We believe that we have won historic gains in these negotiations, including significant salary increases, improved benefits, and stronger protections for Lecturer job security. Find out how you can vote on whether or not to ratify a new contract.
Read More…the union bargaining team has negotiated an agreement with the University that will raise pay, improve health care and boost job security for 1,700 lecturers who teach tens of thousands of students on the Flint, Ann Arbor and Dearborn campuses.
Read MoreAfter a marathon hurry-up-and-wait yesterday, and a more compact version of that today, we negotiated a fantastic financial package of our contract--and it’s a deal we’ll be VERY proud to send to membership for ratification.
Read MoreAdmin is misrepresenting not only our eminently affordable asks, but also our willingness to respond to reasonable offers. It's no accident that they are getting more aggressive after classes have ended, assuming that we are losing community support.
Read MoreOver 1,000 lecturers and allies were ready to walk the picket lines. Why did we call off our planned strike on Monday, April 9, 2018 and Tuesday, April 10, 2018?
Read MoreThe progress made this Sunday persuades us to delay the job action for now, in the conviction that we will make more substantial progress. We have reached this point due to the overwhelming support of members and students and other allies at the University and throughout the state.
Read MoreIn all seriousness, we’ve made great gains on non-financials (including appointments and performance reviews) and benefits. Although we’re still a long way apart on salary, we know that things can happen very quickly in the 11th hour.
Read MoreFirst, we want to celebrate the fact that 160 lecturers and at least 250 allies signed in to open bargaining Friday! The bargaining room, caucus room, and second caucus room were constantly full of people — which is to say nothing of the second-floor hallway being occupied all day by our amazing students.
Read MoreOver 80% of LEO members responding to electronic ballot voted last week to authorize the bargaining team and elected Union Council to call the work stoppage on April 9 and 10 if we don’t see significant improvement on our most important demands.
Read MoreThis update covers two bargaining sessions — Wednesday March 28 and Friday March 30 — since the pace of bargaining is quickening along with the pace of the semester in general.
Read MoreThere will be two extra bargaining sessions next week, sessions which any U-M lecturer may attend.
Read MoreOver the next few weeks, there really will be additional, ad-hoc bargaining sessions to resolve both non-economic and economic issues. Lecturers, we need to be at these sessions, too!
Read MoreAs of Sunday, March 25, an electronic ballot has been sent to all union members in good standing, asking whether to authorize the union leadership to propose a major two-day job action.
Read MoreWe heard from a political candidate, fellow lecturers, and a representative from a sister union. The final speeches by Flint campus chair Stephanie Gelderloos and by Residential College lecturer Bob King particularly struck loud, resonant chords with the hundred-plus people gathered together.
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