Press Releases
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10/23/2019
AFT's Statement on Syria
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10/23/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten’s Statement on House Democrats’ Prescription Drug Plan
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10/21/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten Praises Sen. Warren’s Public Education Plan
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10/18/2019
Union Leaders Congratulate University of New Mexico Faculty on Vote to Unionize
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10/18/2019
AFT Unveils Special Edition of To Kill a Mockingbird at Human Rights Conference, Announces Renewed Commitment to Teaching Racial Justice
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10/17/2019
Statements of AFT President Randi Weingarten and AFT Secretary-Treasurer Lorretta Johnson on the Death of US Rep. Elijah Cummings
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10/17/2019
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten Joins Chicago Educators and School Staff on Day One of Strike
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10/15/2019
Statement of American Federation of Teachers and Providence Teachers Union on Final Plan for State Takeover of Providence, RI, Schools
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10/15/2019
Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten on Reauthorization of Higher Education Act
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10/11/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Congressional Democrats’ Action on Loan Forgiveness
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10/08/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Supreme Court’s Bostock v. Clayton County
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10/05/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten Celebrates World Teachers’ Day
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10/01/2019
AFT’s Weingarten Slams DeVos’ Sickening Attack on Teachers
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09/26/2019
AFT’s Weingarten on Sen. Lamar Alexander’s Inadequate Higher Education Package
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09/24/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Formal Impeachment Inquiry
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09/20/2019
Graduate Workers Slam Trump Rule to Strip Them of Right to Unionize
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09/10/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Census Poverty Data
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09/09/2019
America’s Teachers and Students Call for Action on Gun Safety in Full-Page Ad
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09/09/2019
Latest Reconnecting McDowell Accomplishment: Groundbreaking on Apartments to House W.Va. County’s Teachers
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09/05/2019
AFT’s Weingarten Reacts to Damning GAO Report on Temporary Expanded Public Service Loan Forgiveness
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08/30/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten Slams DeVos Borrower Defense Rule
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08/29/2019
AFT President Weingarten Joins AFT Nurses and Leaders to Condemn Trump’s Policy to Deport Children and Families Seeking Medical Treatment
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08/29/2019
Union Leaders Respond after Kean University President Quits
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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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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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from AFT President Randi Weingarten