Press Releases
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07/02/2020
AFT's Weingarten on Betsy DeVos' Cynical White House Education Plan
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06/30/2020
AFT’s Weingarten on Senate Democrats’ $430 Billion Relief Bill for Education and Child Care
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06/30/2020
AFT’s Weingarten on Supreme Court Decision in Espinoza
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06/29/2020
Michigan Medicine Physician Assistants say ‘Union Yes’
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06/22/2020
Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten after Federal Judge Holds Betsy DeVos Accountable for Public Service Loan Forgiveness Debacle
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06/22/2020
Educators Demand Answers on School Reopening from Governor
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06/19/2020
Navient and AFT Members, Nationwide Class Agree to Settle Loan Forgiveness Suit
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06/18/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten on US Supreme Court Decision on DACA
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06/17/2020
American Federation of Teachers Passes Resolution Expanding Its Efforts to Combat Racism, Aligning Itself with the Movement for Black Lives
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06/15/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten Celebrates Supreme Court Ruling Protecting LGBTQ Workers from Termination
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06/12/2020
AFT Launches $1 Million Ad Campaign Urging Senate to Pass HEROES Act
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06/11/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten Responds to Secretary DeVos’ Craven Attempt to Exclude Undocumented Students from CARES Act Relief
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06/10/2020
America’s Teachers Cry for Help, Say They Can’t Go Back to School Safely without Massive Federal Investment
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06/08/2020
AFT President Weingarten Welcomes Introduction of the Justice in Policing Act of 2020
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06/05/2020
Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten on Jobs Report
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06/04/2020
Brown University Graduate Workers Win Union Contract in First for Ivy League
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06/03/2020
AFT President Weingarten and SEIU President Henry Issue Joint Statement Celebrating Passage of Colorado Collective Bargaining Legislation
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05/29/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten Slams President Trump for Vetoing Bipartisan Resolution to Protect Student Loan Borrowers
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05/28/2020
Oregon State University Faculty Secure First Union Contract
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05/28/2020
Gov. Justice Awards $1 Million for Reconnecting McDowell’s Renaissance Village Housing Construction Project
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05/27/2020
Statement by American Federation of Teachers Officers on the Killing of George Floyd
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05/26/2020
AFT’s Randi Weingarten on UTLA’s Victory at Alliance Charter Schools
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05/15/2020
Statement of AFT President Randi Weingarten on House Passage of the HEROES Act
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05/13/2020
Supermajority of Americans Support Stimulus for States, Cities and Towns
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05/12/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten Welcomes Introduction of HEROES Act
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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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from AFT President Randi Weingarten