FAM Updates
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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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“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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FAM-T Bargaining, Day 36
Today at FAM-T bargaining, we exchanged nearly all of our outstanding articles and made substantive progress on Compensation and TCPL job security. Most notably, we got management to agree to presumptive renewal for Full and Senior TCPL faculty — a major win for our members that we’ve been fighting for since 2023. This win is…
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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…
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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.
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“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:…
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FAM-L Bargaining, Day 29
Today is our 510th day of bargaining for our first contract. Read our op-ed in the Oxford Free Press, where we argue that lengthy contract negotiations are a union-busting tactic. You deserve a fair contract now! At the bargaining table today, FAM-L reached three more Tentative Agreements (TAs): Management Rights, Association Rights, and Individual and…
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FAM-T Bargaining, Day 35
Today’s FAM-T bargaining session was a whirlwind of exchanged proposals — a total of ten proposals passed back and forth — and these are productive signs that both sides are gaining momentum to close this contract. We are down to key concepts, including compensation and job security, and today we got management to back down on…
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FAM-L Bargaining, Day 28
Today marks nearly 500 days of bargaining Once again, we waited all morning for management to finish their work before finally joining us at the table at almost noon. Today is our 497th day of bargaining, and management continues to stall, delay, and obstruct progress to our first contract. Once we did get to the…
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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…
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FAM-T Bargaining, Day 34
New Year. New Management Lawyer. New Delays. On our 492nd day of working without a contract, we got to meet Management’s third new lawyer…along with all the other delays Management has brought to the process, including but not limited to: picking arbitrary fights, writing arcane interpretations of Ohio law that teeter on the edge of…