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