Check out the special end-of-year DFT newsletter. Read all about:

• The DFT Member Spotlight, featuring Cass Tech's Tony Award winner, Marilyn McCormick, and Thirkel Elementary's Mitzi Davis
• How to stay engaged with the union over the summer
• Updates on contract negotiations, school board elections and Michigan House races
• How you can join a delegation of DFT members to participate in a Save Our Schools rally on July 8 in Washington, D.C.
• Much more!
   

Click here to read this special edition of Detroit Teacher! 

In unity,
Ivy Bailey 

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Faculty members at Belmont College voted overwhelmingly to form a union affiliated with the Ohio Federation of Teachers. In a count announced today by the Ohio State Employment Relations Board, 90 percent of faculty members supported the union in a vote of 28-3.

Anyone who is interested in having a free hypnosis session, our Hypnosis certification class is sponsoring an open invitation to attend our class this Saturday June 18th at 3 pm at the Danbury Nurses' Union AFT Offices! 

This April, a group of UAP members who traveled to Las Vegas for the 2016 AFT Higher Ed/PSRP Joint Conference where we spent three days talking with faculty and academic professionals from around the country about shared victories, challenges, and ways to make our union stronger.

Contract creates Labor-Management Committee, guarantees planning time, rewards experienced teachers.

Detroit's own Cass Tech Drama Teacher, Marilyn McCormick, was honored on June 12 at the 70th Annual Tony Awards in New York City. Marilyn received this year's Excellence in Theatre Education Award. The annual award, sponsored by Carnegie Mellon University, recognizes a K-12 theatre educator in the U.S. who has "demonstrated monumental impact on the lives of students and who embodies the highest standards of the profession."  

• Read more about it.
• Watch Marilyn's acceptance speech.
• Watch video of Marilyn and her students.

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http://sabea.ny.aft.org/files/june_2016_newsletter.pdf