Press Releases

05/20/2021
AFT’s Weingarten Sends Letter on Mask Guidance to Education Department, CDC
05/19/2021
University of New Mexico Faculty Secure First Union Contract
05/13/2021
In Major Speech, Randi Weingarten Reimagines Public Education as Nation Emerges from COVID Crisis
05/12/2021
New Poll Shows Vast Majority of America’s Parents Support School Reopenings with Safety Plan in Place
04/29/2021
On the 4 Year Anniversary of Trump’s “Regulatory Reform Task Force” Announcement, Calls Mount For ED Department to Stop Defending the Trump Administration’s Repeal of the Gainful Employment Rule
04/28/2021
AFT President Weingarten Calls Biden’s First 100 Days a Triumph, Welcomes American Families Plan
04/26/2021
AFT’s Weingarten on White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment
04/26/2021
AFT and WTU Presidents Review Health Protections for D.C. Students and Teachers
04/26/2021
AFT President Weingarten on the Reintroduction of the Child Care for Working Families Act
04/20/2021
AFT on the Verdict in the Derek Chauvin Trial
04/16/2021
AFT’s Weingarten Praises Passage of the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act
04/06/2021
America’s Educators Are Vaccinated and Back in Person: Poll
04/05/2021
AFT President Randi Weingarten Mourns Passing of WTU Leader Elizabeth Davis
04/01/2021
AFT’s Weingarten Hails Oregon Union Victory
03/31/2021
AFT President Weingarten Calls President Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Bold and Momentous
03/26/2021
AFT President Randi Weingarten and AFT-WV President Fred Albert Congratulate Gayle Manchin on Nomination as Federal Co-Chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission
03/23/2021
AFT’s Weingarten Sends Letter on Physical Distancing to CDC, Education Department
03/22/2021
AFT and AMPR on Release of Federal Funds for Education in Puerto Rico
03/19/2021
AFT’s Weingarten Responds to New CDC Physical Distancing Guidelines
03/19/2021
AFT and AFT-NH Leaders Blast New Hampshire’s Right-to-Work Bill
03/18/2021
AFT Sounds Alarm over Private Equity, Urges Trustees with $3 Trillion under Management to Examine Investments
03/17/2021
AFT Leaders Condemn Attacks Targeting Asian Americans in Georgia
03/17/2021
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Senate Introduction of S. 1, the For the People Act of 2021
03/17/2021
AFT President Randi Weingarten and Local Leaders Herald $10B Federal Investment in School COVID Tests as Major Step in School Safety
03/15/2021
AFT on Confirmation of Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Interior

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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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