Press Releases

08/11/22

AFT’s Weingarten Responds to Latest PDK Poll Showing Broad Support for School Safety Measures, but Limited Support for Arming Teachers

08/09/22

AFT Leaders Call CHIPS and Science Act Transformational, Welcome Signing as Major Step for Rural Communities and Career-Tech Education

08/07/22

Democrats’ Historic Package Will Cut Costs, Reduce Inflation and Help American Families, Says AFT’s Weingarten

07/27/22

AFT’s Weingarten Reacts to Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

07/17/22

American Federation of Teachers Re-elects National Officers, Passes Resolutions at 2022 Convention

07/16/22

AFT Unveils Report on Teacher and School Staff Shortages

07/14/22

In Address to Union, AFT’s Weingarten Launches ‘What Kids and Communities Need’ Campaign, Celebrates Herculean Work of Educators, Healthcare Professionals and Public Employees

07/12/22

Delegation of American Educators Travel to Poland on Humanitarian Trip

07/11/22

Under Siege: Survey of Teachers Finds 34-Point Increase in Job Dissatisfaction, Union as Solution

07/07/22

AFT Executive Vice President Evelyn DeJesus Elected President of National Association for Bilingual Education

07/06/22

AFT’s Weingarten Cheers Expansion of Targeted Student Loan Relief

06/30/22

AFT President Randi Weingarten Slams Supreme Court Ruling in West Virginia v. EPA

06/27/22

AFT President Randi Weingarten Responds to the Supreme Court’s Decision in Kennedy v. Bremerton

06/24/22

AFT’s Weingarten Slams Supreme Court Ruling Overturning Roe v. Wade

06/23/22

AFT’s Weingarten Celebrates Senate Passage of Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

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