Miami faculty cancel 'teach-out' after university says it violates law

Miami U Prohibits Faculty Teaching Outside for Labor Day

University officials say the planned event violates the collective bargaining agreement, as well as Ohio law. Faculty say this is “untrue and a gross mischaracterization” of the teach-out, which was intended to be celebratory. Three days before Miami University faculty planned to celebrate Labor Day by teaching class outside, university officials forbade the action, faculty union leaders told Inside Higher Ed. “We wanted to have what we imagined…

Miami University claims a now-canceled Labor Day event hosted by faculty would've violated state law

Faculty union president Theresa Kulbaga says faculty planned to bring some of their classes outside onto the Oxford campus' quad on Wednesday afternoon to highlight the work of Miami's employees ahead of Labor Day weekend, but received a message from the school's provost on Monday that claimed the event was unlawful.

Miami faculty cancel 'teach-out' after university says it violates law

The faculty union at Miami University said university officials are stopping it from participating in a demonstration planned for Sept. 2.