Recent Developments: Salary Grievance In February the Lecturers’ Employee Organization filed a formal grievance against the University alleging that the 2 percent salary increase Ann Arbor campus union members received in September 2008 violated Article XV.A.2.b. of the 2007-2010 collective bargaining agreement. The Union is asking the University to retroactively issue an additional 2.1 percent raise to the 900 affected LEO members on the Ann Arbor campus. The University believes the two percent raise provided in September was consistent with the language of the contract. The 2007-2010 collective bargaining agreement provides for a grievance procedure when either party has a good faith dispute over the meaning of contract language, as is the case in this instance. The three-step dispute resolution process culminates in binding arbitration. The current grievance is moving through that process now. Typically when an employer agrees to a binding arbitration clause in a collective bargaining agreement it is in exchange for a “no strike” clause. That is the case here. The university is committed to following the contractual grievance process to resolve this issue. The union has advertised a rally in support of its grievance for Thursday, April 2. The rally is not inconsistent with the agreement.
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