Below is a list of the candidates who have gained the endorsement of the Michigan AFL-CIO (for state-level races) and the Huron Valley Area Labor Federation (for local races). Michigan Statewide Races Governor Gretchen Whitmer Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson Attorney General Dana Nessel Supreme Court Richard Bernstein Supreme Court Kyra Harris Bolden State Board of Ed Pamela Pugh State … Continue reading HVALF 2022 Endorsements
Dear Michigan Medicine nurse and union member, We are reaching out to you as your union brothers, sisters, and siblings in the Huron Valley Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. We understand that you are facing an upcoming election that could determine your future for decades. We encourage you to stay with your current union and to protect your contract by voting for the “Michigan Nurses Association … Continue reading HVALF Open Letter to UMPNC Nurses
Resolution At our July 6, 2021 monthly meeting, HVALF Delegates passed the following Resolution: Delegates to the Huron Valley Area Labor Council (HVALF) have learned that some of our sisters and brothers in the Michigan Nurses Association University of Michigan Professional Nurses Council (MNA UMPNC) have recently stopped paying dues, thereby quitting their union. We strongly urge our MNA UMPNC sisters and brothers to remain in … Continue reading HVALF Resolutions July 2021
U-M Regent Ron Weiser’s recent remarks to the North Oakland Republican Club are the latest in a series of statements and actions that are incompatible with the values and mission of a public university such as the University of Michigan. The threats of violence towards five democratically elected officials are particularly abhorrent and have no place in a university dedicated to the open pursuit of … Continue reading HVALF Statement on U-M Regent Ron Weiser
February 3, 2021 — The Huron Valley Area Labor Federation (HVALF) is hiring a Field Coordinator to assist in implementing labor’s agenda in our region. The Field Coordinator will work in a six-county region that encompasses the HVALF’s four counties (Washtenaw, Livingston, Jackson, and Hillsdale) and the two counties overseen by the Monroe/Lenawee County AFL-CIO Central Labor Council (MLCLC). The Field Coordinator will report on … Continue reading NOW HIRING: Field Coordinator
Last week the HVALF delegate body approved two late requests for endorsement. For Saline School Board Trustee: Brad Gerbe For Napoleon School Board Trustee: James Callahan For the rest of HVALF’s 2020 Endorsements, see 2020 Endorsements Continue reading Late HVALF Endorsements
Check out this Michigan AFL-CIO web site for an easy way to see which candidates the labor movement has endorsed, from the national level to the local level: https://miaflcio.vote/ Continue reading Michigan AFL-CIO Endorsements
To learn ways you can support GEO’s strike for a safe and just U-M campus, check out this virtual picket line resource Continue reading Solidarity with GEO Umich Strike
Until the present crisis has passed, HVALF Delegate Meetings will be held remotely via Zoom. Contact Ian Robinson at president at huronvalleyalf.org if you wish to attend. Continue reading HVALF Delegates Meetings Being Held Remotely
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