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Two Ann Arbor Organizations Land NEA Grants

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team May 19, 2015 0

THE NATIONAL Endowment for the Arts recently announced that two Ann Arbor organizations had been awarded two grants totaling $28,000. The grants are awarded through the NEA’s Art Works and State and Regional Partnership grant categories.…

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U of M Lecturers Participate In FLASH MOB To Call Attention To Contract Negotiations

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Feb 4, 2013 2

The University of Michigan's Lecturer's union, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), entered talks for the group's fourth contract with on November 30, 2012. LEO, as the union is known, represents some 1,500 full-time…

Savaged: GOP Leaders Teach That Educators Are Costly Parasites. Are Americans Really Uneducated Enough To Believe It?

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Sep 14, 2011 15

by Chris Savage To say that Republicans are on a mission to destroy unions in this country is not an understatement. Across the country, and particularly in the Midwest, newly-elected Republican legislators and governors have spent the…