Press Releases

10/25/22

AFT’s Weingarten on Improvements to Public Service Loan Forgiveness

10/24/22

Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten and AFT St. Louis President Ray Cummings on Shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School

10/19/22

AFT and AFT-Wisconsin—Unions Representing Campus Faculty and Staff—Donate $7,500 to University of Wisconsin-Green Bay’s Campus Cupboard & Clothes Closet

10/19/22

AFT Embarks on Nationwide Get-Out-the-Vote Election Bus Tour

10/09/22

AFT’s Weingarten, Dr. Irwin Redlener to Visit Ukraine to Meet with Students and Teachers Displaced by Russia’s War

10/07/22

Teachers and Parents Demand Instagram Stop Enabling Bullying of Kids and Educators on Anonymous School ‘Confessions’ Accounts

10/07/22

AFT Leaders React to Appeals Court Ruling on DACA

09/29/22

AFT Announces Powerful Partnerships Institute Grant Recipients, Provides $1.5 Million to AFT Affiliates, Community Organizations, Parent Groups to Help Kids Recover and Thrive

09/28/22

AFT’s Weingarten on the CDC’s Modification of COVID-19 Guidelines in Healthcare Settings

09/17/22

Educators Celebrate Constitution Day, Release Resources to Help Teach Important Civics Lessons

09/13/22

AFT President Randi Weingarten Joins Americans in Celebrating Signing of Inflation Reduction Act

09/07/22

US Court of Appeals Upholds Settlement in Navient Class Action

09/07/22

AFT Launches Six-Figure Back-to-School Ad Buy Highlighting What Kids and Communities Need

09/01/22

AFT’s Weingarten on NAEP Report Card

08/31/22

Biden Administration Announces Actions to Strengthen the Teaching Profession and Help Schools Fill Vacancies

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