Arbor for full-time lecturers is
$34,500, $28,300 in Dearborn
and $27,300 in Flint. LEO’s
bargaining
platform
calls
for an increase in minimum
salaries
and
measures
to
address the pay gap between
the three campuses.
“U of M is so well off that,
unlike
many
employers,
they have seldom demanded
concessions
—
i.e.,
lower
wages
or
benefits
—
in
bargaining,” Robinson said.
“But neither have they been
eager to pay us better, despite
our low rate of pay relative to
K-12 teachers and community
college faculty.”
Data
from
the
National
Education Association shows
that the average salary for
a
Michigan
public
school
teacher was $61,560 in 2012.
University spokesman Rick
Fitzgerald said the University
and LEO have been working
to reach an agreement on a
large number of the proposed
changes.
“The
first
test
of
any
contract is that both sides
see it as a fair and reasonable
agreement,” Fitzgerald said.
“The
University’s
overall
objectives
are
to
have
a
contract that is economically
fair to the lecturers and
fiscally responsible for the
University, does not impinge
on the academic mission of
the university, and allows
the
university
to
recruit
and retain the best possible
educators for this portion of
our instructional faculty.”
Fitzgerald
said
the
bargaining
process
has
involved “many hours and
levels of internal consultation”
with
lecturers
and
other
prominent voices across the
three
campuses,
including
University Human Resources
and the provosts.
“LEO
has
put
a
large
number of proposals on the
bargaining table this year and
we are working through those
proposals
systematically,”
Fitzgerald said.
Enhanced
job
security
for entry-level lecturers is
another LEO’s demand. Of
the four types of lecturers,
those designated as Lecturers
I or Lecturers II primarily
teach, while Lecturers III
and Lecturers IV additionally
perform
administrative
duties. Lecturers I tend to be
the most vulnerable, as they
have one-semester or one-
year contracts and are paid
per class. Lecturer II, III or
IV typically have multi-year
contracts, and Lecturers III
and IV are usually paid higher
than the minimum.
LEO was able to raise the
minimum
salary
when
they
negotiated
their
first agreement with the
University 14 years ago,
and Lecturer I salary has
increased by 11 percent
since
then.
However,
Robinson said in the time
since that deal was struck,
those gains have eroded
as prices in 2018 are 34
percent higher than the
prices in 2003 due to
inflation.
“That tells me that LEO
in those years did not build
enough power to force the
admin to do something
they did not want to do,”
Robinson said. “And in the
absence of that power, the
admin was content to see
the real income of their
Lecs go down. This time
around,
we’re
building
the power to ensure that
we not only make up the
ground lost.”
LEO
has
amassed
support for its bargaining
efforts
from
allies,
using
the
hashtag
#RespectTheLecs.
Central
Student
Government
representative
Frank
Guzman,
an
LSA
sophomore, made remarks to
administration at a meeting on
Jan. 26, reading aloud a CSG
resolution that unanimously
passed in support of LEO’s
efforts. Guzman said he felt
compelled to do so because he
attended a school district in
California where the teachers
were “considerably underpaid
in comparison to surrounding
cities.”
“I came to the University
of Michigan to find the same
issues within the University,”
Guzman said. “The status
of the lecturers’ contract is
definitely of concern to the
entire student body. These
are our educators and paying
them higher wages is a tribute
to the respect they deserve for
helping us become the best
versions of ourselves. Our
lecturers push us and teach
and wherever we go we will
have a part of them with us.”
Robinson
said
he
feels
“cautiously optimistic” LEO
and the university will meet
the bargaining deadline.
“In short, we’re demanding
big changes,” he said. “But
over the last 35 years of
corporatization, U of M —
and public higher ed more
generally — has drifted a long
way from where it ought to
be, in a number of respects.
We can’t get back on track
... without a major course
correction.”
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