Faculty Alliance of Miami: FAM

Librarians Bargaining Updates

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  • FAM-L Bargaining, Day 14

    It was a busy day at the FAM-L table today, protecting our job security and rights with nearly a dozen proposals and agreements discussed. Most importantly, we made progress on the key Discipline and Discharge proposal that prohibits arbitrary action and assures fair and equitable working conditions. We moved forward with proposals on health and…

    April 19, 2024

  • FAM-L Bargaining, Day 13

    Today at FAM-L bargaining, our negotiating team worked to protect librarians’ promotion, tenure, and evaluation process and advocate for more manageable workloads. Meanwhile, management presented “solutions” that miss the realities of librarians’ day-to-day work — promotion procedures that put librarians’ progress at risk; arguing that service and scholarship don’t count as part of day-to-day work…

    April 5, 2024

  • FAM-L Bargaining, Day 12

    Today at FAM-L bargaining, management made clear that they will continue to chip away at shared governance and job security for librarians at Miami. While FAM’s proposals aim to improve working conditions for librarians, management is proposing to erode the rights and protections that librarians currently have.  For example, management’s proposal on Promotion and Continuing…

    March 27, 2024

  • FAM-L Bargaining, Day 11

    Today was a proud day for FAM-L: We have now completed submitting our proposed contract articles outlining our vision for librarians at Miami University. Under our proposals, Miami would become a better place to work and study, and we would be able to carry out our mission of high quality education and research more effectively. This…

    March 18, 2024
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FAM-L Bargaining Overview

High-level overview of which proposals are being considered by each team. Notes and Dates of last share after links. Notes key below tracker.