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The Dearborn Federation of School Employees AFT Local 4750 (DFSE) represents the collective bargaining interests of non-instructional and non-administrative employees of the Dearborn Public Schools. There will be elections held December 11, 2025.

When you enroll as a member of the DFSE, you have the right to participate in the democratic governing process of the union, including the right to vote on various referenda, serve on committees, and run for office. By choosing membership, you build and strengthen your employment rights and your contract. In order to be eligible to vote in these

In AFT President Randi Weingarten’s latest New York Times  column, she describes what it is exactly that unions do. Though unions are the most popular they have been in decades, anti-union sentiment still thrives in red states and across the nation. “Several years ago, The Atlantic ran a story whose headline made even me, a labor leader, scratch my head: ‘Union Membership: Very Sexy,’” Weingarten writes in the column. “The gist was that higher wages, health benefits and job security—all associated with union membership—boost one’s chances of getting married. Belonging to a union doesn’t actually guarantee happily ever after, but it does help working people have a better life in the here and now.” Click through to read the full column.