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– January 2020 – In this month’s edition, you’ll find articles on: AFT Fighting for Members with Visa Issues FNTFO and UTF Working Together Kalamazoo locals are Hiring a New Organizer [...]

January 13, 2020 Survey for Updating State’s Top 10 Education Plan An online survey is being offered for the public to help review and update Michigan’s Top 10 in 10 strategic [...]

December 16, 2019 Happy New Year! Whether or not you celebrate a holiday in the coming weeks, everyone deserves the time you have off.  You work hard and we hope you enjoy the season with [...]

December 9, 2019 Gov. Whitmer Supports Lawsuit Opposing Public Funding of Private Schools Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Michael Rice filed a brief in the [...]

December 2, 2019 Northern Locals Working with Community Partners to Distribute Books AFT locals across northern Michigan are doing an amazing job getting books into classrooms, community centers, [...]

November 25, 2019 Last Chance to Register For the December 7 Union Building Institute! Our next UBI is coming up on December 7, and you can sign up now by following this link.  In addition [...]

November 12, 2019 Midland Paras Hit Organizing Goals The Midland Federation of Paraprofessionals celebrated reaching 100% membership in all of their secondary buildings Thursday night. [...]

November 4, 2019 Thank You John When Congressman John Conyers, Jr. died last week I wanted to send out a tweet, but I struggled. How do I balance all he fought for and accomplished with the [...]

October 14, 2019 Detroit Paras Growing The membership campaign at the Detroit Federation of Paraprofessionals – Local 2350 is off to a great start. The new organizing fellow, Rose Kirtz, in [...]

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 [...]