We had a great opening day with super turnout from our members!

At the Virtual Bargaining Kickoff Rally in the morning, 135 members and staff, undergraduate, and tenure-track allies on all three campuses heard speeches and cheered on the Bargaining Team before they headed to the table. 136 LEO members attended bargaining throughout the day, setting an excellent precedent for future bargaining sessions. The Bargaining Zoom can accommodate 300 people total making this our target for member turn out going forward. In addition, the morning session was attended by Regent Denise Ilitch as a LEO ally!

We presented our proposals on Salary, Benefits & Professional Development, and Job Security.

At Lunch with LEO, held every Friday from 12 noon to 1:00 pm, the Contract Action Team led a group discussion of the morning’s session, and then we broke into small groups to chat with each other or discuss technical issues we were having over Zoom.

Next week we will be presenting on Teaching Professor, Workload, Governance, Covid Impact, International Lecs, and DEI.

We had a great turnout at the pre-bargaining LEO kickoff with over 120 LEO members, undergraduate students, union, and tenure-track allies. Several LEO and ally speakers shared their powerful stories.