Dear colleagues,
All non-tenure-track clinical, teaching, and research faculty are invited to a discussion session on Wednesday, February 23 at 3 pm to look at ways to address common concerns, such as selective salary factors and representation on P&T committees charged with promoting non-tenure track faculty. Zoom meeting link: check your e-mail or call the union's office.
EXECUTIVE BOARD NOTES
The union’s Executive Board met last week. We set a date for the Winter semester General Membership meeting for Friday, April 8 from 4–5:30 pm. We discussed ways to update our bylaws, specifically with regards to the composition of the Executive Board, so that we might have more opportunities to elect officers from the union’s general membership. We voted to donate $500 to support miners who have been on strike in Alabama for months. Members of the Executive Board will be engaging in a two-day strategic planning session later this week to set longer term goals for the union.
GREAT LAKES COFFEE IS UNIONIZING: RALLY TOMORROW AT NOON
Join Great Lakes Coffee baristas at the corner of Woodward and Alexandrine in Detroit tomorrow (Wednesday) for a rally from 12–1 pm. They are unionizing with Unite Here Local 24, which also represents many janitors at Wayne State. Several of the Great Lakes employees are also Wayne State students, and they could use our support!
DETROITERS SPEAK: MAKING LABOR WORK
Join community activists and labor organizers, including several from AAUP-AFT 6075, for a series of panels on organizing for power in the 21st century. Events take place Wednesdays, 7–9 pm in February and March, streaming from https://tinyurl.com/GBIYouTube. March events will tentatively take place in person at the General Baker Institute at 15798 Livernois, Detroit.
Union member teachers in Northern Michigan have asked for our help writing to legislators to request support for high speed internet access for rural parts of the state.
In solidarity,
Danielle
