The Faculty Association of Monmouth University

Please Join FAMCO for a Teach-in to Debrief Trump’s First Month in OfficeHOSTED BY THE FACULTY ASSOCIATION OF MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2025GREAT HALL AUDITORIUM Session 1: 10:05am-11:25amStudent Co-Moderators:Nashalie Garcia & Rafael Martinez Ponce Faculty Panelists:Prof. BobbittDean DuckettProf. GiacobbeProf. IannucciProf. LudakProf. Shoemaker Faculty MC:Prof. Ragudaran Session 2: 1:15pm-2:35pmStudent Co-Moderators:Nashalie Garcia & Susan Mazzeo Faculty…

Collective Response to Executive Orders FAMCO E-Board Wrote an Open Letter to Students: Home – The Outlook (Direct Link Coming Soon) FAMCO and Other Faculty Leadership Called a Meeting with Administration Frontline Solidarity Toolkit from AFL-CIO:Frontline-Solidarity-Toolkit-December-2024.pdf Updates and Calls to Action from the National Academic Labor Movement. We can help! From AFT: Link share to…

We are happy to announce that the FAMCO Bargaining Team has SEALed the Deal for a fair contract from 2024-2027!  This contract includes substantial wins that matter deeply to our members. Key gains have been made in all areas related to our member’s S.E.A.L goals. For details on the important wins in these areas see…

September 25, 2024 Dear Members: See below for the latest FAMCO bargaining update and FAMCO Call to Action: —————————————————————————————————– “DID YOU GET OUR LETTER?” In this week’s negotiations, the administration came back to the bargaining table as if we were never in Great Hall. After over 100 faculty joined together last week to deliver our open…

Dear Members, Yesterday, the FAMCO bargaining team was back at the table working to advance our proposals for real earnings increases safeguarded from healthcare price gouging. The big take-away is that the administration’s response sends us the message that they are unwilling to truly hear the faculty’s repeated and compelling testimony of the ways in which soaring…

Dear Members, Yesterday, the FAMCO bargaining team returned to the negotiating table to hear the administration’s latest proposals for compensation increases, healthcare rates, and a commitment to address the problem of a shrinking tenure-eligible faculty.  We wish we could report that the administration moved significantly closer to a position on each of these key issue areas…

Dear FAMCO Members, We write with a Monday morning update on the status of last week’s contract negotiations.  As of today, FAMCO has been negotiating for six months with the MU administration to settle on a fair contract for faculty, not only during this critical time in higher education more broadly, but at a time when we know…