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Saturday, 06 March 2010 10:06 |
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Will lecturers bear the brunt of the University's cost-cutting plans? Yup, if you don't get involved. So, attend a LEO membership meeting on your campus!
Above: LEO members from all campuses gather in Dearborn, October 2009.
March 2010 LEO Membership Meetings:
Ann Arbor 3-16, 5:00 PM, LEO Office
Dearborn 3-17 and 3-18, 4:00 PM, 2048 CB
Flint 3-17 (12:30 PM), and 3-18 (2:00 PM), 110 FH
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Saturday, 06 March 2010 23:10 |
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The two sides met again on Friday, March 5, holding informal discussions throughout the day.
Much of the focus was on the union's proposal to revise the appointments article. The discussion of what happens after a lecturer passes the second major review seemed productive. The two sides apparently agree that endless major reviews are not helpful, but are still searching for a viable alternative on which they can agree. There was also discussion, perhaps less productive, of the union's proposals that initial L1 appointments be for one year when the unit anticipates needing the lecturer for a year, and that LIVs should all have appointments of the same length (between the first and second major review) to avoid the problem that some individuals have to wait two extra years for their second 7% raise. Finally, the two sides discussed LEO's proposal to give adjunct and intermittent lecturers a chance to earn presumption of renewal.
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Saturday, 06 March 2010 15:48 |
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March 4 passed quietly on the three campuses of The University of Michigan, but such was not the case elsewhere. While Michigan's students and faculty enjoyed a well-earned break (how did we make it seven weeks without one?), our counter-parts in California and several other states took to the streets to protest higher-education cut-backs, tuition increases, and privatization efforts.
Of course, not everyone was on the side of truth and justice. One organization in particular -- the UC Movement for Efficent Privatization (UCMeP) -- was out in force aiding reactionaries who wished to cross picket lines and "keep business going as usual." Indeed, the UCMeP published a series of videos demonstrating how to avoid pickets and "ignore the moral, ethical, and political consequences of your actions."
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