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September 21, 2020 “Fight for the things you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg Wed, September 23: K-12 Support Staff [...]

September 14, 2020 This weekend, I was honored to be part of the virtual roundtable discussion on “Fighting for Justice in Michigan” hosted by Sen. Bernie Sanders. We had a great crowd who were [...]

September 1, 2020 Facebook Live Reopening Discussion Thursday I’ll be part of a discussion on reopening schools Thursday at 2:30 pm. You can join by visiting the AFT [...]

Click here to commit to taking action on September 2: www.DemandSafeSchoolsNow.com   #DemandSafeSchools  #FundOurSchools Sample Tweets & Facebook Posts Right now, all over the country, [...]

August 17, 2020 Michigan House Votes to Send Return to Learn Package to Governor’s Desk with Bipartisan Approval At about 12:30pm Monday, August 17, the Michigan House passed HB 5311, HB 5312, [...]

August 11, 2020 Thanks to everyone who participated in our primary election. With most of us voting by mail, it was certainly a very different kind of Election Day Tuesday, but we had lots of [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 5, 2020 Schools should not resume in-person instruction until it’s safe for students and educators MICHIGAN – On Wednesday, AFT Michigan laid out their position [...]

There is a lot of uncertainty and worry right now about how to start a new school year and protect the health and safety of our students, school staff, and our communities. In a video last week, [...]

July 20, 2020 “When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up.  You have to say something; you have to do something” “…find a way [...]

July 13, 2020 UM Physician Assistants Organize with AFT Michigan! AFT Michigan’s newest local is  a union of Physician Assistants (PAs) at the University of Michigan! The union—United [...]