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 bill package is a mixed bag of good and bad, represents solid start MICHIGAN – AFT Michigan and DFT release the following statement regarding a bill package approved by the Senate today, a [...]
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 [...]
DETROIT—The Detroit Public Schools refused to allow nationally recognized industrial hygienists from entering schools today to conduct health inspections based on reports from teachers and [...]
Committee reports bills to punish educators without dealing with deplorable conditions Lansing — Today, by a party line vote of 4 Republicans to 1 Democrats, members on the Senate [...]
Children of Detroit deserve a quality education and the EAA has not delivered The American Federation of Teachers Michigan released the following statements regarding the decision by the [...]
“Any plan for mass charterization of public schools would be harmful to students, harmful to school employees, and harmful to communities,” said David Hecker, President of AFT [...]
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. [...]
