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Union Building Institute- February 4, 2023 AFT Michigan’s Union Building Institute will take place on February 4, 2023, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, at UM-Dearborn Fairlane North. Sessions are [...]

Build Union, Build Green Thanks to a grant from the Climate Jobs National Resource Center, AFT Michigan is leading a coalition of other education unions, building trades and the UAW to map out a [...]

Let’s Celebrate, Analyze, and Build a Better Michigan Tuesday’s election results were astounding.  For the first time in my 39 years in Michigan, our allies (and yes, given increased [...]

VOTE, VOTE, VOTE Given the large amount of absentee ballots cast, we are not likely to have all final results Tuesday night, but the barrage of ads and mail is almost over.  Below is the [...]

“What [We] Win at the Bargaining Table Can Be Taken Away in the Legislative Halls.” These were the words of Walter Reuther, the legendary UAW President.  And educators know how true [...]

“Sometimes You Just Need To Apply Common Sense” These were the words an elderly veteran of the U.S. Marines I spoke with during my canvassing for Prop 3 this past Saturday afternoon.  [...]

Don’t Get Tricked This Halloween! Fill Out Your PSLF Application by October 31! The temporary Public Service Loan Forgiveness waiver expires on Oct. 31. Most AFT members who have federal student [...]

Detroit Teachers, Macomb Locals Give Away 40,000 Books Gilchrist and De Jesus Participate This past Saturday the Detroit Federation of Teachers and our Macomb County locals distributed 40,000 [...]

AFT Michigan Members Stand Up for Democracy in Macomb County On Saturday morning, AFT Michigan activists, joined by the MEA, canvassed in Macomb County for Governor Whitmer, State Rep Kevin [...]

Fall Leadership Summit Over 100 leaders from AFT Michigan locals across the state gathered at UM-Dearborn Saturday for our first in-person Leadership Summit in several years. It was great to see [...]