Tag: Faculty Assembly
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Why Miami Suspended the Administrator Evaluation Committee
With the announcement of the new process for evaluating administrators, the fog surrounding the suspension of the Administrator Evaluation Committee has finally cleared. Management’s new process makes clear that the reason given for suspending the old process — that it risks direct dealing — was never the actual reason. (“Direct dealing” is when a boss negotiates directly with an individual employee on wages or working…
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FAM-T Bargaining, Day 8
Nearly 300 of your colleagues attended Faculty Assembly last week, putting the administration on notice that they need to work with us, not against us. Unfortunately, management’s bargaining team was not yet ready to do that this week. In time, they will understand how united you are in your commitment to successful negotiations. The issues…
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Daniel Hall: “A cooperative process…is better for the administrator, the University, and the faculty”
A cooperative process, as has been the Miami way for decades, is better for the administrator, the University, and the faculty.
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Speeches from Faculty Assembly
What a turnout yesterday for Faculty Assembly! 102 Benton was filled and the mood was buoyant. If you were there yesterday, talk to your colleagues about what you heard and about the powerful feeling of being a faculty united. And make sure to vote. Ballots will be distributed by email soon. Over a dozen tenured, librarian,…
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Shashi Lalvani: “Top 10 Reasons Why We Should Evaluate Administrators”
The administration’s “rationale” for terminating the process of evaluating administrators is as follows: Since FAM represents faculty for negotiations related to wages and employment, and therefore, Miami may not engage in soliciting individual faculty input. This has no legal, rational, or moral standing. As you will note, it says “may not engage..,” but does not…
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FAM-L Bargaining, Day 4
Before we report, a reminder to attend Faculty Assembly this Thursday, November 30 at 4:15pm, 102 Benton. This special Faculty Assembly was called by a petition signed by 117 faculty. Their resolution — to preserve shared governance by reinstating the All-Faculty Committee for Evaluation of Administrators — can be voted on if a quorum of…
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Day 7 of FAM-T Bargaining
At FAM-T’s seventh bargaining session today, many proposals and counter-proposals passed across the table. The team is optimistic — we are making steady progress through the non-economic proposals. There’s a lot to discuss here, plua additional information in several short post-bargaining videos from FAM’s Negotiating Team here. Let us know if you have questions or…
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Demand Shared Governance and Budget Transparency! Faculty Assembly November 5th
Over a tenth of Miami continuing faculty have signed on to a Faculty Assembly resolution demanding genuine shared governance and budget transparency at Miami. That number triggers the calling of a special Faculty Assembly to discuss the resolution. This is the first time in Miami history faculty have used our right of initiative — our…
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Reporting Arrests Policy: Update & Next Steps
Thanks to your efforts and the fantastic turnout that we had for the Faculty Assembly meeting September 10, the University’s “Reporting Arrests” policy has been put on hold again and sent back to Senate. This is the first time in recent memory, if ever, that the Faculty Assembly has taken a meaningful action to protect the…