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 LEO STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT

Join with fellow LEO members to map out the road to another successful labor contract!

Tuesday and Wednesday, May 8 and 9

10am–3pm (both days)

LEO office: 330 East Liberty, Suite 3F, Ann Arbor 48104

Childcare available. Lunch provided.

Overnight accommodations and mileage available from Flint or Dearborn. RSVP required.

For more information call the LEO office at (734) 995 -1813.

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Union's action saves lecturers thousands on insurance premiums!

A message to LEO members from Kirsten Herold, LEO Vice President and Grievance Chair:

If you are employed at the 80 to 100 percent appointment level and are on a four or eight month payment schedule, you should have received an April 18 letter from the Benefits Office stating that you are to receive a direct deposit refund for overcharges on your health benefits for January, February, and March 2012.

Here is what should have happened: All University of Michigan employees who are eligible for health insurance are now being placed into so-called “benefits bands” based on their annual salary. The band works like a progressive tax – the higher your salary, the higher the band and the more you pay for your insurance.

Here is what actually happened: In January, the Benefits Office began increasing lecturer health care premiums, using a 12-month pay scale for lecturers paid on four and eight month schedules. Thus, the Benefits Office was placing Lecturers into benefits band at 50% above their actual salaries! (This mistake does not apply to those paid on a twelve-month schedule, whose salaries were calculated correctly.)