Category: FAM-T Bargaining
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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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Why Students Support FAM—Dylan Halpin
“For students, our professors hold a special place in our hearts.”
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“It’s time to work with us, not against us”—John Schaefer
FAM was the largest higher ed union formed last year in AAUP-AFT. FAM successfully organized more people than any other effort in the largest higher ed union organization in the country.
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“Include faculty…to make tough decisions wisely”—Kate Rousmaniere
Some of [the majors being cut] cost the university nothing…By cutting such majors, all Miami would lose would be students interested in those programs.
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FAM-T Bargaining, Day 12
We are coming to the end of the first phase of FAM negotiations, where we’re getting the last of our proposals on the table. Today we passed across no fewer than nine proposals, each an important brick in the foundation of our bargaining platform. View them all in our Proposal Tracker! We are looking out…
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FAM-T Bargaining, Day 11
At Jan. 31 faculty contract negotiations, while management continued to try to limit our contract as much as possible, FAM kept up the fight to strengthen our working conditions and protections. Academic Freedom and Grievance & Arbitration We passed counter-proposals on Academic Freedom and Grievance and Arbitration—both articles are extremely important to higher education. At…
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FAM-T Bargaining, Day 10
FAM-T was back at the table today for the first time since December 19. Today was another day where FAM’s bargaining team proposed articles that your faculty surveys indicated are top priority: benefits. Our proposals on health, vision, and dental insurance center around lowering costs for our members, protecting our benefits, and strengthening our university…
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All-Unit Meeting! State of Bargaining
Join members of your Negotiating Team for FAM’s State of Bargaining event, happening on two dates in two formats (in person and Zoom) to ensure all can attend. State of Bargaining All-Unit Meeting Representatives from the FAM Negotiating Team will discuss proposals and progress so far, explain what to expect in spring semester, and answer…