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The Macomb ISD Federation of Paraprofessionals, AFT Local 6216, represents about 300 paras working with special education students in fourteen sites across Macomb County. Being scattered across [...]

RSVP If you have not already signed up for the rally, please do so at AFTMichigan.org/RedForEd to let us know you’ll be joining us Schedule 10 a.m. – Check-in opens at the Lansing [...]

Action Network Email May 20, 2019 1 UNIVERSITY The 1 University Coalition had a major presence at last week’s University of Michigan Board of Regents Meeting, with speaker after speaker [...]

The School Finance Research Collaborative Staffing Calculator is a tool that allows you to compare the current staffing in a school building to the best practice recommendations developed by the [...]

Action Network Email May 13, 2019 RSVP Today For #RedForEd Funding Rallies! We’re joining forces with the Michigan Education Association to hold rallies on June 18 and 25 at the Michigan [...]

Action Network Email May 8, 2019 Sen. Kamala Harris Visits Michigan as part of #AFTVotes Endorsement Process On Monday, Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) visited Miller Elementary in Dearborn and the [...]

For well over a decade, the Graduate Employees’ Organization, AFT Local 3550, has been working to expand access to health care for transgender members. The union’s most recent [...]

Action Network Email April 15, 2019 Final Leadership Summit of the Year Thanks to everyone who joined us in Ypsilanti this weekend for our final Leadership Summit of the year.  In addition [...]

Action Network Email April 8, 2019 Graduate Employees Union Gives MSU Treatment of International Students A Failing Grade   On April 4, MSU graduate assistants filled the lobby outside bargaining [...]

Action Network Email April 1, 2019 U.S. House and Senate Say “Honor Support Staff” Last week, the U.S. Senate joined the U.S. House in passing the Recognizing Achievement in [...]