Press Releases
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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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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