You Are Welcome Here (#DearbornWelcome) is a 20-minute film from Colorín Colorado made with the support of AFT highlighting how Dearborn Public Schools is helping its immigrant students succeed. [...]

Some state lawmakers are proposing to dip into state retirement funds to pay for Michigan’s crumbling roads.  This dangerous idea should be rejected because it could undermine the [...]

The Macomb ISD Federation of Paraprofessionals, AFT Local 6216, represents about 300 paras working with special education students in fourteen sites across Macomb County. Being scattered across [...]

RSVP If you have not already signed up for the rally, please do so at AFTMichigan.org/RedForEd to let us know you’ll be joining us Schedule 10 a.m. – Check-in opens at the Lansing [...]

Action Network Email May 20, 2019 1 UNIVERSITY The 1 University Coalition had a major presence at last week’s University of Michigan Board of Regents Meeting, with speaker after speaker [...]

The School Finance Research Collaborative Staffing Calculator is a tool that allows you to compare the current staffing in a school building to the best practice recommendations developed by the [...]

Action Network Email May 13, 2019 RSVP Today For #RedForEd Funding Rallies! We’re joining forces with the Michigan Education Association to hold rallies on June 18 and 25 at the Michigan [...]

Action Network Email May 8, 2019 Sen. Kamala Harris Visits Michigan as part of #AFTVotes Endorsement Process On Monday, Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) visited Miller Elementary in Dearborn and the [...]

For well over a decade, the Graduate Employees’ Organization, AFT Local 3550, has been working to expand access to health care for transgender members. The union’s most recent [...]

Action Network Email April 15, 2019 Final Leadership Summit of the Year Thanks to everyone who joined us in Ypsilanti this weekend for our final Leadership Summit of the year.  In addition [...]