News

05/02/2023

Dear AFT Brothers and Sisters:

Here are the results from the AFT 2023 election. The votes were counted on Saturday April 29 at 11:45 am. Prof Walter Cheeks, Prof Joseph Cook, Prof Sharon Wallace and Prof James Younger were present to do the tallying and counting @ the Curtis L. Ivery Downtown campus, 1000 West Fort Street, Detroit, MI 48226. Any questions or concerns about the election process and outcome should be directed to the Chairperson of the election committee, Prof Joe Cook at 734 771 3806 or email him at jcook4795@wildopenwest.com  The union office is room 319 on the third

In AFT President Randi Weingarten’s latest New York Times  column, she describes what it is exactly that unions do. Though unions are the most popular they have been in decades, anti-union sentiment still thrives in red states and across the nation. “Several years ago, The Atlantic ran a story whose headline made even me, a labor leader, scratch my head: ‘Union Membership: Very Sexy,’” Weingarten writes in the column. “The gist was that higher wages, health benefits and job security—all associated with union membership—boost one’s chances of getting married. Belonging to a union doesn’t actually guarantee happily ever after, but it does help working people have a better life in the here and now.” Click through to read the full column.