Approximately 1,700 Lecturers across the University of Michigan’s Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint campuses are represented by the Lecturers’ Employee Organization, AFT Local 6244. 

These non-tenure-track instructional faculty play an important role advancing the university’s education mission, teaching a wide range of courses on all three university campuses. Lecturers covered by this contract are eligible for the university’s comprehensive benefits package for faculty and staff, including university-sponsored health care and retirement savings plans, paid time off, professional development funding and other benefits. 

The current LEO contract is a four-year agreement that took effect May 11, 2024, and expires April 20, 2028.