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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 [...]

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 [...]

September 23, 2019 Legislature Votes on K-12 Budget, Votes on University and Community College Budgets Expected Tomorrow With the state’s fiscal year ending September 30, we expect the flurry of [...]

September 16, 2019 State Budget Still In Progress; Gov. Whitmer to Provide Update to AFT, MEA Members Tomorrow Night Late last week, the Michigan Legislature took another step toward a final [...]