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MICHIGAN — AFT Michigan President David Hecker released the following statement regarding Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s State of the State address: “Tonight, the Governor laid out an agenda to improve [...]

Check out the January newsletter of the Michigan Alliance of Retired Americans.  

Over 140 members from around state actively participated in this past weekend’s Leadership Summit. On Saturday, our sessions were based off of AFT Michigan’s Power Wheel for building [...]

The Michigan Legislature is halfway through the lame duck session, and it has been incredibly busy. We expect legislative activity to continue over the next two weeks. The Legislature is in [...]

In the first three of 12 session days scheduled before the end of the legislative term, we’ve seen hundreds of bills introduced, and dozens of committee hearings. This first week, despite [...]

The University of Michigan – Dearborn Center for Labor and Community Studies Black Men in Unions Conference to be held February 21-24, 2019 at the Fairlane Club and the University of [...]

It was the “Lame Duck” legislative session of 2012 when the Republican controlled legislature rammed “Right to Work” through the process without even a hearing.  And that [...]

Register now for the 2018 AFT Michigan Collective Bargaining & Contract Enforcement Conference! Saturday, December 8, 8:30am-5:00pm Fairlane Center South, UM-Dearborn, 19000 Hubbard, Dearborn [...]

Join us in the Student Center at Wayne State University for the second installment of AFT Michigan’s 2018-19 Leadership Summit series! Conference registration and breakfast begins at 8:30 [...]

On Tuesday, Michigan voters made a clear statement: we want to improve our schools, colleges and universities; clean up the environment; create good jobs; respect working families and their [...]