Press Releases

08/12/2022
AFT’s Weingarten Celebrates House Passage of Inflation Reduction Act
08/11/2022
AFT’s Weingarten Reacts to New CDC Guidelines for Schools
08/11/2022
AFT’s Weingarten Responds to Latest PDK Poll Showing Broad Support for School Safety Measures, but Limited Support for Arming Teachers
08/09/2022
AFT Leaders Call CHIPS and Science Act Transformational, Welcome Signing as Major Step for Rural Communities and Career-Tech Education
08/07/2022
Democrats’ Historic Package Will Cut Costs, Reduce Inflation and Help American Families, Says AFT’s Weingarten
07/27/2022
AFT’s Weingarten Reacts to Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
07/17/2022
American Federation of Teachers Re-elects National Officers, Passes Resolutions at 2022 Convention
07/16/2022
AFT Unveils Report on Teacher and School Staff Shortages
07/14/2022
In Address to Union, AFT’s Weingarten Launches ‘What Kids and Communities Need’ Campaign, Celebrates Herculean Work of Educators, Healthcare Professionals and Public Employees
07/12/2022
Delegation of American Educators Travel to Poland on Humanitarian Trip
07/11/2022
Under Siege: Survey of Teachers Finds 34-Point Increase in Job Dissatisfaction, Union as Solution
07/07/2022
AFT Executive Vice President Evelyn DeJesus Elected President of National Association for Bilingual Education
07/06/2022
AFT’s Weingarten Cheers Expansion of Targeted Student Loan Relief
06/30/2022
AFT President Randi Weingarten Slams Supreme Court Ruling in West Virginia v. EPA
06/27/2022
AFT President Randi Weingarten Responds to the Supreme Court’s Decision in Kennedy v. Bremerton
06/24/2022
AFT’s Weingarten Slams Supreme Court Ruling Overturning Roe v. Wade
06/23/2022
AFT’s Weingarten Celebrates Senate Passage of Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
06/23/2022
AFT President Randi Weingarten Mourns Passing of Founding MFPE President and Former AFT Vice President Eric Feaver
06/23/2022
AFT President on Supreme Court Decision in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen
06/21/2022
AFT’s Weingarten responds to Supreme Court decision in Carson v. Makin
06/18/2022
At Biennial Meeting, American Association of University Professors Votes to Affiliate with American Federation of Teachers
06/16/2022
American Federation of Teachers: Educators Are at a Breaking Point
06/12/2022
AFT’s Weingarten on Bipartisan Gun Safety Framework
06/11/2022
Educators Nationwide Organize Hundreds of Gun Safety Events as Part of March for Our Lives Day of Action
06/10/2022
Reconnecting McDowell Partners Officially Dedicate Educator Housing, Celebrate Possibilities and Achievements of the Last 11 Years

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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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