Press Releases
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03/24/2011
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Florida Governor’s Signing of Controversial Education Legislation
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03/24/2011
Weingarten Statement on On Fifth University of Wisconsin Campus To Vote for Union Representation
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03/23/2011
AFT Statement On the MetLife Survey of the American Teacher
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03/18/2011
AFT Launches National 'See a Bully, Stop a Bully: Making a Difference' Campaign
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03/17/2011
Statement by President Weingarten On Agreement Between Baltimore Teachers Union and KIPP Baltimore
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03/10/2011
AFT Statement on White House Bullying Conference
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03/10/2011
AFT Statement On Wisconsin Gov. Walker’s Assault on Workers’ Freedoms
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03/03/2011
AFT President Randi Weingarten To Visit Marlboro, N.Y., Schools
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02/24/2011
Weingarten Proposes New Alignment of Evaluation and Due Process for Tenured Teachers AASA’s Domenech to Co-Convene Group to Examine Proposal
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02/24/2011
AFT Statement On Providence, R.I., Public Schools’ Decision To Fire All City Teachers
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02/19/2011
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers,On House Passage of Temporary Spending Bill
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02/17/2011
AFT President Randi Weingarten Kicks Off ‘Making a Difference Every Day’ Tour in Peoria, Ill.
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02/14/2011
AFT and Affiliates Take Center Stage at National Collaboration Conference
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02/14/2011
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On President Obama’s Education Budget Proposal
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02/07/2011
AFT Adopts Kenneth Feinberg's Procedures For Handling Teacher Wrongdoing Allegations
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02/04/2011
Statement by President Weingarten On Alarming Loan-Default Rates at For-Profit Colleges
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02/02/2011
Statement by President Weingarten On Maintaining Pell Grant Award Level
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01/31/2011
Statement by President Weingarten On Florida Federal Court Ruling on Healthcare Reform
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01/25/2011
AFT To Take Center Stage at National Collaboration Conference
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01/25/2011
AFT Statement On President Obama’s State of the Union Address
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01/20/2011
Report Finds Significant Pay Inequities Among College and University Faculty in Pennsylvania
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01/20/2011
AFT Statement on Kenneth Feinberg’s Framework for Handling Allegations of Teacher Wrongdoing
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01/19/2011
Statement by Randi Weingarten, AFT President, On House Republicans' Vote To Repeal Healthcare Reform
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01/11/2011
Lorretta Johnson, Executive VP, AFT, Congratulates Top-Ranked States in ‘Quality Counts’ Assessment
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01/10/2011
AFT Mourns Death of Hong Kong Democracy Activist, Teachers Union Leader Szeto Wah
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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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