Press Releases
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03/26/2020
125,000+ Sign Nurse’s Petition Calling on Trump and Pence to Use Defense Production Act to Provide Urgently Needed Masks and Protective Equipment
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03/25/2020
American Federation of Teachers President’s Statement on Senate COVID-19 Stimulus
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03/22/2020
American Federation of Teachers Endorses Joe Biden for President
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03/21/2020
AFT’s Weingarten Launches ‘Capstone’ Proposal to Complete School Year amid Coronavirus Crisis
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03/20/2020
America’s Nurses Demand Testing for Frontline Healthcare Workers, Essential Supplies to Fight COVID-19
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03/18/2020
California Joins AFT and Student Defense in Legal Efforts to Restore the Gainful Employment Rule
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03/16/2020
AFT Says National Schools Shutdown Inevitable Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
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03/13/2020
AFT’s Weingarten Congratulates St. Paul Teachers on Tentative Contract Agreement
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03/11/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Senate’s Rebuke of Betsy DeVos
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03/08/2020
AFT Randi Weingarten and Virginia Local Leaders Issue Statement on VA Collective Bargaining Bill
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03/06/2020
Department of Defense Teachers in Italy at Severe Coronavirus Risk
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03/06/2020
Unions Representing Healthcare Professionals Call on CDC to Maintain Protections During Coronavirus Outbreak
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03/05/2020
American Federation of Teachers and UNITE HERE Call on Federal Government to Introduce Paid Sick Leave and Release Comprehensive Health, Safety and Economic Plan to Fight Coronavirus
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03/02/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten on the U.S. Supreme Court Decision to Grant Cert on the Affordable Care Act
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02/27/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s Presidential Run
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02/25/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten Celebrates Public Schools Week 2020
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02/20/2020
American Federation of Teachers Passes Resolution to Encourage Support for 3 of the 2020 Democratic Primary Candidates
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02/19/2020
AFT President Weingarten and AFT New Mexico President Ly React to Final Passage of House Bill 364
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02/13/2020
New Report: Unannounced Active Shooter Drills Have No Place in Our Schools
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02/12/2020
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and Philadelphia Federation of Teachers President Jerry Jordan Mourn Loss of Marvin Schuman
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02/12/2020
Labor unions, business pitch in for Puerto Rico
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02/10/2020
Puerto Rico’s Educators Respond to Debt Deal
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02/10/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten Responds to Trump Administration’s Budget Proposal
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02/06/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten and Virginia Leaders Celebrate Passage of Collective Bargaining Legislation in the Virginia House of Delegates
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02/06/2020
West Virginia Educator and AFT President Call on Administration to Halt Cruel Cuts to Programs for Children and Families
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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