University of Michigan leaders
met at the Ross School of Business
Robertson
Auditorium
Monday
morning
to
hear
University
President Santa Ono’s Leadership
Welcome address. Ono outlined
his priorities for the University,
including building a collaborative
university
environment
and
repairing community relationships.
Ono
also
announced
the
University’s approach in reforming
their approach to Diversity, Equity
and Inclusion (DEI) and announced
the University’s search for a director
of sustainability.
University
Regent
Sarah
Hubbard (R) opened the Leadership
Welcome by remarking on Ono’s
qualifications as the new president.
“We set the bar high and we
looked for the best,” Hubbard said.
“(President Ono) could champion
our public mission, educational
excellence
and
(support)
transformative research in carbon
neutrality and sustainability and in
diversity, inclusion and equity.”
Ono began his talk by giving his
thanks to those watching online, the
board for their faith in his leadership
and Hubbard for opening. He
spoke of the honor to serve as the
University’s 15th president.
“I started as president on Oct.
14, and every day since has been
an opportunity to immerse myself
in the energy and vitality of this
remarkable institution that I’ve
already grown to love,” Ono said.
Throughout
his
talk,
Ono
emphasized the theme of “strategic
visioning” and creating University
goals as a process of discussion.
“I’d like us to come together as
one community to spend the coming
months in conversation and through
dialogue to develop a strategic
vision that will be in place for this
university in 2024,” Ono said.
Ono went on to discuss the
importance of rebuilding trust
in the campus community. Ono’s
tenure follows a tumultuous year
for the University’s administration
after former University President
Mark Schlissel was fired. Ono
said
rebuilding
trust
in
the
administration
entails
working
towards a more stable administrative
culture. He particularly encouraged
students, staff and faculty to help
him in creating that culture.
“Restoring trust in this university
to all stakeholders is my job as
president,” Ono said. “But it is also
your job as university citizens, every
single member of this community, to
earn the trust of those who support
us.”
At the October Board of Regents
meeting,
Ono
announced
his
intent to establish a central ethics,
integrity and compliance office
to restore trust in the University’s
administration. In his address,
Ono emphasized a collaboration
with student and faculty groups to
achieve this goal and noted that he
would not be making a “task force,”
which he sees as inefficient and
exclusionary to the actual groups
they affect.
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Ahead of the 2023-2026 contract
negotiation with the University of
Michigan Human Resources, the
Graduate Employees’ Organization
(GEO) held a rally on the Diag to
raise awareness for their demands
and gain support from community
members. With over 100 people in
attendance, the rally highlighted key
demands the union hopes to address
in their upcoming negotiations.
GEO’s
bargaining
campaign
coincided
with
multiple
labor
protests
across
the
country,
including a labor strike in the
University
of
California
(UC)
system
involving
more
than
48,000 workers — the largest work
stoppage by University workers in
the United States’ history. The GEO
rally also occurred as thousands
of Starbucks workers across the
nation, including employees at the
locations at Glencoe Crossing, Main
and Liberty and Jackson and Zeeb
in Ann Arbor, went on strike during
“Red Cup Day.”
One of GEO’s key demands in
their new contract campaign is
an increase in the minimum full-
time equivalent salary on the Ann
Arbor campus from $24,053.32
to $38,537 — according to a press
release. The organization arrived
at the new salary demand using
the
Massachusetts
Institute
of
Technology
Living
Wage
Calculator’s estimation for a living
wage in Ann Arbor. GEO’s other
demands
included
eliminating
copay
for
mental
healthcare,
establishing an “accommodations-
first” model and establishing an
unarmed emergency response team
on campus.
In an interview with The
Michigan
Daily
prior
to
the
rally, GEO President Jared Eno
said this was the third time he
has participated in the triennial
bargaining. He hopes the perceived
accessibility of Ono could help
to improve the administration
and labor relationship during the
negotiation.
Thursday’s
protest
was the first bargaining campaign
hosted by GEO since University
President Santa Ono took office.
“The past couple of presidents
were not particularly labor friendly
and did not particularly seem to be
interested in the working conditions
of their workers,” Eno said. “Ono
seems to really care about people
on campus, so we’re excited to work
with the administration to solve
this crisis of affordability that grad
workers are facing.”
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Students protest with signs in solidarity with GEO’s demands for higher pay on the Diag
Thursday morning.
NEWS
Chants
rang
through
the
University
of
Michigan
Diag
Saturday as students from local
universities and members of the
Ann
Arbor
community
came
together to protest in solidarity
with the protesters in Iran and to
commemorate Bloody November,
also known as Bloody Aban.
During Bloody November, the
internet was shut down across Iran
and activists were arrested.
The
death
of
22-year-old
Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, also
known as Jina Amini, sparked the
protests in September. The Iranian
morality police arrested Amini for
not wearing her hijab correctly
and for wearing skinny jeans. She
was struck in the head several
times while in custody and died in
the hospital on Sept. 16. Reform-
minded activists took to the streets
in the country and around the
world, including the U.S.
The protest started at 1 p.m.
Saturday. Music in both Farsi and
English blared from the speakers.
People also wore shirts emblazoned
with red and black slogans, and
some brought ropes and scarves
to symbolize those who have been
hanged for protesting during both
Bloody Aban and the current
Iranian protests. Many came with
signs, too, with the words “women,
life, freedom” in bold letters — the
main slogan of this protest.
Though many Iranians and
those of Iranian descent attended
the protest, students of other
backgrounds also came to the Diag
to promote progressive causes.
Public health student Andrew
Yang attended the protest and said
he came to show solidarity.
“I (attended the protest), to
show that there’s someone other
than Iranians (alone) that supports
(the protesters’) cause,” Yang said.
The event began with the
playing of the Iranian national
anthem. People showed their
respect by facing the Iranian flag
held by one of the protesters. Once
the song ended, speakers took the
microphone and spoke in both
Farsi and English, emphasizing
that it has been over 60 days since
the protests started in September
and that the protesters want the
international community to stand
with the Iranian people. They also
said the protest promoted not only
regime change in Iran but also the
empowerment of women in the
country and beyond.
After the speakers finished,
they led the crowd through chants
demanding rights for the Iranian
people.
Protesters
shouted,
“freedom for Iran,” and called for
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s
removal.
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