Support Staff Joins Union at Boggs School
The support personnel at the James and Grace Lee Boggs School unanimously voted to join the teachers at their school as members of Michigan Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff (Michigan ACTS) [...]
Teachers at Detroit’s Largest Charter School Win Second Contract!
Cesar Chavez Academy Teachers and Staff Vote Overwhelmingly to ratify contract with salary increases and bonuses. DETROIT, MI – The teachers, counselors and social workers at Cesar Chavez [...]
AFT Michigan Statement on Snyder Administration Decision to Appeal
MICHIGAN — AFT Michigan released the following statement following Governor Rick Snyder’s announcement that he intends to appeal, without the help of the Attorney General, the Court of Appeals [...]
Study: Michigan school funding is inadequate and inequitable
The long-awaited study of education funding in Michigan was released today, and puts in black and white what we’ve known in our classrooms for years: school funding in Michigan is woefully [...]
33,000 to Gov. Snyder and AG Schuette: ‘Return the $550 Million that Belongs to School Employees’
AFT Michigan and MEA deliver more than 33,000 petition signatures to Snyder and Schuette, calling on them to #StopTheAppeals of 3 percent lawsuit decisions LANSING — The American Federation of [...]
Hecker Op-Ed: When what’s best for kids gets in the way of profit
David Hecker has an op-ed in the Detroit News on the Detroit schools legislation talking about how, “Last week, we were reminded that the people who actually make the choices about our [...]
Republican Legislature DPS Plan Doesn’t Serve Kids, Attacks Teachers
Republican Legislature’s DPS Plan Ignores Detroit Voices and Picks Politics Over Kids For the past year, the future of Detroit Public Schools has been in doubt. With a massive debt run up [...]
Statement from AFT Michigan on Court’s Ruling in Favor of School Employees
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 [...]
House DPS Plan: “A Recipe for Disaster”
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, [...]
NLRB Steps in to Hold Detroit Charter School Accountable
DETROIT – The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has filed a complaint against New Urban Learning (NUL)/Inspired Education (InspirED), alleging that former New Urban Learning CEO Lesley [...]
