by Marjorie Lynn
With her casually-styled brown hair, wire- rimmed glasses and minimally made-up face, Bonnie Halloran appears to be a “plain brown wrapper.” But this middle-aged, down-to-earth dynamo has led the three-campus, 1,200 member Lecturers Employee Organization (LEO) at The University of Michigan (U of M) for the past four years. She is one of just a handful of part-time faculty who lead unified locals that include both full-time and part-time temporary faculty.
At the 2004 national AFT convention, Halloran was widely and publically praised for her accomplishments on behalf of LEO for the unusually quick and successful work that began with organizing in late-2001, and led to a signed contract by mid-2004. Craig Smith is the Associate Director of AFT Higher Education division. He says that, while universities in California and New have locals with more members, “Bonnie is leading an adjunct union that’s unique in the Midwest....”
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