Press Releases

02/07/23

AFT President Randi Weingarten Says State of the Union Message Is Clear: President Biden Has Our Back

02/07/23

AFT and Ukraine Children’s Action Project Join Forces to Purchase and Deliver Life-Supporting Generators for Kids, Teachers in Lviv

02/06/23

National Teachers Union President Announces Half-Million Dollars in Grants to Recruit and Retain Educators, Help Students and Boost Public Schools

02/02/23

Statements by AFT Asian American and Pacific Islander Task Force and AFT President Randi Weingarten on California Mass Shootings

01/27/23

AFT’s Weingarten on Murder of Tyre Nichols

01/13/23

New Polling Reveals GOP/McCarthy Schools Agenda Is Unpopular and at Odds with Parents’ Priorities

01/12/23

AFT President on Chicago Mayor’s Unethical Request to Educators

01/12/23

New Hampshire Educators Pleased Federal Court Rules to Allow Lawsuit Against State’s ‘Divisive Concepts’ Law to Proceed

01/10/23

AFT’s Weingarten Says Biden Administration’s Student Loan Reforms Will Buoy Borrowers

01/06/23

AFT President Weingarten Decries Latest Shooting in Classroom in Virginia

12/22/22

AFT President Randi Weingarten Welcomes Senate Passage of Omnibus Spending Bill

12/14/22

AFT President Randi Weingarten and Teachers Unify to End Gun Violence Co-Founder Abbey Clements Join Educators, Families and Survivors in Marking Somber 10-Year Anniversary of Shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary

12/10/22

AFT Surpasses 1 Million Book Giveaway Goal, Commits to Another Million in the New Year to Promote Student Literacy, Stoke Joy of Reading

12/08/22

State Education Commissioner Sued Over Funding of Voucher Program

12/05/22

AFT President Randi Weingarten, Washington State Nurses Association Executive Director David Keepnews and Anne Goldman Mourn Loss of Home Healthcare Worker Murdered on the Job, Call for OSHA Standard on Workplace Violence Prevention

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