AFT Press Releases on the Economy:

March 19, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Healthcare Reform-Public Option

March 10, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Employee Free Choice Act

March 6, 2009
Statement by Ann Twomey, RN, American Federation of Teachers Vice President, On White House Forum on Health Reform

February 25, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, on President Obama's Speech to Congress and the Nation

February 23, 2009
AFT Statement On White House Fiscal Responsibility Summit

February 17, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On President Obama's Signing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

February 13, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Congress' Passage of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

February 10, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Senate Passage of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

January 30, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On President Obama's Launch of Working Families Task Force, Signing of Executive Orders

January 26, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Timothy Geithner's Confirmation as Treasury Secretary

January 14, 2009
AFT Launches ‘Fight For America's Future: It's Dollars and Sense' Campaign

January 8, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On President-elect Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan

November 24, 2008
Statement by Randi Weingarten, president, American Federation of Teachers, On President-elect Obama's Economic Plans

November 17, 2008
AFT's Weingarten on Education and the Economy: "Reinvest, Don't Disinvest"

October 29, 2008
Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, Testifies at Congressional Hearing
On Economic Recovery, Job Creation and Investment in America