LEO Communications Committee 12/13/21 LEO Communications Committee 12/13/21

12/10/21 LEO-GLAM Bargaining Recap

December 10th marked the first bargaining session at which LEO-GLAM passed proposals, and welcomed members to join as observers at the table and actively participate in our caucus sessions. Click through for more details, and join us next Friday for another bargaining session.

LEO Communications Committee 12/6/21 LEO Communications Committee 12/6/21

Our first LEO-GLAM bargaining session recap!

We had strong turnout at our first LEO-GLAM Bargaining Kick-off event, and spent our first day at the table getting to know each other and giving some opening statements. Read the full post for details and get ready to join us for bargaining on Friday!

LEO Communications Committee 11/13/21 LEO Communications Committee 11/13/21

Results of our LEO-GLAM platform and bargaining team election

Our LEO-GLAM members overwhelmingly voted to adopt our bargaining platform and elected a slate of representatives to be our Bargaining Team. LEO Lecturers also voted to amend the union constitution to add LEO-GLAM to the campus committee structure; we will now work to draft internal bylaws and welcome members to be part of that work.

LEO Communications Committee 10/28/21 LEO Communications Committee 10/28/21

Bargaining Wins: 2021/2022 Lecturer Salary Flow Charts

LEO Members received an email today with updates on the new lecturer salaries following our successful contract negotiations. You can scroll down to the bottom of this post to read your campus-specific email. In this post, you will find salary flowcharts based on lecturer title to calculate your new monthly salary.

LEO Communications Committee 10/8/21 LEO Communications Committee 10/8/21

LEO-GLAM: Our Organizing Story

Our GLAM organizing effort began in earnest during the summer of 2020, while many librarians, archivists, and curators (LACs) were working remotely and concerned about the university’s reopening plans for the Fall 2020 semester. Our effort received an unexpected boost that summer when the Regents voted 6-1 to recognize new bargaining units by “card check” rather than requiring an election.

LEO Communications Committee 9/20/21 LEO Communications Committee 9/20/21

Lecturer Bargaining Update: LEO Tentative Agreement Reached 9/13/21 & Contract Ratified 9/19/21

LEO Lecturers reached a Tentative Agreement on September 13th, 2021, and subsequently ratified the contract on the 19th. This post includes the text of the email messages that members received about these exciting milestones.

LEO Communications Committee 9/10/21 LEO Communications Committee 9/10/21

Op/Ed: Lessons Learned from GEO’s Strike Last Fall

GEO Secretary Yeager writes an Op/Ed piece about the top 5 lessons they learned from GEO’s strike last fall.

LEO Communications Committee 9/8/21 LEO Communications Committee 9/8/21

Lecturer Bargaining Update: Potential LEO Job Action

We have reposted the text of an email sent to membership about the potential for a job action, and information about the upcoming GMM and Bargaining sessions.

LEO Communications Committee 8/31/21 LEO Communications Committee 8/31/21

Lecturer Bargaining Update: LEO Summer Bargaining Roundup

LEO’s contract negotiations with U-M administration have been going on since January. In this post, we round up the status of bargaining this summer and share resources to understand the status of negotiations.

LEO Communications Committee 8/27/21 LEO Communications Committee 8/27/21

Admin response to LEO FOIA Request: Sorry, What?

In January, LEO made a FOIA request to obtain records of the salaries of the top administrators on each campus, including the President, Chancellors, Provosts and other key administrators. As of mid-August, they still have not provided that information, despite legal obligations to do so.

LEO Communications Committee 8/27/21 LEO Communications Committee 8/27/21

Lecturer Bargaining Update: Update from 8/26/21 & Day 2 of Move-In Actions

Today we received admin’s counter proposal. They did not move on any of the non-salary issues, and the salary counter was terrible.

Around 100 lecturers and community allies, including members of the Graduate Employees Organization, undergraduate students, tenure-track, and other campus community members, joined the informational picket lines held today during the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor’s campus move-in from 10am-2pm. We hope to see you tomorrow 10am-2pm, at the dorms on Observatory Street in Ann Arbor.

LEO Communications Committee 8/7/21 LEO Communications Committee 8/7/21

Lecturer Bargaining Update: Rally for a Fair Contract!

AFTER NEARLY EIGHT MONTHS OF BARGAINING, the U-M administration continues to bring forward inadequate salary offers and refuses to make reasonable movement on issues such as governance, felony disclosure, and teaching professor. As a result, LEO AFT-MI Local 6244 will be giving the administration 30 days’ notice effective August 9 that we are quitting the existing contract.

ALL LECTURER FACULTY AND LEO ALLIES ARE INVITED to tell U-M Admin to RESPECT THE LECS! at the Quit the Contract Rally THIS MONDAY, 8/9, from 11am-1pm. Meet in front of the LSA Building at 500 S. State St. in Ann Arbor to listen to speakers, rally, and picket for a fair and equitable LEO contract.