FAM Updates
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Stop the Higher Ed Destruction Bills!
The vote on Faculty Alliance of Miami’s first collective bargaining unit, which concluded on May 2, will be counted this Wednesday, May 17 in Columbus (be there!). In an ironic twist, on the same day at the same time, the Higher Ed Destruction Act — anti-labor sub Senate Bill 83 — will likely be voted on by the Ohio…
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Election Date Set for Librarian Unit!
We are thrilled to announce that Miami University’s librarians will be voting on whether to form a collective bargaining unit as part of the Faculty Alliance of Miami (FAM AAUP-AFT) from May 23 to June 6! LIke all faculty, our librarians need and deserve academic freedom, genuine participation in shared governance, fair salaries, and good…
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What Will It Mean to Have a Faculty Union at Miami?
Colleagues, it’s time to vote! What will it mean to have a faculty union at Miami? A seat at the decision-making table. Without a union, your employer can continue to make unilateral decisions about our working lives. Together, you and your colleagues can set your own priorities and negotiate binding agreements. It’s the difference between speaking and…
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Faculty Voices: Why We are Voting Yes
Faculty across disciplines, divisions, ranks and categories share their reasons for unionizing in our new Faculty Voices quotebook — check it out!
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Librarians to vote!
Librarians at the FAM Prom on Friday, April 7 GREAT NEWS: FAM’s proposed librarian bargaining unit has been agreed to by the Miami administration. Our librarians can move forward with a vote!Next, we’ll work on the election consent agreement with Miami administration. We hope for a vote sometime this summer. If you’re a librarian who…
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APRIL UPDATES FROM FAM
It’s almost time to vote yes! Voting for your union begins April 18 and continues through May 2. 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. Check the Election Countdown at famiami.org! Vote in solidarity. The best way…
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Miami Faculty, Get Ready to Vote!
We are thrilled to share that tenure-line and TCPL faculty will soon be able to vote to form a faculty collective bargaining unit at Miami University! This is a historic moment made possible by Miami faculty’s hard organizing work over the last three years. Voting will occur via mail ballot between April 18 and May…
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Miami LIbrarians file for recognition as collective bargaining unit
Great news: just one week after the SERB decision announcing that the first FAM collective bargaining unit would be tenured, tenure-track and TCPL faculty, librarians have filed today to form their own bargaining unit.CONGRATULATIONS to our amazing librarians. Here’s the press release we’ve just shared: Miami University Librarians File for Recognition as Collective Bargaining Unit…
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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…