Press Releases

05/06/2020
Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten and AASA Executive Director Dan Domenech on Department of Education’s ‘Equitable Services’ Guidance for CARES Act Funding
05/06/2020
AFT’s Randi Weingarten on Department of Education’s Title IX Rule Changes
05/01/2020
Georgetown Graduate Workers Win Groundbreaking First Contract
04/29/2020
AFT Launches Landmark Plan to Safely Reopen America’s Schools and Communities
04/28/2020
Frontline Workers in Mass National OSHA Filing as Agency Fails to Protect Workers from COVID-19 Pandemic
04/27/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten Criticizes DeVos Plan for Distribution of CARES Act Funds
04/24/2020
AFT President and Michigan Leaders on Legal Victory for Detroit’s Students
04/23/2020
Coronavirus could crater school funding if we fail to act now: Report
04/23/2020
AFT Donates 10,000 Books to Homeless NYC Students and Families amid Coronavirus Crisis
04/22/2020
Betsy DeVos Is Exploiting Crisis, Failing to Do Her Job: Weingarten
04/21/2020
AFT Blasts President Trump’s Plan to Halt Immigration
04/20/2020
‘Army of Temps’ Report Reveals Grave Plight of Contingent College Faculty
04/14/2020
AFT Launches Six-Figure Ad Campaign Targeting Trump over PPE Lies, Inaction
04/12/2020
AFT’s Weingarten and Local Union Leaders Praise ‘Historic’ Virginia Collective Bargaining Bill despite Unnecessary Delay Imposed by Governor
04/09/2020
Weingarten and Mulgrew Call on Federal Government to Help Unemployed Workers and Families of Deceased Workers During Pandemic
04/09/2020
Lyft, American Federation of Teachers to Provide Frontline COVID-19 Workers with Access to Discounted Rides in Communities Nationwide
04/09/2020
AFT Slams New Trump Rule Exposing Frontline Workers to COVID-19
03/30/2020
American Federation of Teachers Mourns the Passing of Rev. Joseph Lowery
03/27/2020
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten’s Statement on House Approval of CARES Act
03/26/2020
125,000+ Sign Nurse’s Petition Calling on Trump and Pence to Use Defense Production Act to Provide Urgently Needed Masks and Protective Equipment
03/25/2020
American Federation of Teachers President’s Statement on Senate COVID-19 Stimulus
03/22/2020
American Federation of Teachers Endorses Joe Biden for President
03/21/2020
AFT’s Weingarten Launches ‘Capstone’ Proposal to Complete School Year amid Coronavirus Crisis
03/20/2020
America’s Nurses Demand Testing for Frontline Healthcare Workers, Essential Supplies to Fight COVID-19
03/18/2020
California Joins AFT and Student Defense in Legal Efforts to Restore the Gainful Employment Rule

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