Dear Lecturers, On June 21st and 22nd, the LEO Bargaining Team reached agreement with the university administration after eight months of contract negotiations. The Union Council has unanimously voted to send this agreement to the membership for ratification. As stated in the Elections Committee notification that was emailed last week, the online ratification vote will … Continue reading Ratification Process

For immediate release, June 22 Contact:  Roger Kerson, roger@rkcommunications.net, 734.645.0535 University of Michigan Lecturers Negotiate Agreement to Raise Pay, Improve Health Care and Job Security Salary Increases on All Campuses; LEO Members to Vote by Electronic Ballot in July ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN – The Lecturers Employee Organization (LEO), AFT-Michigan Local 6244, announced today that following … Continue reading FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – University of Michigan Lecturers Negotiate Agreement to Raise Pay, Improve Health Care and Job Security

Dear Lecturers, Guess what? We’ve got some great news! As many people were anxiously anticipating, today the University Regents voted on a budget for next academic year. The budget they passed contained a substantial increase for our contract. After a marathon hurry-up-and-wait yesterday, and a more compact version of that today, we negotiated a fantastic … Continue reading Good News!! (Also, Time Change at Pierpont Tomorrow)