2023 Bargaining Conference AFT Michigan leaders came together this past Saturday for a day of skill-building and discussion around contract negotiations. PreK-12 teacher locals [...]
Lansing Legislative Session Wrap-Up The Legislature has adjourned until January, which means all of our amazing accomplishments from this session will go into effect in February 2024. Reviewing [...]
Hamtramck Teachers Frustrated by Canceled School Board Meetings On Wednesday, November 8, Hamtramck Teachers rallied outside of the Hamtramck Administrative building against the School Board [...]
AFT Michigan Healthcare Issues Conference All three of our healthcare locals–the Alliance of Resident Physicians, United Michigan Medicine Allied Professionals, and United Physician [...]
PreK-12 Members Pushing for Policy Changes Teacher and support staff leaders gathered on Saturday for our PreK-12 Issues Conference. We first joined U-M’s Center for Labor and Community [...]
AFT Human Rights Conference Report–Two Community Partnership Grants Coming to Michigan I had a great time at the AFT Human Rights Conference in Houston last Thursday through Sunday. Also [...]
AFT Michigan Higher Education Issues Conference On Saturday morning with higher education local leaders from most of the institutions where we represent members–Eastern, Ferris State, Henry [...]
Supporting UAW Workers It was great to be part of the national AFT Day of Action in support of our UAW siblings last Thursday – social media was full of great photos from picket lines [...]
AFT Michigan Day of Action in Support of UAW Workers: Thursday, October 5 On Thursday, October 5, AFT members around the country will be standing in solidarity with our UAW siblings. Here in [...]
September 25, 2023 AFT Michigan Leaders Gather in Dearborn We had a great Leadership Summit on Saturday at UM-Dearborn. We spent the morning building community with others with similar roles and [...]