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The faculty union president says the plan was to bring classes outside to highlight the work of Miami's employees ahead of Labor Day weekend, but received a message from the school's provost that claimed the event was unlawful.

The deal comes just days after the teachers' union authorized a 10-day strike option and opened strike headquarters, though members of the union never actually went on strike.

Ross math teacher Amy Brossart says the REA is mainly seeking higher wages for educators, and she hopes Wednesday's rally gets the community's attention.

The American Federation of Government Employees, which is the largest federal worker union, says it is preparing “immediate legal action."

The union was formed in 2023 after 65% of the eligible faculty voted in favor of it, making it Miami's first faculty union in its more than 200-year history.

The two parties have met around 30 times to negotiate a contract.

The baristas voted 11-1 in favor of forming a union.

The group of Cincinnati baristas are joined by eight other groups of workers at Starbucks locations across the country who also filed for elections this week.

Since 2022, workers at the facility have tried to form a union, but organizers have repeatedly claimed that management tried to squash those efforts by intimidating, interrogating, and spying on pro-union workers.

The Sharonville plant supplies transmissions to Ford's largest truck plant in Louisville, where UAW workers are currently participating in a national strike for better pay and benefits.