We’re official, folks! We have a union! We’re proud to announce that the card check process has been completed, and the results have been certified. With commitments from 67% of Librarians, Archivists, and Curators across all three campuses, LEO-GLAM is formally recognized by administration!
Read MoreLecturers can only vote in the Senate if they are elected as reps for their colleges, this only happens occasionally because there are so few governing lecturers to serve in Senate and so few who can vote for those lecturers who do run. The Faculty Congress voted no on Proposal 4 to have a dedicated lecturer seat in the Senate.
Read MoreInvestment: Because The University of Michigan has access to $6.7 billion in unrestricted reserves it should use this to invest in students, employees and the community rather than continuing to cut resources for those most in need.
Read MoreWatch a short video about LEO Member Madeleine Barkey’s experience teaching art online during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Read MoreEvery Monday, look forward to meeting another one of your fellow union members and hearing about how they got involved in LEO. This series is a way for us to learn about our fellow Lecs, and remind ourselves that We Are the Union! This week, meet Deb Roundtree, a Lecturer of Psychology in Dearborn.
Read MoreMeet Erik Marshall, new Dearborn campus co-chair and Union Council member.
Read MoreIn this video about LEO's contract bargaining, students from Dearborn and Flint ask WHY the University of Michigan continues to financially starve the campuses with our most diverse student bodies.
Read MoreDearborn Lecturers and allies protested the University of Michigan-Dearborn ELB groundbreaking to tell the administration that its priorities are hurting the faculty who teach the majority of classes on campus as well as students.
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