In the face of ongoing attacks on higher education, AFT Michigan higher education locals are coming together with Michigan’s Higher Ed Labor United (Michigan HELU) to defend workers and students, [...]

AFT Webinar: Navigating Attacks on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – April 17 In the past few years, campuses across the country have faced increasing pressure from extremist forces aimed [...]

Join UMF AFT-AAUP Rally for a Contract – April 8 UMF AFT-AAUP (AFT Local 5671), representing tenured and tenure track faculty at the University of Michigan-Flint, are rallying in Flint on [...]

Resident and fellow physicians at the Homer Stryker School of Medicine at Western Michigan University (WMed) have ratified their first union contract. The Resident & Fellow Alliance (RFA), [...]

WMed Resident Physicians Ratify First Contract A huge congratulations to the members of the Resident and Fellow Alliance (RFA), AFT Local 5157, who ratified their first contract with a vote of [...]

Don’t Miss Today’s Town Hall on Measles With cases of the measles rising, our communities face a preventable public health crisis. Join Dr. Vin Gupta, AFT President Randi Weingarten and Dr. [...]

Judge Rules Legislation that Lowers Healthcare Costs be Sent to the Governor HB 6058 sponsored by Rep. Xiong (D, Warren) increases the amount that public employers pay toward their employees’ [...]

Protect Our Kids Action Events  Educators, students, parents and community allies participated in more than 2,000 actions throughout the country March 4 as part of the AFT’s Protect Our Kids [...]

Protect Our Kids: March 4 Day of Action We are calling on educators, parents, students, and community allies to: Check out events in your area by going to go.aft.org/volunteer. Not seeing an [...]

As of February 24, more than 400 Michigan State University Extension employees who work in field offices across the state are officially represented by the Union of Non-Tenure Track Faculty [...]