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 [...]
More AFT Members Win Public Service Loan Forgiveness It’s been great to hear from members recently who have seen their student debt erased through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. For [...]
Action Needed in Support of Chavez Teacher In January, management at Cesar Chavez Academy informed Dave Dyckes, 17-year veteran of the CCA High School Math Department and a founding member of the [...]
Fund Michigan High Speed Internet Office AFT Michigan has partnered with the Michigan Farmers Union, The Center for Change Northern Michigan Advocacy Group, and Progress Michigan to shed light on [...]
Whether you work in a classroom or not, I hope you’re finding ways to celebrate Black History Month. Our union aligned ourselves with the Black freedom movement from our early days. The AFT was [...]
Hamtramck Teachers & Para-Educators Rally for a Fair Contract Monday afternoon, I had the chilly pleasure of joining Hamtramck teachers and para-educators as they rallied outside the [...]
AFT Michigan Endorses Whitmer, Benson and Nessel Last night, the Administrative Board endorsed Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Attorney General Dana Nessel [...]
Addressing Gun Violence My January column in the Michigan Advance addresses what needs to be done to address gun violence in our schools and our communities. After Oxford: A Mental [...]
Member Spotlight: Colleen McDaniel & Elizabeth Drake, WSU GEOC Colleen McDaniel, Doctoral Candidate and Graduate Research Fellow at Wayne State University (WSU) & Elizabeth Drake, [...]
We Have Lost a Great Trade Unionist: John McDonald Passes Away John McDonald, the 43-year president of the Henry Ford Community College Federation of Teachers, passed away at the age of 75 [...]
