Press Releases

07/27/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten Expresses Disappointment in Republican COVID-19 Relief Proposal
07/24/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten Says Educators Remain Confused over CDC Guidance on School Reopening, Nothing Is Off the Table for Teachers if Schools Aren’t Safe
07/23/2020
AFT’s Weingarten Responds to Trump’s Hypocrisy on Schools
07/23/2020
Thousands of Educators to Gather Virtually for AFT Convention
07/21/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten Slams Trump’s Order to Ban Undocumented Immigrants from Being Counted in 2020 Census
07/20/2020
Florida educators file lawsuit to stop reckless, unsafe reopening of public school buildings
07/20/2020
AFT Report: Education Job Losses to Top 1.4 Million without Urgent Federal Stimulus
07/18/2020
American Federation of Teachers Officers Remember US Rep. and Civil Rights Icon John Lewis
07/14/2020
AFT’s Weingarten on Trump Administration’s Rescission of International Student Ban
07/11/2020
Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump Administration’s Decision to Force International Higher Education Students to Attend In-Person Classes
07/10/2020
Pediatricians, Educators and Superintendents Urge a Safe Return to School This Fall
07/08/2020
Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten on #SenateFail Day of Action to Demand Senate Passage of HEROES Act
07/08/2020
AFT Launches Second $1 Million Ad Campaign Urging Senate to Return to Washington to Pass Needed Education Funding
07/07/2020
New Data Shows Majority of Educators Willing to Go Back to School if Key Safety Conditions Are Met
07/06/2020
American Federation of Teachers Joins #StopHateforProfit Initiative
07/02/2020
AFT's Weingarten on Betsy DeVos' Cynical White House Education Plan
06/30/2020
AFT’s Weingarten on Senate Democrats’ $430 Billion Relief Bill for Education and Child Care
06/30/2020
AFT’s Weingarten on Supreme Court Decision in Espinoza
06/29/2020
Michigan Medicine Physician Assistants say ‘Union Yes’
06/22/2020
Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten after Federal Judge Holds Betsy DeVos Accountable for Public Service Loan Forgiveness Debacle
06/22/2020
Educators Demand Answers on School Reopening from Governor
06/19/2020
Navient and AFT Members, Nationwide Class Agree to Settle Loan Forgiveness Suit
06/18/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten on US Supreme Court Decision on DACA
06/17/2020
American Federation of Teachers Passes Resolution Expanding Its Efforts to Combat Racism, Aligning Itself with the Movement for Black Lives
06/15/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten Celebrates Supreme Court Ruling Protecting LGBTQ Workers from Termination

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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.

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