Press Releases

11/11/2019
HFT: Parents, Educators Demand Answers About Proposed State Takeover of HISD
11/07/2019
Educators Question State Takeover of HISD
10/31/2019
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten Congratulates Chicago Teachers Union
10/30/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten’s Statement on NAEP Report Card
10/23/2019
AFT's Statement on Syria
10/23/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten’s Statement on House Democrats’ Prescription Drug Plan
10/21/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten Praises Sen. Warren’s Public Education Plan
10/18/2019
Union Leaders Congratulate University of New Mexico Faculty on Vote to Unionize
10/18/2019
AFT Unveils Special Edition of To Kill a Mockingbird at Human Rights Conference, Announces Renewed Commitment to Teaching Racial Justice
10/17/2019
Statements of AFT President Randi Weingarten and AFT Secretary-Treasurer Lorretta Johnson on the Death of US Rep. Elijah Cummings
10/17/2019
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten Joins Chicago Educators and School Staff on Day One of Strike
10/15/2019
Statement of American Federation of Teachers and Providence Teachers Union on Final Plan for State Takeover of Providence, RI, Schools
10/15/2019
Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten on Reauthorization of Higher Education Act
10/11/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Congressional Democrats’ Action on Loan Forgiveness
10/08/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Supreme Court’s Bostock v. Clayton County
10/05/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten Celebrates World Teachers’ Day
10/01/2019
AFT’s Weingarten Slams DeVos’ Sickening Attack on Teachers
09/26/2019
AFT’s Weingarten on Sen. Lamar Alexander’s Inadequate Higher Education Package
09/24/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Formal Impeachment Inquiry
09/20/2019
Graduate Workers Slam Trump Rule to Strip Them of Right to Unionize
09/10/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Census Poverty Data
09/09/2019
America’s Teachers and Students Call for Action on Gun Safety in Full-Page Ad
09/09/2019
Latest Reconnecting McDowell Accomplishment: Groundbreaking on Apartments to House W.Va. County’s Teachers
09/05/2019
AFT’s Weingarten Reacts to Damning GAO Report on Temporary Expanded Public Service Loan Forgiveness
08/30/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten Slams DeVos Borrower Defense Rule

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