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FAM-L Bargaining, Day 14
Librarians closed our contract today! Today ended in victory for librarians – and your presence at the negotiations made a difference! In a room packed with faculty and librarians, we won a tentative agreement on our second librarian contract. While we had to make some concessions to get to this point, we gained improvements in…
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FAM win on summer pay!
It PAYS to be in a union We have an update on management’s unilateral changes to the timing of your summer pay (not the amount) for faculty teaching during the summer terms. After the University refused to bargain over these changes, we filed an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charge with the State Employment Relations Board…
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FAM-T Bargaining and FAM-L Bargaining, Week of June 22nd
We’re ramping up the pressure As we move closer to reaching agreement on our faculty and librarian contracts, we are ramping up the pressure at the table — and throughout Oxford and surrounding areas. We’ve been posting Fair Contract Now yard signs, having our mobile billboard visit the Board of Trustees meeting and summer orientation…
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Federal Grant Changes Threaten Science
Today we submitted a formal comment on proposed federal regulation OMB-2026-0034 which would radically change how federal funding for science works in the United States. This proposal would change how federal grants work across the government leading to increased political interference, banning certain topics, and even allow federal agencies to cancel grants at any time…
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FAM-T Bargaining, Day 11
Faculty Bargaining Update for 6/15/26 Did you see FAM’s mobile billboard driving around Oxford over Alumni weekend? We want Miami alumni to join us in demanding a Fair Contract Now for faculty and librarians. One of our mobile billboard messages read “Do You Want Your Professor to Be Replaced by AI? We don’t! The Future…
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FAM-T Bargaining, Day 10
Today at faculty bargaining, FAM and management exchanged two package proposals with several important articles each: We aligned more closely with management’s structure on Compensation, while continuing to demand raises that would for most members amount to a 15+% pay increase over 3 years, including a one-time $5k increase to base salary in addition to…
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FAM-T Bargaining, Day 7 and FAM-L Bargaining, Day 8
At the end of the academic year, FAM went out with a bang at graduation! Students showed support for FAM faculty and librarians by wearing stickers and holding FAM fans. We handed out over 3000 fans and stickers to graduates, which shows we have huge support from our students and they agree we deserve a…
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Speaking truth to power: FAM members address the Miami BOT
On Friday, May 15, FAM brought the fight for faculty and librarians to the Miami University Board of Trustees meeting. At the meeting, it was abundantly clear, Miami values accumulating and spending vast sums of money, but does not value faculty, librarians, and students. Three speakers addressed different aspects of our struggle. We were particularly…
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FAM-T Bargaining, Day 6
Have you seen the Oxford Free Press’s coverage of last week’s FAM+student May Day action? Solidarity with students works! Watch for more FAM+student solidarity this weekend at graduation! More details below. Today at FAM-T bargaining, management failed to move closer to our position on financials, including Compensation, Leaves, and Benefits. While FAM is committed to…