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Cathy Wagner: “A strong organization is made stronger when it seeks constructive feedback from all its stakeholders.”
Hello colleagues, I’m Cathy Wagner, professor from the English Department. I am a three-term member of Senate, currently serving as elected member at large, and a former elected member of the All-Faculty Committee for Evaluation of Administrators. I’m also a proud organizer for the Faculty Alliance of Miami. First, I know you all have many…
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“This is not right”: Ginny Boehme at Faculty Assembly
As mentioned by Cathy, one of the reasons (out of the many) that we have heard as to why this committee was shut down was the concern over direct dealing. To be clear, it’s a ridiculous argument. But it’s one that admin is sticking with so let’s explore it a bit more. At the bargaining…
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Trustees Block Shared Governance Committee
We write with a followup from today’s bargaining session about the All-Faculty Committee for the Evaluation of Administration of Administrators. After changing its story twice (first time: “we must pause committee until bargaining”; second time: “we can’t bargain about committee because it’s a shared governance issue”) — university management has arrived at a third way to get…
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Faculty Petition to Reinstate Shared Governance Committee
“Resolved, that the Faculty Assembly demands the immediate reinstatement of the All-Faculty Committee for Evaluation of Administrators as well as any similar divisional and departmental administrator evaluation committees that have been suspended.”
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FAM-LIBRARIANS VOICE IS UNANIMOUS #unionyes!
FAM-ily were in Columbus this morning for the Librarian’s Unit vote count at the State Employment Relations Board. The count took only 15 minutes and the results were amazing. The vote was 28-0 on 90% turnout. Here’s the full Twitter thread of the morning’s news. More details coming tomorrow! #FAMLibrarians won their unit UNANIMOUSLY in a…
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Bargaining & Raises: What You Need to Know
Miami’s TCPL and tenured, and tenure-track faculty have won the right to collectively bargain through FAM, and librarians are not far behind. Bargaining will start soon! FAM has already contacted Miami University to express our intent to bargain. For a strong contract, it’s important that as many colleagues as possible are informed and involved in…
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FAM Librarian Union Election Begins!
It’s Time To Vote Yes! FAM librarians! Voting for your FAM Librarians AAUP-AFT union begins May 23 and continues through June 6. To count, your confidential ballot must be correctly filled out (please mark your vote with an “X,” not some other mark!) and mailed within this two-week window. Be sure to sign the outside of your…
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Faculty Alliance of Miami Wins Union!
Yes colleagues, you WON! That’s what time it is! Here’s an article in today’s Cincinnati Enquirer and our press release is below. For more, check the @famiamioh tweets from today in Columbus. OXFORD, Ohio — In a historic union election at Miami University, faculty won their union and therefore the power to bargain for better working conditions…