The Faculty Alliance of Miami (FAM) is the result of two years of outreach to Miami faculty. More than forty Miami faculty have been doing 1-on-1 interviews with faculty across departments, campuses, ranks, and positions. Over that time, we have heard similar stories again and again. You remain deeply committed to your students and research, yet you have serious concerns about choices upper management has made in recent years. Choices that weaken academic excellence at Miami.
Here’s what you told us:
- You want genuine participation in shared governance and less top-down decision-making
- You want clear promotion guidelines, fair compensation, and more job security
- You are upset over the 200+ colleagues who lost their jobs during a pandemic in 2020, despite Miami’s continuing financial health
- You value teaching, research, scholarship, and service that matters, but have less and less time for what you care about
Individually, faculty lack the power to change the current situation. But here’s the good news: together, you and your colleagues can change the balance. And an overwhelming majority of you told us you strongly support organizing a union!
Through FAM, you can negotiate binding agreements with the university on:
- Terms of appointment and promotion (job security, due process)
- Support for shared governance
- Academic freedom
- Benefits
- Workload-related issues
- Salaries
- Anything else the membership has voted to prioritize
The time has come to join the 10 unionized public universities in Ohio–and to fight to save the teacher-scholar model that we cherish at Miami.
How to get involved:
Show your support by signing on to the FAM Mission Statement today.
Learn more at our website: www.famiami.org
Follow FAM on social media: @famiamioh
Faculty working conditions are student learning conditions.
Here’s to building the Miami University our students deserve!