News from AFT Michigan June 7, 2016 MICHIGAN — Today the Michigan Court of Appeals found unconstitutional a 2010 law requiring public school employees to pay 3 percent of their wages for retiree [...]
AFT Michigan on House DPS Plan: ‘A Recipe for Disaster’ Detroit needs real local control and charter accountability MICHIGAN — The Michigan House Republicans, led by House Speaker Kevin Cotter, [...]
Supplemental will allow education to continue for Detroit’s children MICHIGAN — AFT Michigan and the Detroit Federation of Teachers applauded a $50 million supplemental appropriation bill passed [...]
The House Republican proposal for Detroit Public Schools calls for paying the debt amassed during state control of the district, but the remainder of the proposal is an attempt to masquerade [...]
Solving Detroit schools’ debt issue is only one piece of the puzzle, teachers and students need support LANSING — Today, before the Michigan Senate Government Operations Committee, AFT Michigan [...]
Linda Moore, President of the Taylor FT, Applauds Court Ruling in Support of Fair Share Agreement “A Wayne County Circuit Judge today dismissed a claim by three teachers employed by the [...]
President David Hecker issued the following statement after Governor Snyder’s 2016 State of the state address: “While Gov. Snyder acknowledged the crisis facing Detroit Public Schools must [...]
The first two bills dealing with Detroit schools were introduced Thursday by Sen. Geoff Hansen – SB 710 and SB 711. Both bills were sent to the Government Operations Committee. We expect the [...]
EMU Board of Regents Chooses to Continue Educational Achievement Authority Experiment The American Federation of Teachers Michigan released the following statements regarding the decision by the [...]
The AFT along with the American Association of University Professors, filed an amicus curiae brief Nov. 13 in the Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case before the U.S. Supreme Court. [...]
