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Action Needed in Support of Chavez Teacher In January, management at Cesar Chavez Academy informed Dave Dyckes, 17-year veteran of the CCA High School Math Department and a founding member of the [...]

Fund Michigan High Speed Internet Office AFT Michigan has partnered with the Michigan Farmers Union, The Center for Change Northern Michigan Advocacy Group, and Progress Michigan to shed light on [...]

Whether you work in a classroom or not, I hope you’re finding ways to celebrate Black History Month. Our union aligned ourselves with the Black freedom movement from our early days. The AFT was [...]

Hamtramck Teachers & Para-Educators Rally for a Fair Contract Monday afternoon, I had the chilly pleasure of joining Hamtramck teachers and para-educators as they rallied outside the [...]

AFT Michigan Endorses Whitmer, Benson and Nessel Last night, the  Administrative Board endorsed Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Attorney General Dana Nessel [...]

Addressing Gun Violence My January column in the Michigan Advance addresses what needs to be done to address gun violence in our schools and our communities.   After Oxford: A Mental [...]

Member Spotlight: Colleen McDaniel & Elizabeth Drake, WSU GEOC Colleen McDaniel, Doctoral Candidate and Graduate Research Fellow at Wayne State University (WSU) & Elizabeth Drake, [...]

Biden Rips Kellogg’s, Supports Workers, as #KelloggStrike Continues Over 1,400 BCTGM members in Battle Creek, MI, Lancaster, PA, Omaha, NE, and Memphis, TN have overwhelmingly voted to [...]

Education Groups United in Dealing with School Violence Following the tragedy at Oxford High School, AFT President Randi Weingarten and I released the following statement:    [...]

State Board of Canvassers Approves “Let MI Kids Learn” for Signature Collection Today the State Board of Canvassers approved the “Let MI Kids Learn” petition for signature collection.  This [...]