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Press

February 2010

Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten On President Obama’s Healthcare Budget Proposal (2/3)

Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten On President Obama’s Education Budget Proposal (2/2)

January 2010

Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten On the First Anniversary of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (1/29)

Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten On New Reports Assessing States’ Education Systems (1/29)

Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten On President Obama’s State of the Union Address (1/27)

Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten On the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers Contract (1/22)

Douglas County, Colo., Teachers, School Board and District To Jointly Create Teacher Development and Evaluation System (1/21)

Healthcare Workers from Vermont Travel to Earthquake-Ravaged Haiti (1/20)

Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten On the ‘Race to the Top’ Grant Competition (1/19)

Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten On Healthcare Plan Excise Tax Compromise (1/14)

Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten On the Devastating Earthquake in Haiti (1/14)

AFT President Unveils New Approaches To Teacher Evaluation and Labor-Management Relationships (1/12)

Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten On Sen. Dodd's Retirement Announcement (1/06)

 

December 2009

"What Matters Most" by AFT President Randi Weingarten (NY Times, Dec. 2009)

Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten On Senate Passage of Healthcare Reform Legislation (12/24)

Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten On Approval of Detroit Teachers’ Contract (12/19)

Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten On Passage of the Jobs for Main Street Act (12/16)

Statement from AFT President Randi Weingarten on Tentative Agreement Between Detroit Federation of Teachers and Detroit Public Schools (12/11)

American Federation of Teachers To Participate In United Nations Climate Change Conference (12/11)

Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten On the White Houe Jobs Summit (12/3)

Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten On World AIDS Day 2009 (12/1)


November 2009

"What Matters Most" by AFT President Randi Weingarten (NY Times, Nov. 2009)

Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten On Sen. Harry Reid’s Healthcare Reform Proposal (11/19)

AFT Congratulates Recipients of Gates Foundation Grants (11/19/)

Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten On American Education Week (11/16)

Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten On Federal ‘Race to the Top’ Regulations (11/11)

AFT Supports Proposed Recommendations To Improve NAEP for English Language Learners (11/19)

Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten On Remarks by Secretary Duncan to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (11/9)

American Federation of Teachers Develops Lesson Plan Activities To Support Save the Children’s 2010 Valentine’s Day Card Contest (11/9)

Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten On House Passage of Affordable Health Care Act Is a Victory for All Americans (11/7)

Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten On President Obama’s Remarks about Education Reform Efforts(11/4)

AFT: ‘Taking Human Capital Seriously’ Report On Effective Teachers Falls Short (11/3)

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