Press Releases
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06/10/2021
AFT President Weingarten Reacts to OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard
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05/28/2021
AFT President Weingarten Reacts to Biden’s Budget to Boost Middle Class and Infrastructure
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05/25/2021
Statement by AFT Officers on the Anniversary of the Killing of George Floyd
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05/24/2021
AFT President Weingarten Welcomes Education Department Actions on Higher Education
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05/20/2021
AFT’s Weingarten Sends Letter on Mask Guidance to Education Department, CDC
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05/19/2021
University of New Mexico Faculty Secure First Union Contract
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05/13/2021
In Major Speech, Randi Weingarten Reimagines Public Education as Nation Emerges from COVID Crisis
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05/12/2021
New Poll Shows Vast Majority of America’s Parents Support School Reopenings with Safety Plan in Place
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04/29/2021
On the 4 Year Anniversary of Trump’s “Regulatory Reform Task Force” Announcement, Calls Mount For ED Department to Stop Defending the Trump Administration’s Repeal of the Gainful Employment Rule
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04/28/2021
AFT President Weingarten Calls Biden’s First 100 Days a Triumph, Welcomes American Families Plan
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04/26/2021
AFT’s Weingarten on White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment
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04/26/2021
AFT and WTU Presidents Review Health Protections for D.C. Students and Teachers
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04/26/2021
AFT President Weingarten on the Reintroduction of the Child Care for Working Families Act
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04/20/2021
AFT on the Verdict in the Derek Chauvin Trial
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04/16/2021
AFT’s Weingarten Praises Passage of the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act
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04/06/2021
America’s Educators Are Vaccinated and Back in Person: Poll
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04/05/2021
AFT President Randi Weingarten Mourns Passing of WTU Leader Elizabeth Davis
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04/01/2021
AFT’s Weingarten Hails Oregon Union Victory
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03/31/2021
AFT President Weingarten Calls President Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Bold and Momentous
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03/26/2021
AFT President Randi Weingarten and AFT-WV President Fred Albert Congratulate Gayle Manchin on Nomination as Federal Co-Chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission
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03/23/2021
AFT’s Weingarten Sends Letter on Physical Distancing to CDC, Education Department
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03/22/2021
AFT and AMPR on Release of Federal Funds for Education in Puerto Rico
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03/19/2021
AFT’s Weingarten Responds to New CDC Physical Distancing Guidelines
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03/19/2021
AFT and AFT-NH Leaders Blast New Hampshire’s Right-to-Work Bill
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03/18/2021
AFT Sounds Alarm over Private Equity, Urges Trustees with $3 Trillion under Management to Examine Investments
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Press Credentials at AFT Convention
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.

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