Press Releases

11/20/22

AFT President Randi Weingarten Calls Colorado and New Mexico Shootings Tragic, Renews Call to Action on Gun Safety

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

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.