LEO-GLAM Bargaining Recap for 1/29/2025

At our January 29th bargaining session, we had a busy day including a small group conference on the topic of term appointments, and an impressive number of articles passed (3 by management, 6 by LEO-GLAM). Among these was a brand new article that we have proposed on the topic of Security and Surveillance in GLAM workspaces. We’ve heard from many LEO-GLAM members about this issue and are proud to put forward proposed language to ensure that LACs have representation in decision making and are informed about surveillance measures in our workspaces going forward. Management also passed an article combining Article II: Non-Discrimination and Article XVI: Harassment into a single article. 

Highlights of the bargaining session included: 

• Reached a tentative agreement on  Article XXXI: Accessibility. This brings our TA total to 7!

• Small group discussion with Management about term appointments.

• Passing of the first completely new article so far this bargaining cycle, currently numbered as Article A: Security & Surveillance in Workspaces.

You can always follow along with the status of all the articles on the table using our Article Tracker, and we’ve got lots of other useful resources for you in our Bargaining Toolkit. 

Our Tenure-track colleagues over at UMF-AFT-AAUP have invited us to a rally and open bargaining in Flint on Friday, February 7th from 12-3pm as they bargain their first contract, and we’d love to see you there in solidarity! Please RSVP if you can make it. 
We’ll see you back for more bargaining on Wednesday, February 5th! LEO-GLAM members can register for bargaining at bit.ly/GLAMbargaining25.