March 29, 2002
U. of Michigan Strikes a Deal With Teaching Assistants
Negotiators for the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and its teaching assistants' union settled on a three-year contract last week, averting an imminent strike.
Members of the Graduate Employees Organization, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, held a one-day walkout earlier this month and had threatened to strike indefinitely. The previous contract expired in February.
The settlement came amid a flurry of activity among teaching assistants' unions. At the
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