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Press Releases
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05/24/2022
AFT President Randi Weingarten Horrified by Shooting That Kills Students and Teacher in Texas, Demands Action on Gun Safety
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05/17/2022
AFT Joins National Effort to Demand Corporate Governance Reforms at Meta
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05/11/2022
AFT’s Weingarten Reacts to Failed Vote on Women’s Health Protection Act
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05/09/2022
AFT Lifts Up Tireless, Heroic Work of Nurses During National Nurses Week
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05/04/2022
Major Union Pension Trustees Urged to Sanction Meta for Targeting Kids
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05/03/2022
AFT Celebrates Members Across the Country During Teacher Appreciation Week
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05/02/2022
AFT Celebrates Public Service Workers Across the Country
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05/02/2022
AFT Announces Fourth Round of Innovation Fund’s Return, Recover and Reimagine Grants to Provide Direct Assistance to Students and Schools
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05/01/2022
Over 200 Parent, Civil Rights and Student Groups, Other National and State-Level Advocates, Join American Federation of Teachers to Praise and Celebrate America’s Teachers
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04/21/2022
Higher Education Leaders React to Revised Colorado Collective Bargaining Bill
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04/20/2022
AFT Responds to Department of Education on Charter School Regulations
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04/20/2022
AFT Cheers Department of Education’s Reforms to Public Service Loan Forgiveness
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04/11/2022
AFT President Randi Weingarten Welcomes Latest White House Move on Gun Safety
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04/07/2022
AFT’s Weingarten Congratulates Ketanji Brown Jackson on Historic Confirmation to US Supreme Court
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04/05/2022
Labor Unions issue joint statement in support of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic nomination to the Supreme Court
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04/03/2022
AFT’s Weingarten Visits Poland-Ukraine Border to Meet with Teachers, Children Displaced by Putin’s War
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03/28/2022
AFT Condemns Signing of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill in Florida
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03/28/2022
AFT President Weingarten Reacts to President Biden’s Budget
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03/11/2022
Educators Nationwide Express Gratitude on Anniversary of Historic American Rescue Plan
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03/10/2022
Major Union Pension Trustees to Consider Divestment from Russian Assets
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03/09/2022
AFT President Welcomes Historic Omnibus Appropriations Agreement
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03/07/2022
AFT and AAUP Pursue Historic Affiliation
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03/04/2022
AFT Fulfills $400,000 in DonorsChoose Requests for School Supplies from Teachers Nationwide
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03/02/2022
AFT’s Weingarten and AFT New Mexico’s Holland React to Signing of ‘Education Moonshot’ Bills
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03/02/2022
AFT’s Weingarten Praises School Focus in Latest National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan
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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