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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 [...]

President Biden is a “Union Man” Last Tuesday, the AFT provided me with the once in a lifetime experience of being at an official White House event.  I joined with about 1,999 folk from [...]

EMU AAUP/AFT Reaches Tentative Agreement, Ending Strike The Eastern Michigan University  American Association of University Professors / American Federation of Teachers has reached a [...]

Celebrate Labor Day with AFT Michigan – Monday, September 5 While there’s no Metro Detroit AFL-CIO Labor Day Parade this year, we invite AFT Michigan members and families to join us for a [...]

EMU AAUP-AFT Picket This Friday Join with the AAUP-AFT chapter at Eastern Michigan University at an informational picket, Friday, August 26 as they fight for a new contract.  The picket [...]

AFTers Win Primaries Four AFT Michigan members have won their Democratic Primary races, one for State Senate and three for State House.  Senator Erika Geiss, member of Local 2000 when she [...]

UM Librarians, Archivists, and Curators win First Contract On Friday, July 29th, LEO-GLAM, the union of librarians, archivists, and curators (LACs) at the University of Michigan, announced [...]

Meeting New Local Leaders Strong local union leaders are essential to our effectiveness as a union.  We have been fortunate to have strong leaders, and the good news is I see that [...]

AFT Convention I flew back Sunday night from the AFT Convention in Boston. We had about 50 delegates from 15 Michigan locals there participating in all the events. Some highlights: Terrence [...]