Faculty Alliance of Miami: FAM

Tag: solidarity

  • Why Librarian Negotiations Matter to All Faculty

    In ways that might not be immediately obvious, librarian negotiations are vital to all FAM faculty.

  • Why Librarians and Faculty Units Should Negotiate Together

    Here’s the speech that librarian and FAM chief negotiator Ginny Boehme made at the table on the first day of bargaining to explain why the tenure-track/TCPL and librarian units should negotiate together: “When FAM first started organizing, librarians were included right from the get-go. To our faculty colleagues, we were considered an integral part of…

  • “My life here has been put on a timer”: Studies in Precarity

    “My life here has been put on a timer”: Studies in Precarity

    In solidarity and gratitude, we are sharing a series—”Studies in Precarity”—of stories from departing contingent faculty, who still have much to teach us. Scores, perhaps over 200, of Miami contingent faculty have received notices of non-renewal for 2020–21. Many may soon find themselves unemployed and without health insurance in the middle of a pandemic and…

  • AAUP-AFSCME Solidarity Meeting, April 5

    We’re having a meeting/party to support Miami’s hardworking physical facilities staff as they prepare to renegotiate their contract. They keep campus safe, clean and beautiful; faculty and students benefit from their work every day. Meanwhile, their numbers have been slashed so they all have more work to do, they are frequently denied holiday requests and…