78th AFT Michigan Convention We had a great Convention Saturday at Huntington Place in Detroit. With nearly 200 delegates and guests in attendance, we: Thank you for re-electing me as President, Kirsten Herold (UM-LEO 6244) as Secretary-Treasurer, and the rest of our Administrative Board. As I told the delegates, our union has grown by almost […]

At the 78th AFT Michigan Convention on May 4, 2024, delegates elected members of the Administrative Board to lead AFT Michigan for the next two years. Position Name Local President Terrence Martin Detroit Teachers 231 Secretary-Treasurer Kirsten Herold UM LEO 6244 VP – General Christian Nwamba WCCCFT 2000 Eric Rader HFCCFT 1650 Eva Coleman Michigan […]

WMed Residents & Fellows Vote to Unionize  More than 260 residents and fellow physicians at the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed) successfully unionized after an overwhelming 152-12 victory on March 21. 93 percent of the residents voting certified the Resident & Fellow Alliance (RFA) as their union.  RFA is working […]