This article summarizes contract negotiations and salary reductions at the OUS campuses as of 12-17-09.

This meeting, planned and publicized by two early childhood educators, quickly became a magnet for teachers and directors from nine centers in Mattapan. Click above to read more...and think about planning a meet-up in your own neighborhood!

La Joya AFT held it's annual meeting August 7th at La Quinta Inn and Suites in Mission. Election of officers was held at this meeting.

Please click on the Title above to download the Tentative Agreement for Ratification.

How to start the application for unemployment insurance benefits:

The opinion of educators is very important to SCUC AFT. This is why we are launching our back-to-school survey aimed at asking you what matters most. Please take a brief moment to complete our online survey. All respondent’s information will be kept confidential, and only the overall survey results will be used to focus our efforts to continue improving our schools. Visit http://tinyurl.com/scucsurvey or click here to take our survey.

Recently Ms. Josie Thompson, an early child care provider at the Pixie and Dixie Childcare Development Center in Detroit attended a professional development class offered by the Early Educators Association of Michigan/AFT.  She was interviewed about why she came to the class and joined the Early Educators Association.

 "At the banquet table of life, there are no reserved seats. You get what you can take

and keep what you can hold.... And you can't take anything without organization."

                                                                                     --A. Philip Randolph

"Justice is never given; it is exacted, and the struggle must be continuous

 for freedom is never a final fact, but a continuing, evolving process..."  

                                                            --A. Philip Randolph

The Early Educators Association of Michigan/AFT (TEEAM/AFT) is a non-traditional organizing initiative to assist and unify early educators to become a voice advocating for livable wages, benefits, fair subsidy rates, and to develop a legislative and policy strategy to achieve those goals.  TEEAM is an associate membership program of the AFT; members pay $25.00 a year. 

One of the benefits of joining TEEAM is free Professional Development workshops which not only enhance your skills working with young children, but also help to satisfy the state mandate that early childhood workers complete 12-14 hours of training a year.

If you are an early childhood teacher, director, or other staff person interested in joining TEEAM/AFT, or are interested in any upcoming professional development workshops please call Gail Spencer at 313-401-2583.