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The UM administration has told LEO that it can afford "moderate" raises for employees as part of a "total compensation package."  However, for many lecturers, it will take significant salary increases to compensate for the negative effects of  proposed new health care premium and co-pay schedules.  The premium increases will disproportionately hurt LEO's bargaining unit, as will the proposed elimination of university retirement contributions for first-year employees. 

Part-time lecturers, a huge component of the LEO bargaining unit, will be especially hard hit. For example, in 2011 under the university's proposal, a lecturer in Flint or Dearborn teaching a 50% appointment and earning $14,000 a year would pay $230.08 per month to provide UM Premier Care coverage for herself and her child -- an increase of over 300% from the current plan. The increase alone would be 13.3% of her annual earnings! That's the same as a 13.3% pay cut.

An Ann Arbor lecturer teaching a 67% appointment and earning $24,000 a year would face an increase of 240% in premiums to provide UM Premier Care coverage for himself and his partner.  The increase alone would be 8.8% of his annual earnings! That's the same as an 8.8% pay cut.