Faculty Alliance of Miami: FAM

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  • FAM Statement: Miami University Must Not Rely on SciVal

    November 1, 2025 The Faculty Alliance of Miami (FAM, AAUP-AFT Local 375) issues this statement to express its reservations about the use of the SciVal database to measure faculty’s scholarly productivity and, in turn, to use that data as part of departmental budgeting through RCM 4.0. Below we outline our specific concerns:  1) SciVal is…

  • FAM Statement on Regional Restructuring: The Liberal Arts Are the Beating Heart of the Polytechnic

    FAM Statement on Regional Restructuring: The Liberal Arts Are the Beating Heart of the Polytechnic

    October 31, 2025 Miami University management’s decision to rebrand Miami Regionals as a Polytechnic took regional faculty and students by surprise. This top-down decision by the Board of Trustees is now being hastily implemented through a two-month restructuring process that will radically transform our university and our students’ education.  If we are to be a…

  • Miami Faculty and SB1: Guidance from FAM

    Note: This is FAM’s guidance for faculty based on our analysis of Senate Bill 1 (SB1) as well as discussions and resource-sharing among faculty unions around the state. Special input from the Ohio Conference of the AAUP, the University of Toledo AAUP, Ohio State AAUP, and Ohio State’s SB1 Compliance page.  Other universities around Ohio…

  • We Stand With International Students and Colleagues

    April 16, 2025 The Trump administration has intensified its attacks on international faculty and students: refusing scholars entry into the country due to their political viewpoints, stripping students of their legal status and revoking visas, and seizing students in preparation for deportation, including in Ohio. These actions, brazen attacks on the First Amendment and the…

  • Miami University’s Faculty and Librarian Union Ratifies First Contracts

    March 11, 2025 Oxford, Ohio – The Faculty Alliance of Miami (FAM, AAUP-AFT) has ratified its first faculty and librarian contracts with overwhelming support: 95% of faculty and 100% of librarians voted yes.  FAM members also voted to adopt the constitution (94%). This marks a significant achievement in the union’s ongoing efforts to enhance job…

  • FAM-L Bargaining, Day 30

    FAM-L Bargaining, Day 30

    Now more than ever, we must stand together as a union. Across the country and state, we see attacks on workers’ rights, rising costs of living, and corporate interests trying to weaken the very organizations that fight for fair wages, safe working conditions, and respect on the job. We see legislative and executive attacks on…

  • FAM, AAUP-AFT statement: We Must Stand Together 

    FAM, AAUP-AFT statement: We Must Stand Together 

    Across the country and state, we are seeing attacks on workers’ rights, education and on the most vulnerable members of our campus and community. But here’s the truth: when we stand together, we win.

  • “Don’t Freeze Us Out” Practice Picket

    “Don’t Freeze Us Out” Practice Picket

    On the first day of classes, January 27, let’s get out in the street and demand that Miami management stop freezing us out. Show your strength, FAM! RSVP here. What: “Don’t Freeze Us Out!” Practice Picket* 🪧. Wear anything red you have over your jacket (use your FAM tee as a scarf!)When: Monday, January 27, 12:30–1:30pmWhere:…

  • FAM files a ULP

    FAM files a ULP

    Management is trying to restrict members’ right to represent FAM We have an important update for our members: today, we filed an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) against management. This ULP applies to FAM-T (the faculty unit) and not to FAM-L (the librarian unit).  What: last month, management tried to introduce language that would restrict our…