Tag: benefits
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FAM-L Bargaining, Day 10
The tone from management was more conciliatory today at FAM-L negotiations, following this morning’s Board of Trustees action (great turnout and solidarity!) and last session’s dramatic ending, in which FAM put management on notice that librarians won our unit unanimously and are prepared to fight for our contract. FAM reaffirmed our stance on academic freedom…
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FAM-L Bargaining, Day 9: 75 hours a week
FAM: “What happens if every week is a 75-hour workweek?” Management: “Then you work 75 hours every week.”
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FAM-T Bargaining, Day 11
At Jan. 31 faculty contract negotiations, while management continued to try to limit our contract as much as possible, FAM kept up the fight to strengthen our working conditions and protections. Academic Freedom and Grievance & Arbitration We passed counter-proposals on Academic Freedom and Grievance and Arbitration—both articles are extremely important to higher education. At…
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FAM-T Bargaining, Day 10
FAM-T was back at the table today for the first time since December 19. Today was another day where FAM’s bargaining team proposed articles that your faculty surveys indicated are top priority: benefits. Our proposals on health, vision, and dental insurance center around lowering costs for our members, protecting our benefits, and strengthening our university…
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What we’re all about and how to tell your friends
Do you want to know more about the work our chapter does, or would you like to share information about the chapter with colleagues? We’ve now got a sweet little handout summarizing why we are here and what we do. Speak with any member or write us at miamiaaup@gmail.com to get copies of the below handout to distribute to…
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Miamians, you’re paying more than Ohio peers for health coverage
Here’s our latest working paper—Part II in a series on Miami’s health plans. (The earlier paper focused on gaps in coverage, such as the fact that there’s no limit on out-of-network costs for Miami employees.) In this paper, you’ll find out that Miami employees generally spend more on health insurance coverage than employees at…
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Response to AAUP Budget Questions
At yesterday’s Senate meeting, Provost Callahan responded to AAUP’s budget questions (which were originally asked at the October budget meeting of University Senate). We will be able to share her presentation when the Senate minutes are published [it is now available and archived on this site here]. Her presentation was chock-full of information and we are…
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New Working Paper on Miami’s Health Insurance Plans
Did you know? Compared to the health plans of other Ohio public universities, Miami University’s plans are unusually harsh in the extent to which they penalize employees who receive health services from non-network providers. Compared to our state peer schools, Miami University is a complete outlier in failing to place any cap on employee expenditures…