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The 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 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 MoreLet's each fill a seat, get something to eat, and help support LEO to negotiate a contract that can't be beat!
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 MoreHow do we as a community - Lecturers, students, graduate students, tenure track faculty, tax payers, etc. - make university administration realize that we will not accept anything less than an equitable contract for Lecturers?
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.
Read MoreIn this guest post, Stephanie Irwin-Booms, a Lecturer II at UM-Flint's English Department reminds us why much higher salaries--and greater economic justice for lecs at all three campuses--will be a big part of any final contract that LEO signs.
Read MoreLet’s be clear: the gains we’ve made have everything to do with the power we’ve been able to demonstrate thus far. We’ve built tremendous momentum among both lecturers and allies, and WEMUST CONTINUE TO APPLY PRESSURE with ever-higher attendance at bargaining each week.
Read MoreWe've made some gains in bargaining, including an agreement to bridge health benefits over the spring and summer terms for lecturers who teach in the winter and know they'll be teaching in the fall.
Read MoreEach of these meetings happen on each campus, and you can go to whatever meeting is most convenient for you--you do not have to attend a meeting at the campus on which you teach.
Read MoreWhen workers fight for themselves in the right way, they fight for everybody.
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