AFT Michigan

Happy Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈🎉

June is , where we mourn the friends, family, & community members we've lost to gun violence.

Everyone deserves safe classrooms, hospitals, & communities to grow & thrive - and that means we must continue the work to end gun violence with commonsense policy & solutions.

It’s important to hold these two truths. First, our advocacy has created real momentum. The House, Senate and Governor's budgets propose increased funding for English Language Learners, and the Senate budget also gets us closer to full support for at-risk students. Second, none of that matters if legislators drain money from the school aid fund and call it “relief”.

Take action with us to demand that elected officials fully and equitably fund public schools. For every student. No exceptions.

Sign on here: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/michigan-communities-demand-full-sustainable-public-school-funding

TODAY: Join the next AFT Affordability Clinic today at 7 p.m. EDT and hear from experts on navigating student loan debt and understanding your rights and options, because investing in your future shouldn’t mean immediate financial instability.

Register here ⬇️
https://web.cvent.com/event/e9c61181-c2f6-40d4-9ce4-013f1f911889/register

Join us in celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week! Throughout the week, we'll be highlighting teachers who have joined the Invest In MI Kids campaign. These educators have fought tirelessly for the wellbeing of their students, and we are so grateful to know each of them 💛

Melzitta Davis, a Special Education Teacher with DPSCD, speaks to the heart of this campaign: "Zip codes should not determine funding." She has witnessed firsthand how unfairly schools across the state are funded. Melzitta fights with IMK because the new revenue stream will go toward classrooms, career and technical education, and reducing class sizes 🤲🏾

Support Melzitta by checking out her classroom wishlist: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/31LS16TP2QECQ

Happy Teachers Appreciation Week!

In 2024, the Michigan Legislature passed 9 bills to improve the wages, healthcare, and pensions for millions of Michigan workers and their families.

Matt Hall has been stalling these bills — and hurting workers — for over a year. Now we’re taking him to the Supreme Court.