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02/25/2022
AFT’s Weingarten on Change to CDC Mask Guidance
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02/25/2022
AFT President Randi Weingarten Calls Biden Pick for Supreme Court Historic, Urges Swift Confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson
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02/24/2022
AFT President Randi Weingarten Condemns Russian Invasion of Ukraine
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02/24/2022
AFT Report Shows Pandemic Wreaked Havoc on Nation’s Already Tenuous Adjunct Faculty
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02/14/2022
AFT President Randi Weingarten Announces Six-Figure Investment in Newark Public Schools Teacher Education Academy
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02/09/2022
AFT President Weingarten Issues Statement Backing New SEC Rules on Private Equity
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02/02/2022
AFT and UFT Partner with Entertainers 4 Education Alliance for Black History Month
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01/27/2022
AFT President Randi Weingarten Calls Cardona Priorities ‘Brilliant and Inspiring’
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01/26/2022
AFT President Randi Weingarten Reacts to Breyer Retirement, Urges Swift Confirmation of Replacement
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01/26/2022
America’s Parents Express Overwhelming Support for Teachers, Their Unions and Public Education
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01/25/2022
AFT Partners with NewsGuard to Combat Misinformation Online
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01/19/2022
AFT President Weingarten Reacts to Another Roadblock for Voting Rights
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01/19/2022
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Approval of Puerto Rico’s Debt Restructuring Deal
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01/19/2022
AFT President Randi Weingarten Welcomes Biden-Harris Mask Distribution Plan
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01/14/2022
AFT President Demands Salary Increases for Teachers in Puerto Rico
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01/13/2022
AFT’s Weingarten Echoes Call for Voting Rights Action Now
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01/06/2022
Statements by AFT-NH and AFT on Tabling of Local Voucher Bill
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01/05/2022
AFL-CIO and nation’s major nursing unions urge federal court to order the Department of Labor to issue a permanent OSHA standard to protect health care workers against Covid-19
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12/29/2021
AFT President Randi Weingarten Mourns the Passing of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
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12/28/2021
Health Care Workers Need Mandatory OSHA Protections from COVID-19
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12/22/2021
Borrowers Welcome Student Loan Payment Pause, Call for Debt Cancellation
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12/21/2021
Educators and School Staff Respond to White House Testing Plan, Tout Safety Measures to Keep School Buildings Open Safely
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12/19/2021
Workers Need This: AFT-West Virginia’s Albert and AFT’s Weingarten on Future of Build Back Better
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12/17/2021
AFT President Randi Weingarten Responds to Latest COVID Safety Announcements from CDC Aimed at Keeping Students in Classrooms, Limiting Spread of Variants
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12/16/2021
AFT President Weingarten Thanks Vice President Harris for Highlighting Important Investments in Clean Water; Welcomes Lead Pipe and Paint Action Plan
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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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from AFT President Randi Weingarten