Press Releases
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10/28/2020
BookWaves Coalition Donates More Than 100,000 Books to Students and Families in Alaska, Guam and Puerto Rico to Support Distance Learning amid the COVID-19 Crisis
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10/26/2020
AFT Executive Council Passes Resolution to Protect American Democracy
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10/26/2020
AFT’s Weingarten on Confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to US Supreme Court
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10/22/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten Reacts to Final Presidential Debate, Congratulates Joe Biden
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10/22/2020
AFT’s Weingarten on Senate Judiciary Advancing Amy Coney Barrett’s Nomination to the Supreme Court
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10/22/2020
Backus Hospital Nurses Secure New Contract That Ensures “Great Quality Care” for Region
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10/21/2020
Educators Say COVID-19 Has Greatly Exacerbated the Grief Support Crisis in Schools, According to New Survey
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10/20/2020
Healthcare Workers Refuse to Receive or Administer COVID-19 Vaccine Without Validation by Independent Third Party Experts
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10/13/2020
New Report Exposes More Than Five Million Student Loan Servicing Errors Hindering Public Service Loan Forgiveness
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10/12/2020
AFT’s Weingarten Rejects Inadequate White House Stimulus Push
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10/10/2020
Statements by AFT President Randi Weingarten, President Emeritus Edward McElroy and Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus Lorretta Johnson on the Death of Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus Nat LaCour
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10/09/2020
Public Service Workers Obtain Final Approval of Significant Settlement with Loan Servicer Navient
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10/09/2020
Florida Educators to Appeal Court Ruling, Continue to Fight for Local Control and School Safety
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10/07/2020
AFT Leaders Announce Innovation Fund COVID-19 Response Grants for the 2020-21 School Year
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10/06/2020
AFT's Weingarten on Trump's Abandonment of Stimulus Talks
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10/02/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten on House COVID-19 Relief Package
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09/30/2020
AFT Launches Nationwide Get-Out-the-Vote Bus Tour to Stop Trump, Elect Biden and Harris
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09/29/2020
AFT’s Weingarten Reacts to First Presidential Debate
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09/28/2020
AFT’s Weingarten Lauds Updated House HEROES relief bill
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09/25/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten Reacts to Nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court Weeks Before Election Day
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09/25/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten Says President Trump’s One-Time Prescription Drug Stunt Isn’t Real Help for Older Americans
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09/18/2020
Statement of AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Life and Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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09/15/2020
New Poll Shows America’s Parents, Teachers Want ‘Safety First’ on School Reopenings
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09/01/2020
American Federation of Teachers Re-elects President Randi Weingarten, Elects Secretary-Treasurer Fedrick Ingram and Executive Vice President Evelyn DeJesus, Slate of New Vice Presidents
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08/26/2020
AFT Ad Set to Air during Republican Convention Banned by Fox News
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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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