FAM Updates
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FAM-L Bargaining, Day 7
At librarian bargaining today, management presented a Benefits proposal that is completely unacceptable. They want us to agree to language allowing them to change our Benefits without our input. FAM is not accepting management’s last Compensation proposal, which is based on magic numbers that have not been decided yet. To the great annoyance of management,…
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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…
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H.B. 698 Testimony Needed
The Ohio State Legislature isn’t done with us. On Tuesday, the House Workforce and Higher Education committee will be holding a hearing on H.B. 698. H.B. 698, the S.B. 1 Compliance Supplemental Appropriation Act, has a slew of policies that will make our work harder: We need you to submit testimony in opposition to HB…
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FAM-L Bargaining, Day 6
Librarians are Worth More than 1% IIf you missed last week’s May Day action by FAM, check out the speeches by FAM President Theresa Kulbaga and FAM organizer Cathy Wagner at our website. And check our socials (@famiamioh) for more photos and videos! Today at bargaining, management did not come prepared. They came to the table…
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Theresa Kulbaga: “Today is about more than Cook Field.”
We also mourn the death of numerous academic programs, faculty who have been let go, and the central academic mission of this university. Hi, I’m TK, and I’m the President of the Faculty Alliance of Miami, AAUP-AFT, Local 375. Today is about more than Cook Field. As we mourn this green space, and the misguided…
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Cathy Wagner: Eulogy for Cook Field
“right now across this country there are more than five thousand May Day protests, strikes, walkouts and rallies happening!” Cook Field, we are gathered here todayworkers and students and student workers and worker learnersto say goodbye to you. You are a flat green place with wind.Today is May DayMayday means maypoles, sensuality, flowersworkers dancing, worker…
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FAM-T Bargaining, Day 5
Direct action works! Building on the energy from our successful May 1 rally with students, faculty won Tentative Agreements (TAs) on three articles, bringing us to a total of four TAs overall: These wins show the power of solidarity with students. Check out our photos on our socials (@famiamioh)! We also passed across counters on…
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FAM-L Bargaining, Day 5
One day this email will proclaim good news about an agreement regarding compensation. That day is NOT today. FAM made a big move at the table in an attempt to reach a compromise, dropping our overall proposal for “time in position” increases, which would have reduced the salary compression for those who have been underpaid…
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FAM-L Bargaining, Days 3 & 4
Dear colleagues, Nothing says care quite like rejection — or at least that is what Management wants you to think. Management has treated the past two days as a Rejection Fest, refusing to engage with FAM on multiple proposals: It’s hard to tell if these rejections come from true objections or just their disinclination to…