FAM Updates
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FAM-T Bargaining, September 8
In the wake of national attention to Miami’s extreme reaction to our planned Labor Day Teach-OUT, we made some progress on non-economic issues and forced the University to make one substantive concession on economics. FAM and management are mostly aligned on non-economic articles at this point, with important exceptions in Faculty Evaluations (where they want…
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Press Release: Miami University Forbids Professors from Engaging in Planned Labor Day Event
September 2, 2026 Oxford, OH — Late in the day on August 31, two days before a planned Labor Day Teach-OUT on September 2, Miami University’s Office of the Provost sent an email communication forbidding faculty from participating. The Teach-OUT was organized by the Faculty Alliance of Miami (FAM—AAUP-AFT, Local 375), the union representing all…
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This Labor Day, do NOT show your labor
Teaching outside is now prohibited. You’ve likely seen the message that went out to all faculty late yesterday from the Provost’s Office regarding FAM’s Labor Day Teach-Out. The gist of that email was: do not take your students outside. Stay in your classrooms. This Labor Day, whatever you do, do NOT make your labor visible.…
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FAM-T Bargaining, August 28
Faculty flexed our power at today’s Power Lunch 💲💪🏽! Dozens more attended on Zoom, putting management on notice: we are willing to fight for fair raises and benefits for our members. And we’re not backing down. Today at faculty bargaining, we once again traded two major packages, with a total of three table sessions. In…
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FAM-T Bargaining, August 10 and 12
Big thanks to those of you who attended Tuesday’s Strategy Summit and dreaming/scheming with our union! We set priorities for the year, discussed how we will win this second faculty contract, and celebrated our grievance victories. Faculty bargained twice this week, attempting to get this second contract done. Those of you who have attended bargaining…
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FAM-T Bargaining, July 29 and 31
At faculty bargaining this week, with your help, we made meaningful progress on numerous priorities. FAM and management are down to trading two large packages: This week, we’ve exchanged economics four times. In addition to making movement on Compensation around annual increases and summer/winter/overload pay, we made significant movement on Benefits as well, adopting the…
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FAM-L Bargaining, Day 14: We won our librarian contract!
Librarians closed our contract today! Today ended in victory for librarians – and your presence at the negotiations made a difference! In a room packed with faculty and librarians, we won a tentative agreement on our second librarian contract. While we had to make some concessions to get to this point, we gained improvements in…
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FAM win on summer pay!
It PAYS to be in a union We have an update on management’s unilateral changes to the timing of your summer pay (not the amount) for faculty teaching during the summer terms. After the University refused to bargain over these changes, we filed an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charge with the State Employment Relations Board…
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FAM-T Bargaining and FAM-L Bargaining, Week of June 22nd
We’re ramping up the pressure As we move closer to reaching agreement on our faculty and librarian contracts, we are ramping up the pressure at the table — and throughout Oxford and surrounding areas. We’ve been posting Fair Contract Now yard signs, having our mobile billboard visit the Board of Trustees meeting and summer orientation…