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Michigan takes historic step toward safer schools and communities On Thursday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed safe storage and universal background check bills into law. The following response can [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from AFT Michigan April 13, 2023 Contact: David Hecker, 313-204-6115, dhecker@aftmichigan.org  AFT Michigan Celebrates Signing of Universal Background Checks, [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from the Alliance of Resident Physicians March 24, 2023 Contact: Justin Bria, justin.bria.12@gmail.com, 517-643-1410 Detroit Resident Physicians Seek Unionization [...]

Michigan Medicine Diagnostic Technologists Become First Bargaining Unit To Gain Formal Recognition In New Healthcare Worker Union On Friday, February 24, over 900 Michigan Medicine Diagnostic [...]

The following statement can be attributed to: David Hecker, President, AFT Michigan  Jane Mazza, President, Dearborn Federation of Teachers (AFT Local 681)  Al Lerini, President, [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 3, 2022 Contact: David Hecker, AFT Michigan President, dhecker@aftmichigan.org Doug Pratt, MEA Director of Public Affairs, dpratt@mea.org  Educators urge Whitmer [...]

A new national adjunct faculty survey from the American Federation of Teachers underlines the brutal economic reality faced by millions of contingent and adjunct faculty at the nation’s colleges [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  News from AFT Michigan February 9, 2022 Contact: David Hecker, dhecker@aftmichigan.org Proposed Education Budget Would Be A Win for Public Schools AFT Michigan [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from Progress Michigan January 26, 2022 Contact: David Hecker, dhecker@aftmichigan.org, 313-204-6115 AFT Michigan Responds to Governor Whitmer’s State of the State [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE News from AFT Michigan January 24, 2022 Contact: David Hecker, dhecker@aftmichigan.org, 313-204-6115 AFT Michigan Endorses Whitmer, Benson and [...]