Baltimore scholar Shakeer Franklin captivates the crowd at the Public Education Forum in Pittsburgh, Dec 16, 2019.
Baltimore scholar Shakeer Franklin captivates the crowd at the Public Education Forum in Pittsburgh, Dec 16, 2019.
AFT President Randi Weingarten #InItTogether with Texas students for school funding.
AFT President Randi Weingarten #InItTogether with Texas students for school funding.
AFT Executive Vice President Evelyn DeJesus and TEACH 2019 attendees march in the Lights for Liberty Vigil, Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C.
AFT Executive Vice President Evelyn DeJesus and TEACH 2019 attendees march in the Lights for Liberty Vigil, Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C.
AFT President Randi Weingarten listening at an AFT Votes Roundtable in Miami, June 2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten listening in conversation.
Randi and members volunteering for Food Bank NYC. We are committed to community engagement, organizing, collective bargaining and political activism, and especially to he work our members do.
We are committed to community engagement, organizing, collective bargaining and political activism, and especially to he work our members do.
AFT Secretary-Treasurer Fedrick C. Ingram at an AFT Votes Candidate Roundtable with Beto O’Rourke in Miami
AFT Secretary-Treasurer Fedrick C. Ingram at an AFT Votes Candidate Roundtable in Miami
The AFT fights for the freedom to thrive for our members, our families and our communities—by caring, fighting, showing up, teaching and voting. Together we can accomplish what is impossible to do alone.
The AFT fights for the freedom to thrive for our members, our families and our communities—by caring, fighting, showing up, teaching and voting.

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The PRO Act is the cornerstone of the AFL-CIO’s Workers First Agenda. Stronger unions mean higher wages, safer working conditions and dignity for all people who work. The PRO Act is our first step to 'Build Back Better with Unions.' Tell your member of Congess to vote “yes” on the PRO Act.

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Randi Weingarten in Atlanta, GA

Saving our democracy

We might have had our last free and fair election.

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American Educator, Summer 2021

Cultivating opportunities to thrive

The new American Educator looks at our chance to seed a renaissance in American public education.

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Speech announcement

Return, recover, and reimagine

Watch: Randi Weingarten's speech on the AFT's vision for the future of public education.

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Private equity report 2021

Lifting the curtain on private equity

The latest report from the AFT and AFR evaluates the returns from pension investments and examines the risks associated with private equity.

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Reopening schools safely

Public Education
We’ve been working on ensuring we can reopen schools safely since April. Here are resources and plans for how to do so.
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The Freedom To Thrive is the freedom to live safely & authentically, without fear, with the confidence that we will be protected if we are threatened. The Equality Act provides that protection. Tell your Senator to pass it now.

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