October 7, 2019 Fairview Membership Grows Since the beginning of this academic year the Fairview Federation of Teachers has increased its teacher membership from 59% to 82%. The local continues to strengthen their membership through hard work and 1on1 conversations.  The team has a well scripted dialogue explaining the benefits of union membership, what the […]

October 1, 2019 Governor Whitmer Signs State Budgets Late Monday evening, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed all state budgets, while issuing 147 line-item vetoes which total $947 million. The governor vetoed $128 million from the School Aid budget. As fiscal analysts review the line items in the coming days, an updated report on the impact for […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from AFT Michigan September 23, 2019 Higher education budgets do little to correct decades of divestment MICHIGAN — Today, AFT Michigan blasted the Republican Legislature’s proposed budgets for the state’s community colleges and public universities. Republican lawmakers only allocated increases of 1 percent for universities and community colleges, which fail to keep […]