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Recent Press Releases & Statements

  • 05/17/2022

    AFT Joins National Effort to Demand Corporate Governance Reforms at Meta

  • 05/11/2022

    AFT’s Weingarten Reacts to Failed Vote on Women’s Health Protection Act

  • 05/09/2022

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  • 05/04/2022

    Major Union Pension Trustees Urged to Sanction Meta for Targeting Kids

  • 05/03/2022

    AFT Celebrates Members Across the Country During Teacher Appreciation Week

  • 05/02/2022

    AFT Celebrates Public Service Workers Across the Country

  • 05/02/2022

    AFT Announces Fourth Round of Innovation Fund’s Return, Recover and Reimagine Grants to Provide Direct Assistance to Students and Schools

  • 05/01/2022

    Over 200 Parent, Civil Rights and Student Groups, Other National and State-Level Advocates, Join American Federation of Teachers to Praise and Celebrate America’s Teachers

  • 04/21/2022

    Higher Education Leaders React to Revised Colorado Collective Bargaining Bill

  • 04/20/2022

    AFT Responds to Department of Education on Charter School Regulations

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