UM Staff Rally & March – May 13, 12-1pm at Ingalls Mall Last month, a member of University Staff United (USU), AFT Local 284, was fired from her job at UM-Ann Arbor for exercising her free speech rights during a protest 6 months prior to being hired at UM. Despite their legal obligation, University management […]

HEALTHCARE CONSTITUENCY COORDINATOR AFT Michigan is seeking an experienced and energized person to join our dynamic statewide union of educators and healthcare providers as our Healthcare Constituency Coordinator. This position will be one of three focused on our main membership constituencies: Healthcare, Higher Education, and PreK-12 Education. Our team works with approximately 100 local unions […]

PreK-12 Budget Lobby Day Report Thanks to all the leaders who joined us in Lansing last Tuesday for our lobby day in partnership with the Michigan Education Justice Coalition. It’s crucial that legislators hear from all of us on the front lines about how the budgets they pass are reflected in our classrooms everyday. Student […]