interpretations of Ohio law that teeter on the edge of…

  • FAM-T Bargaining, Day 33

    FAM-T Bargaining, Day 33

    By now, you may have seen the news that management’s lead lawyer on the FAM-T side has stepped away, and will soon be replaced. Read FAM’s statement … Today at FAM-T bargaining, we had many surprisingly productive conversations with management about your top priorities: compensation and job security. FAM began the day by countering on…

  • FAM-T Bargaining, Day 32

    FAM-T Bargaining, Day 32

    Your Negotiation Team continues to fight for fair evaluations, job security, and benefits for our members. At FAM-T bargaining today, we countered on Leaves, Benefits, Financial Exigency and Academic Reorganization, and presented packages on Faculty Evaluations & Performance Improvement Plans, and Management Rights & Association Rights. These proposals protect our members’ benefits and job security…

  • 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!