Press Releases

09/25/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten Reacts to Nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court Weeks Before Election Day
09/25/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten Says President Trump’s One-Time Prescription Drug Stunt Isn’t Real Help for Older Americans
09/18/2020
Statement of AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Life and Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
09/15/2020
New Poll Shows America’s Parents, Teachers Want ‘Safety First’ on School Reopenings
09/01/2020
American Federation of Teachers Re-elects President Randi Weingarten, Elects Secretary-Treasurer Fedrick Ingram and Executive Vice President Evelyn DeJesus, Slate of New Vice Presidents
08/26/2020
AFT Ad Set to Air during Republican Convention Banned by Fox News
08/25/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten on 2020 PDK Poll Measuring Attitudes Toward Public Schools
08/24/2020
AFT President Weingarten on the Shooting of Jacob Blake
08/24/2020
Florida educators win temporary injunction against executive order
08/14/2020
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten Decries Trump Attack on US Postal Service
08/14/2020
Cypress-Fairbanks AFT Seeks Injunction to Halt Requirement For School Employees to Return to School Buildings
08/13/2020
Educators React to Latest Proceedings in Florida Case on School Reopening
08/12/2020
AFT’s Weingarten Rejects Trump's Schools Reopening Guidelines as Too Little, Too Late
08/12/2020
AFT and SBPC Uncover New Evidence of Mismanagement and Abuse in Scandal-Plagued Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
08/11/2020
AFT’s Weingarten Applauds Selection of Kamala Harris as Vice Presidential Candidate
08/11/2020
AFT Files Voting Rights Lawsuit in New Hampshire to Ensure Access to Absentee Voting
08/10/2020
AFT Launches Six-Figure Ad Campaign Slamming McConnell on Failure to Pass Stimulus Bill
08/08/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten Reacts to President Trump’s Recent Executive Orders
08/07/2020
Educators Across Indiana Demand Answers from Governor on School Funding Amid Pandemic Surge
07/29/2020
American Federation of Teachers Passes Resolution in Support of the Green New Deal
07/29/2020
AFT Convention Delegates Endorse Joe Biden for President
07/28/2020
AFT Leaders Celebrate the Career of Retiring Secretary-Treasurer Lorretta Johnson
07/28/2020
AFT President Confronts America’s Triple Crisis, Says Nothing is off the Table if Authorities Fail to Deliver Funding and Safety amid Virus Surge
07/27/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten Expresses Disappointment in Republican COVID-19 Relief Proposal
07/24/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten Says Educators Remain Confused over CDC Guidance on School Reopening, Nothing Is Off the Table for Teachers if Schools Aren’t Safe

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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.

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