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Hello from Macomb, MI! We’re here for AFT Michigan's Macomb County Endorsed Candidates Forum featuring Michigan gubernatorial candidate @jocelynbenson.bsky.social and school board candidates.

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"AFT means a lot to me. I'm a proud educator, a proud member. This union is why I was able to fight for and get fair pay as an educator at Wayne State." - @jocelynbenson.bsky.social

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"We will work for the people because that's who we are." - @jocelynbenson.bsky.social on the AFT Michigan endorsed candidates speaking tonight.

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“The difference between 2026 and 2010 is that people get right now that raising wages, lowering costs, ensuring that people have decent healthcare and retirement—this isn’t radical.” - @rweingarten.bsky.social

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"You don't go to work to get rich, you go to work to help people." - @rweingarten.bsky.social to AFT Michigan members and other union workers in the audience.

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“What they’ve done is taken the entire safety net that regular Americans have and made it a Jenga tower. Pulling pieces out until it collapses.” - AFT President @rweingarten.bsky.social