Ann Arbor News: U-M grad instructors to walk out over contract dispute
Graduate student instructors at the University of Michigan voted to hold a two-day walkout on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Graduate Employees Organization announced Saturday that its members voted 727 to 177 in favor of the job action. The union, which represents 1,700 instructors and staff assistants who teach part-time, is in a dispute with the university over wages and benefits in a new three-year contract.
U-M is offering annual pay increases of 3 percent a year, or the average pay increase given to faculty at the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, whichever is greater. The union is seeking a 9 percent hike in the first year of the contract, 3 percent hikes in the subsequent years, and stipends paid during the summer when graduate instructors are not teaching, according to the university.
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