Press Releases

11/17/22

AFT President Randi Weingarten Reacts to Pelosi’s Announcement that She Will Step Down as Speaker and Pass Torch, Praises Her Historic Leadership

11/16/22

AFT, America’s Fastest-Growing Healthcare Union, Unveils Report Detailing Troubling Healthcare Staffing Crisis

11/15/22

AFT Announces $75,000 Donation to Support the Recovery of Educators in Puerto Rico

11/11/22

AFT’s Weingarten Slams Far-Right Legal Attack on Student Loan Forgiveness

11/09/22

American Voters Reject Extremism in Win for Democracy and Freedom

10/25/22

Overseas Federation of Teachers and Department of Defense Education Activity Reach Tentative Contract Agreement

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

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.