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The Fight in Lansing to Restore Educator Voice   AFT Michigan members from across the state gathered in Lansing to advocate for the passage of HB 4355-7, which will restore key prohibited [...]

Labor Packs House Lobby  Public and private sector unionists packed the lobby outside the Michigan House last Thursday afternoon discussing with legislators the need to negate the Snyder and [...]

Restoring Our Rights—May 4, Lansing Superintendents are working against us everyday in Lansing and pressing Legislators to vote against HB 4233, HB 4355-57, and HB 4044 which will restore [...]

GEU Wins Organizing Access at MSU Congratulations to the Graduate Employees Union at Michigan State University, AFT Local 6196,  on winning back access to new hire orientations at the [...]

Tell Your Legislators to Restore Educator Voice NOW! Please click the link below to send your legislators a letter now asking that they restore teachers’ voices at the bargaining table, protect [...]

Dearborn Teachers Kick Off Bargaining Even though it was 4:00 on a Friday before Spring Break, DFT 681 members came out with signs, bells, and noisemakers to cheer on the union negotiating team [...]

GEO Strikes University of Michigan The strike of graduate employees at the University of Michigan represented by the Graduate Employees’ Organization, AFT 3550, continues.  Although there [...]

Detroit Resident Physicians Seek Unionization Vote through NLRB On Friday, resident physicians employed by Detroit Education & Research and working at Detroit Medical Center hospitals, filed [...]

EMUFT Kicks Off Bargaining Last Friday, members and community supporters of the Eastern Michigan University Federation of Teachers (EMUFT), AFT Local 9102 rallied outside of Strong Hall as the [...]

EMUFT Local 9102 Bargaining Kick-Off Rally – March 17 To celebrate the first day of bargaining a single contract after winning their MERC unit merger election, the Eastern Michigan [...]