Today marks a major victory for Michigan school employees, as the Michigan Supreme Court unanimously ruled to return more than a half billion dollars illegally taken from school employees in the long-running 3 percent case.

In a dramatic December conclusion to a nearly 8-year-long legal battle, the Court ruled 6-0 to uphold lower court rulings that found the withholding to be illegal on a variety of constitutional grounds.

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The Michigan Senate has hastily approved a set of bills that will further place children at risk, whether they reside in Detroit or DeTour Village in the Upper Peninsula. Our President Ivy Bailey has penned an op-ed that has been published in the Michigan Chronicle and The Detroit News.

Click here to read: http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2017/11/22/school-fun-bills-bad-policy/107948098/?link_id=0&can_id=74ee541f20f3b9f59526c6c9334d538f&source=email-e-newsletter-for-december-1&email_referrer=&email_subject=e-newsletter-for-december-1

Three committed Black male educators about the need for more men to enter the field of teaching. Each is a DFT member:

·         Terrence Martin, Detroit Federation of Teachers, executive vice president

·         Quan Neloms, Frederick Douglass Academy for Young Men, teacher  

·         Ben Dirden, Communication & Media Arts High School, teacher

Click the following link to watch: http://www.dptv.org/blogs/american-black-journal/112617-hope-starts-here-black-male-teachers/

This week’s 3% hearing before the state Supreme Court has not come to a conclusion. We are tracking developments and will report them ASAP. Here is a great opinion piece on the subject penned by AFT Michigan President David Hecker and MEA President Paula Herbert. 

"If returned to the educators who earned it, the half-billion-plus dollars the state has illegally taken would have a tremendous positive impact for individual families and the state’s economy," they write.

Click the following Web link to read the Hecker and Herbert piece.  http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/contributors/2017/11/07

In a unanimous vote, the state Financial Review Commission on August 28 approved DFT's three-year contract with the Detroit Public Schools Community District.

The pact is now official and takes effect immediately.

Students return to school on Tuesday, September 5 and DPSCD leaders discuss the 2017-2018 school year on Fox 2 Detroit’s “Let It Rip Sunday” on August 27.  President Ivy Bailey was joined by General Superintendent Dr. Nikolai Vitti and Detroit Board of Education President Dr. Iris Taylor.   http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/let-it-rip/276556015-story

DFT's Ivy Bailey, Terrence Martin and Yolanda King offered Steps for Student Success recently on Fox 2 News. Click here to view the segment. http://www.fox2detroit.com/good-day/276794003-story

You are cordially invited to participate in the first stop for the NAACP's seven city National Listening Tour titled "NAACP Forward" featuring Interim President & CEO Derrick Johnson and Chairman of the National Board of Directors Leon Russell, among others on August 24  at 6 p.m. at Greater New Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church.   

NAACP Forward is a part of the organization's strategic plan for the future, enhancing its mission, vision, and fight for civil rights amidst a swirling climate of political hostility, voter suppression, income inequality, mass incarceration, police brutality and