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Time to Vote & Keep Organizing! #OneFaculty
On March 9, the State Employment Review Board (SERB) ruled that FAM’s first bargaining unit will include tenured and tenure-track faculty and TCPL. The judge decided to exclude librarians, hybrid faculty-staff and visiting faculty. T/TT and TCPL will be eligible to vote in the upcoming election. It’s unfair and disappointing that many non-tenure-track colleagues who…
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“Everyone in this room shares the goal of providing an excellent learning environment for our students”
Professor Deborah Lyons is a member of the Department of French, Italian and Classical Studies and an affiliate in the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at Miami University. She delivered this speech at the Board of Trustees public meeting on March 3, 2023. Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. I am Deborah Lyons, from the Department…
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Proving to the Board of Trustees that We Are One Faculty
On Friday, March 3, 2023 in Marcum Center, a brilliant group of our colleagues were awarded tenure — the strongest protection for academic freedom there is, but one that’s under threat all over the country. In this uncertain legislative environment, a union contract can defend against threats to academic freedom. That’s why a large group of…
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“Respect and value your faculty. Let us vote.”
Professor Theresa Kulbaga is a member of the English Department and the Languages, Literatures and Writing Department at Miami University. She is also a faculty affiliate of American Studies & Women’s and Gender Studies. She delivered this speech at the Board of Trustees public meeting on March 3, 2023. Hi, and thanks for hearing me today.…
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“Collective bargaining rights are a bulwark against threats to tenure and academic freedom”
Professor Cathy Wagner is a member of the English Department at Miami University. She delivered this speech at the Board of Trustees public meeting on March 3, 2023. Chair Schell, members of the Board, my name is Cathy Wagner and I’ve been a professor of English at Miami for 17 years. I’m serving my third term as…
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“As a faculty member and administrator, I found unionization beneficial”
Professor Daniel Hall is a member of the Department of Justice and Community Studies and an Affiliate Professor in the Departments of Political Science and Global and Intercultural Studies at Miami University. He delivered this speech at the Board of Trustees public meeting on March 3, 2023. Good morning. I am Daniel Hall, professor of justice and community studies…
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WE ARE ONE FACULTY. WE SHARE A COMMUNITY OF INTEREST.
This op ed appeared in the Miami Student on February 17, 2023. Thanks to the editors. Can a single collective bargaining unit represent different faculty ranks and categories? Do tenure-line faculty, visiting faculty, Teaching, Clinical Professors and Lecturers (TCPL) and librarians want to be in a single bargaining unit? Are we all one faculty? Yes,…
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Transcripts from FAM Hearings
We have just received the transcripts of the FAM hearings on whether our collective bargaining unit should be the inclusive one we want — including all who perform faculty duties, such as non-tenure-track faculty, librarians and some staff — or the exclusive unit the Miami administration prefers, which would comprise only tenure-line faculty. The hearings…
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Summary of #FAMhearings
THE Arguments on both sides FAM continues to push for an inclusive collective bargaining unit for all full-time faculty at Miami. At a hearing December 12 and 13, a state-appointed judge heard testimony from Miami’s administration in support of excluding all except tenure-line faculty and from FAM in support of an inclusive unit. A summary is…