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If there was one message that came out of the June 25 healthcare reform rally on Capitol Hill, it was that healthcare reform cannot wait. The demand from the crowd of nearly 10,000 was for affordable, high-quality healthcare with the choice of a public or private option—now!
Randi Weingarten, who was elected AFT president one year ago, announced on June 24 that she will devote herself full time to that role and is stepping down from her position as president of the United Federation of Teachers in New York City, effective July 31.

Joseph Lowry Wins EMU Outstanding Lecturer Award

Contract negoiations begin between Eastern Michigan University and EMU Federation of Teachers.

EMU Federation of Teachers Local 9102

Welcome to the EMU Federation of Teachers website!

EMU-FT is local 9102 of the American Federation of Teachers and represents over 100 full-time lecturers and library staff on the main campus of Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

The Eastern Michigan University Federation of Teachers is proud to announce the winner of our second Labor Lives Scholarship Essay contest. Anketse Kassa is a Junior at Eastern Michigan University and originally from Ethiopia. Currently she studies dietetics. She plans to attend graduate school and teach while working on a doctoral degree. Anketse hopes to focus her studies on AIDs research and eventually return to Africa to educate people about AIDs and improve the quality of life.

David Dobbie (GEO) and Ian Robinson have recently published the results of their study on higher education unionization in the US.

An article about the study can be found in the June 3rd issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education.

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/06/03/labor

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