FAM Updates
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Faculty Petition to Reinstate Shared Governance Committee
“Resolved, that the Faculty Assembly demands the immediate reinstatement of the All-Faculty Committee for Evaluation of Administrators as well as any similar divisional and departmental administrator evaluation committees that have been suspended.”
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Reflections on Indigenous Peoples’ Day
“While we’re here, Miami is what we make it. And if a poor kid from a warring tribe can stand in a classroom here and lecture about the value of remembering whose land we continually build Miami on, we all belong, and we all have a voice, and we all get to tell our story.…
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FAM-L Opens Bargaining
Today marked the first day of negotiations for our FAM Librarians! Following introductions, our team presented an MOU regarding a 2% raise for all librarians in the bargaining unit. They also asked clarifying questions regarding an MOU for restarting paused committees. The University’s team will be returning next session with answers to those questions and…
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Opening Statement by Ginny Boehme
“You have the power to change the anti-collegial atmosphere. You have the power to show us that you are willing to work with us. I sincerely hope you exercise that power. “
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FAM-T Bargaining, Day 3
“No” is a complete sentence, but so is “Yes, academic freedom is part of faculty working conditions!” Today, September 26, 2023, marked FAM-T’s third bargaining session. FAM’s Negotiating Team once again made the long drive to Voice of America to bargain the administration in good faith. The team were met with a number of frustrating…
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Sam Morris’ Opening Statement and FAM’s Commitment to Miami’s Academic Future
Our class-sizes are swelling, our faculty lines are stagnant or shrinking or increasingly precarious, we are constantly being asked to do more with less and so many of us just find the fire to get it done because we love our students, we love our colleagues, we love our jobs, we love our University and…
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Faculty Bargaining: Day 2
Tuesday, September 12th, marked our second bargaining session. Our negotiating team made progress in reinstituting suspended shared governance committees and more (see “On the plus side” below), but the team did encounter several frustrations. Miami’s outside lawyers 1) Continued to stonewall on our MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) asking for 2% raises to be extended to faculty in…
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First Day of Bargaining!
Today, our faculty-librarian negotiating team sat at a long table across from two outside lawyers, a couple of lawyers from the Miami General Counsel office, and three deans from 10am till almost 7pm on the VoA campus. We had a collegial discussion and reached agreement on several items. Much remains to discuss! We can tell…