Press Releases

03/04/2021
AFT President Randi Weingarten Applauds Passage of H.R. 1, the For the People Act
03/02/2021
AFT President Randi Weingarten Welcomes Biden Administration’s Plan to Prioritize Educators for Vaccinations
02/23/2021
Nurses, Unions, Allies Urge CDC to Acknowledge Covid-19 Aerosol Transmission to Help Bring Virus Under Control
02/22/2021
AFT President Randi Weingarten Applauds Introduction of U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021
02/22/2021
AFT President Randi Weingarten Reacts to Changes in Educational Assessment Requirements for 2020-2021 School Year
02/22/2021
OSHA Tells Court It Intends to Prioritize Development of Permanent Standard to Protect Healthcare Workers from Exposure to Infectious Diseases
02/16/2021
New Poll Shows America’s Teachers Want to Return to Classrooms amid Growing Confidence in Safety Guardrails
02/12/2021
AFT’s Weingarten on CDC’s Schools Reopening Guidelines
02/10/2021
AFT and AAUP Launch New Deal Campaign for Higher Education
02/08/2021
AFT Mourns the Passing of Former Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis
02/03/2021
AFT’s Weingarten Slams Mitch McConnell on Schools Comments
02/02/2021
WTU: Teachers Want to Go Back to School and Want It Done Safely
01/29/2021
Education Leaders Respond to Disturbing Video of School Resource Officer Violence Against a Florida High School Student
01/21/2021
AFT’s Weingarten on President Biden’s Executive Order on Safely Reopening Schools
01/19/2021
AFT Leaders Mourn Passing of Longtime Colleague and AFT Pennsylvania President Ted Kirsch
01/14/2021
AFT’s Weingarten on Biden COVID-19 Rescue Package
01/13/2021
BTU, AFT Launch Major Ad Buy Calling on Superintendent Runcie to Stop Putting Medically High-Risk Educators in Danger
01/07/2021
AFT’s Weingarten on Betsy DeVos’ Resignation as Education Secretary
01/07/2021
AFT on Nomination of Marty Walsh as Labor Secretary
01/06/2021
AFT President Randi Weingarten Responds to Congressional Certification of 2020 Presidential Election, Condemns Violence in US Capitol
01/06/2021
AFT and NYSUT on Reopening New York State’s Schools
12/22/2020
AFT on Nomination of Dr. Miguel Cardona as Education Secretary
12/21/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten Responds to Congressional Agreement on the Latest Round of COVID-19 Relief
12/15/2020
AFT Leaders Ask Rhode Island Governor to Urge the K-12 Council to Reject or Table the Charter School Expansion Proposal for Providence
12/14/2020
Washington Teachers’ Union, UNITE HERE Local 25 Partner to Provide Tutoring to Students of Workers

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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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