About LEO

Approximately 1,650 full and part-time university lecturers are represented by the Lecturers’ Employee Organization, AFT Local 6244. 

These non-tenure-track instructional-staff 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 three-year agreement that took effect September 19, 2021 and expires April 20, 2024.