Legislative Update

You already knew AFT members are incredibly dedicated to our students and committed to public education, but did you know how many of your colleagues are ready for a guest slot on the evening [...]

Working closely with other unions across the state, our Administrative Board has made endorsements for the November elections in statewide offices as well as State House and State Senate. You can [...]

Rain didn’t stop our #RedForEd volunteers this past Saturday. Over 100 volunteers showed up ready to “get it done” with AFT President Randi Weingarten and AFT Michigan members Gretchen [...]

AFT Michigan is proud to endorse eight great candidates for the State Board of Education and University Boards: State Board of Education: Judy Pritchett and Tiffany Tilley Michigan State [...]

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 [...]

Since 2011, too many lawmakers have sided with Betsy DeVos to push an education agenda that included slashing school funding and attacking our frontline educators. This approach has left Michigan [...]

We’re nearing the middle of the budget process, and the omnibus budgets for public education are waiting approval from the respective committees in the House and Senate. Higher Education [...]

David Hecker’s column in the Oakland Press calls out Bill Schuette for trying to rewrite history: “Following the Supreme Court’s ruling, Schuette’s communications director immediately [...]