Press Releases
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09/08/2011
President’s Bold Jobs Plan Will Revive Economy and Rebuild Nation
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09/07/2011
AFT’s National Back-to-School Tour Makes Stops in Austin
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09/06/2011
AFT President Brings Back-to-School Tour to Detroit, Highlights Community Partnerships that Make a Difference
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09/02/2011
AFT Leader Takes Back-to-School Tour to Seattle-Tacoma Area
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08/30/2011
AFT President Randi Weingarten Praises Collaborative Work During Two Stops at Palm Beach Schools
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08/29/2011
AFT President Randi Weingarten Praises Community Engagement In Public Schools During Two Stops in West Virginia
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08/26/2011
AFT’s Back-to-School Tour Highlights Positive Reforms To Make a Difference for Students Despite Recent Challenges
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08/17/2011
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On PDK/Gallup Poll on Public Perception of U.S. Education
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08/04/2011
Weingarten Statement On Mackinac Center’s Efforts to Stop Union at University of Michigan
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08/02/2011
AFT’s Lorretta Johnson Elected to AFL-CIO Executive Board
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08/02/2011
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Appointment of Michelle Ringuette
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08/01/2011
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On the Debt Deal
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07/28/2011
Teacher Evaluation Model Developed by Rhode Island Teachers Unions to Be Implemented This Fall
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07/25/2011
South African and U.S. Students Launch AIDS Prevention Project
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07/24/2011
Statement of Randi Weingarten on the Oslo Tragedy
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07/15/2011
AFT Secretary-Treasurer Antonia Cortese Announces Retirement
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07/13/2011
High School Graduate from Rockville Centre, N.Y., Wins Robert G. Porter Scholarship
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07/13/2011
High School Graduate from Ozone Park, N.Y., Wins Robert G. Porter Scholarship
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07/13/2011
High School Graduate from Philadelphia Wins Robert G. Porter Scholarship
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07/13/2011
High School Graduate from Sheboygan, Wis., Wins Robert G. Porter Scholarship
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07/13/2011
Weingarten Statement On Bill That Would Undo Longtime Support for Disadvantaged Students
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07/12/2011
Retired Teacher from Newburg, N.Y., is an AFT Everyday Hero
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07/12/2011
Newtown, Conn., Teacher Is an AFT Everyday Hero
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07/11/2011
Weingarten Call for a Quality- an Community-Focused Ed Reform Agenda
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07/11/2011
AFT Innovation Fund Supports Teacher Role in Common Core Standards
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Convention speeches will be open to the press. All press wishing to attend and cover the convention must RSVP to AFTPress@aft.org and request credentials, which can be picked up in the convention press office. Requests for interviews with non-AFT speakers should be directed to those speakers' press offices. The convention will also be live streamed on AFT’s social media channels.

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News and resources from the office of the president
from AFT President Randi Weingarten