Press Releases

04/23/25

AFT and AAUP: Trump’s Executive Order on Accreditation Opens the Door for Rampant Corruption and Political Interference in Academic Institutions

04/17/25

AFT’s Weingarten on Florida State Shooting

04/14/25

AFL-CIO, Unions Sue Trump Administration Over Cuts to Key Labor Relations Agency

04/03/25

AFT’s Weingarten on Trump’s Illegal Attack on Poor Kids

04/02/25

AFT’s Weingarten Calls on Chief Fiduciary Officers to Examine Tesla Investments

03/28/25

AFT’s Weingarten on Trump’s Illegal Executive Order Trying to Ban Collective Bargaining for Federal Employees

03/25/25

FACULTY UNIONS SUE TRUMP ADMIN: NO HALTING SCIENCE RESEARCH TO SUPPRESS SPEECH

03/24/25

Educators, Professors, School Districts, Unions Unite to Challenge Trump Attempt to Dismantle Department of Education

03/24/25

AFT’s Weingarten Reacts to Injunction Against Elon Musk

03/20/25

AFT Members Respond to Trump's Executive Order to Eliminate the Federal Role in Education

03/19/25

AFT's Weingarten Responds to Trump's Attempt to Eliminate Federal Role in Education

03/19/25

AFT Sues U.S. Department of Education, Demands Justice for Student Loan Borrowers Blocked from Affordable Loan Payments

03/17/25

AFT’s Weingarten on Trump’s Attacks on Higher Education

03/17/25

AFT’s Weingarten Responds to Elon Musk

03/11/25

AFT’s Weingarten Reacts to Gutting of Department of Education

Press Credentials at AFT Convention

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