Press Releases

05/15/17

Groundbreaking AFT Report Shines Light on Excessive Fees Crushing Workers’ Retirements

05/09/17

AFT Statement on Nurse Safe Staffing Levels

05/04/17

AFT’s Weingarten on the AHCA

05/04/17

AFT, Houston Federation of Teachers Hail Court Ruling on Flawed Evaluation System

05/03/17

AFT on President Trump’s Praise for DC Voucher Program

05/01/17

AFT President Randi Weingarten Responds to Budget Agreement

04/29/17

AFT’s Weingarten on Trump’s First 100 Days

04/27/17

Community, Labor and Advocacy Groups Pen Open Letter to Congress to Build Schools, Not Walls

04/26/17

AFT on Executive Order to Study Federal Overreach in Education

04/26/17

Coalition calls on states to protect student borrowers after DeVos betrayal

04/26/17

AFT’s Weingarten Condemns Trump’s Tax Plan

04/25/17

AFT on 2016 National Assessment of Educational Progress Report on Eighth-Graders’ Music and Visual Arts Skills

04/20/17

Arcadia University Adjuncts Vote to Join Union

04/19/17

AFT and Puerto Rico Teachers Association Send Letter to PROMESA Board on Proposed Cuts to Puerto Rico’s Schools

04/18/17

Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools Launches National Campaign to Build Schools, Not Walls

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.