Category: FAM-T Bargaining
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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-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-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…
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FAM-T Bargaining, Day 15
After the Bunsis presentation, FAM and management each shared multiple counter-proposals (which you can view at our website). Of special interest is our Faculty Evaluations counter, which protects faculty against bias in student evaluations and provides clarity about how TCPL faculty are evaluated. Most importantly, we rejected management’s overreaching post-tenure review provision, a completely unnecessary and…
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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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FAM-T Bargaining, Day 14
At the FAM-T table today, we vehemently rejected the administration’s proposal on Management Rights. Their Management Rights proposal gives sweeping and unilateral power to administration, including the power to control the content and style of our teaching—a clear violation of faculty academic freedom. As FAM said at the table, the idea that administration can control…