Press Releases
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01/14/2019
AFT’s Weingarten on Betsy DeVos’ Sham Rulemaking Panel for Higher Ed
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01/13/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten Joins Los Angeles Teachers for Beginning of Strike
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01/11/2019
AFT Leaders on Reports that Trump Will Divert Funds from Disaster Relief to Pay for His Wall
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01/10/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten Announces Loan Program for Public Sector Employees Impacted by Federal Government Shutdown
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01/08/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on President Trump’s Address
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01/08/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten Urges Swift Passage of H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019
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01/03/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on NM Governor’s First Executive Orders
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01/02/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Pelosi-Schumer Plan to End the Trump Shutdown
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12/21/2018
AFT’s Weingarten on Puerto Rico’s Illegal Holiday Attack on Teachers
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12/20/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Nomination of Mary Cathryn Ricker as Minnesota Education Commissioner
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12/20/2018
AFT and SBPC Probe Mismanagement and Industry Abuses in Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
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12/19/2018
Educators at Pittsburgh Charter School Win Union
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12/18/2018
AFT’s Randi Weingarten on the Federal Commission on School Safety Report
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12/15/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Affordable Care Act Ruling
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12/14/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten and Wisconsin AFT Leaders Condemn Scott Walker for Signing Lame-Duck Bill
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12/12/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten Responds to Anti-Semitic Graffiti Near Union’s Office
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12/10/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Human Rights Day
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12/09/2018
Teachers Union Leaders on Chicago Charter School Strike Victory
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12/05/2018
Statement of AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Introduction of the Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers Act
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12/05/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten and Wisconsin Union Leaders Reject Wisconsin Republican Power Grab
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12/05/2018
AFT’s Weingarten on Chicago Charter School Strike’s National Implications
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11/30/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten Urges Needed Changes to NAFTA 2.0
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11/30/2018
Statement of AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Introduction of the Developing Innovative Partnerships and Learning Opportunities that Motivate Achievement Act
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11/27/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten and AFT Michigan President David Hecker on Fighting for Detroit’s Public School Students
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11/27/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten Joins Michigan and Ohio Leaders to Support GM Workers
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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.
Randi's Corner
News and resources from the office of the president
from AFT President Randi Weingarten