Press Releases
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05/17/2019
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten Welcomes Bernie Sanders’ Charter Schools Proposal
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05/15/2019
Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School Educators Vote to Unionize
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05/15/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Jackie Goldberg’s L.A. School Board Victory
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05/11/2019
AFT's Randi Weingarten and California Federation of Teachers’ Jeff Freitas on California State Disability Insurance Program
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05/11/2019
AFT's Randi Weingarten on Warwick (RI) Public Schools Policy for Students with Lunch Debts
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05/10/2019
AFT's Randi Weingarten on the NURSE Act
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05/10/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency (CARE) Act
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05/08/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten Responds to the House Appropriations Committee’s Full Markup of the FY2020 Labor, HHS, Education Funding Bill
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05/08/2019
AFT's Weingarten on Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act
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05/06/2019
AFT’s Weingarten Responds to Betsy DeVos on Teacher Salaries
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04/29/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten Welcomes Democrats’ Appropriations Proposal
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04/25/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on ‘Death on the Job’ Report on Workplace Injuries and Fatalities
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04/23/2019
AFT’s Weingarten on Criminal Beheading of Western Michigan University Student by Saudi Arabia
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04/23/2019
D.C. Charter School Teachers Say ‘Union Yes’
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04/22/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Sen. Warren’s Student Debt and College Affordability Proposals
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04/18/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten Congratulates California State Teachers’ Retirement System Trustee Sharon Hendricks on Election to PRI Association Board
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04/18/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten Calls for Full Transparency with Mueller Report Release
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04/18/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten Delivers Major Address on the Crisis in the Teaching Profession, Details Agenda to Fund Our Future and Secure the Freedom to Teach
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04/17/2019
AFT’s Weingarten on Tentative Union Agreement for Rutgers Faculty and Grads
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04/12/2019
AFT Celebrates Passage of RISE Act to Nationally Recognize Contributions of Classified Public School Employees
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04/10/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Senate Introduction of the Medicare for All Act of 2019
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04/05/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Introduction of the Tax Fairness for Workers Act
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04/04/2019
AFT President Reacts to Rutgers Diversity Initiative
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04/03/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten Slams Education Department for Deliberate Sabotage of Public Service Loan Forgiveness
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04/02/2019
Joint Statement from AFT President Randi Weingarten And AMPR President Aida Diaz on resignation of Julia Keleher and nomination of Eleuterio Álamo Education Secretary in Puerto Rico
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