November 4, 2019 Thank You John When Congressman John Conyers, Jr. died last week I wanted to send out a tweet, but I struggled. How do I balance all he fought for and accomplished with the [...]
The Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI) with the State of Michigan is redesigning the State of Michigan’s MI School Data portal (mischooldata.org) from a user-centered [...]
Member Organizing Institute Corner Taylor Monday, Organizer Kicking off the 2019-2020 AFT Michigan Member Organizing Institute, 6 members from the Teaching Assistants Union at Western Michigan [...]
October 14, 2019 Detroit Paras Growing The membership campaign at the Detroit Federation of Paraprofessionals – Local 2350 is off to a great start. The new organizing fellow, Rose Kirtz, in [...]
October 7, 2019 Fairview Membership Grows Since the beginning of this academic year the Fairview Federation of Teachers has increased its teacher membership from 59% to 82%. The local continues [...]
October 1, 2019 Governor Whitmer Signs State Budgets Late Monday evening, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed all state budgets, while issuing 147 line-item vetoes which total $947 million. The [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENews from AFT Michigan September 23, 2019 Higher education budgets do little to correct decades of divestment MICHIGAN — Today, AFT Michigan blasted the Republican [...]
September 23, 2019 Legislature Votes on K-12 Budget, Votes on University and Community College Budgets Expected Tomorrow With the state’s fiscal year ending September 30, we expect the flurry of [...]
Legislature Votes on K-12 Budget, Votes on University and Community College Budgets Expected Tomorrow With the state’s fiscal year ending September 30, we expect the flurry of legislative [...]
September 16, 2019 State Budget Still In Progress; Gov. Whitmer to Provide Update to AFT, MEA Members Tomorrow Night Late last week, the Michigan Legislature took another step toward a final [...]
