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Federal grand jury subpoenas teachers union records in Michigan protest case

Charges dismissed; union fighting federal subpoena

A federal grand jury has ordered the American Federation of Teachers and its University of Michigan local to turn over complete membership lists, officer payroll records, and meeting minutes dating to January 2023. The subpoenas are part of the Justice Department's case against pro-Palestine protesters at the university.

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GEO has taken the stance that we will do everything in our power to protect the data and the information of our membership.

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I think that this is a strategy that the federal government is using in order to try to actually receive the information that they are trying to get by usurping us as a local union and going instead to AFT national.

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