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More than 3000 Detroit teachers are close to a new contract.Detroit Federation of Teachers members in 94 schools approved the deal this week.Union leaders…

After a summer of negotiating, Detroit teachers are preparing to vote on a new contract.The Detroit Public Schools Community District — the new,…

Detroit public schoolteachers start the new school year working with an expired contract — and bargaining for a new one.After this summer’s restructuring,…

Contract talks between Detroit Public Schools teachers and the district’s emergency manager are on hold, and union leaders say that’s a mistake.Contracts…

Almost every Detroit public school was closed today, the second day of a mass teacher sickout over pay and other issues. Some 45,000 students missed…

Nearly all Detroit schools closed today due to a massive sick-out conducted by the city's teachers.Earlier this year, there were a series of sick-outs…

As the clock ticks down toward possible payless paydays in the Detroit Public Schools, the Detroit Federation of Teachers is trying turn up the pressure…

A state judge has dismissed the Detroit Federation of Teachers and its president from a lawsuit brought by the Detroit Public Schools.The lawsuit is over…

Detroit teachers and parents had a “day of action” Tuesday.It centered around a number of “walk-in” events at neighborhood schools throughout the…

A judge has denied the Detroit Public Schools’ efforts to stop teacher sickouts.The district says those sickouts amount to illegal strikes.But Michigan…