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We are 1 week away from the Labor Day Parade! We now have t-shirts in our office. This year AFT Michigan and MEA are standing in solidarity and wearing #RedForEd t-shirts at the Labor Day Parade. [...]

On August 18, the Dearborn Federation of School Employees social committee led a community effort to assemble a bag of supplies for each of the incoming 1,565 kindergarten students in Dearborn, [...]

I wanted to take a moment to talk with you about the primary on August 7th.   Who you vote for is your decision, but I wanted to tell you why our union supports Gretchen Whitmer for [...]

Because of the overwhelming opposition to the proposed racist changes to our Social Studies standards we alerted you to last month, the Department of Education will hold six additional listening [...]

Senator Patrick Colbeck is leading the charge to erase history. Colbeck and a group of others recently helped rewrite the proposed social studies standards for public school students in [...]

The United Way for Southeastern Michigan (UWSEM) is looking for volunteers who will help feed hungry kids this summer via their Meet Up and Eat Up Block Parties. Click here for more info on Block [...]

On Wednesday, May 23, AFT members in districts across Michigan took part in the national “Wear Red for Public Ed” movement by staging a series of walk-ins, entering their buildings together while [...]

Please join us for a national day of action in Detroit on Saturday, Feb 24! WHO: A growing list of partners including: American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees Council 25 [...]

Since Nazis marched on the University of Virginia campus and in the city of Charlottesville, we have heard from many of you about how you have prepared for, responded to, and—in some [...]

Updated to include more resources. Since the presidential election, there has been an uptick in bullying nationwide. Many teachers and staff  have reported feelings of fear, tension and actions [...]