Press Releases
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08/22/2019
AFT’s Weingarten on Economic Policy Institute’s School Supplies Report
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08/21/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Trump Administration’s Cruel New Flores Rule
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08/18/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten’s Statement on Resignation of Asociación de Maestros de Puerto Rico President Aida Díaz
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08/15/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Israel’s Denial of Visas to U.S. Members of Congress
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08/09/2019
AFT Leaders Condemn Immigration Raids at Mississippi Food Processing Plants
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08/08/2019
Kean University Should Quit Costly Legal Attacks and Fix Failing Department
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08/05/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on 2019 PDK Poll Measuring the Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools
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08/04/2019
American Federation of Teachers Joins Ohio and Texas Leaders in Mourning Latest Mass Shootings
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07/31/2019
Statement from AFT President Randi Weingarten on Fordham School Discipline Report
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07/25/2019
World’s Teachers Condemn Donald Trump over Racist Attacks on U.S. Congresswomen
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07/25/2019
Weingarten Welcomes Puerto Rico Governor’s Resignation, Calls for a New Era of Reform
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07/23/2019
Weingarten: Puerto Rico Gov. Rossello’s Tenure of Corruption and Failure Centers on His Mismanagement of Public Schools
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07/17/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten Urges Repeal of 40 Percent Excise Tax in Affordable Care Act
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07/15/2019
American Federation of Teachers Given Nearly $175,000 to Help New Educators Stock Classrooms with Books
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07/15/2019
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello Must Go: Weingarten
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07/12/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten Calls on Educators to Defend American Democracy
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07/12/2019
American Federation of Teachers Updates Landmark Education Funding Report
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07/11/2019
Major Lawsuit Launched Against Betsy DeVos over National Student Debt Debacle
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07/10/2019
UFT Vice President Evelyn DeJesus Elected Executive Vice President of the American Federation of Teachers
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07/08/2019
Statement of AFT’s Randi Weingarten and Attorney Faith Gay on Judge’s Decision in Navient Class Action
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06/28/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten and Montana Federation of Public Employees President Eric Feaver on the Supreme Court Decision to Grant Certiorari in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
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06/28/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Supreme Court Decision to Grant Certiorari on DACA case
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06/26/2019
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten on the PROTECT Students Act
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06/26/2019
AFT’s Weingarten on Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act
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06/20/2019
Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Price Relief, Innovation, and Competition for Essential Drugs Act
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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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