Press Releases

07/23/2019
Weingarten: Puerto Rico Gov. Rossello’s Tenure of Corruption and Failure Centers on His Mismanagement of Public Schools
07/17/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten Urges Repeal of 40 Percent Excise Tax in Affordable Care Act
07/15/2019
American Federation of Teachers Given Nearly $175,000 to Help New Educators Stock Classrooms with Books
07/15/2019
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello Must Go: Weingarten
07/12/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten Calls on Educators to Defend American Democracy
07/12/2019
American Federation of Teachers Updates Landmark Education Funding Report
07/11/2019
Major Lawsuit Launched Against Betsy DeVos over National Student Debt Debacle
07/10/2019
UFT Vice President Evelyn DeJesus Elected Executive Vice President of the American Federation of Teachers
07/08/2019
Statement of AFT’s Randi Weingarten and Attorney Faith Gay on Judge’s Decision in Navient Class Action
06/28/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten and Montana Federation of Public Employees President Eric Feaver on the Supreme Court Decision to Grant Certiorari in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
06/28/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Supreme Court Decision to Grant Certiorari on DACA case
06/26/2019
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten on the PROTECT Students Act
06/26/2019
AFT’s Weingarten on Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act
06/20/2019
Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Price Relief, Innovation, and Competition for Essential Drugs Act
06/20/2019
New Hedge Clippers-AFT Report Exposes Hedge Fund Investments in Calif. Utility Company PG&E
06/19/2019
Statement of AFT President Randi Weingarten and AFT-West Virginia President Fred Albert on the Defeat of Key Provisions in W.Va. Omnibus Education Bill
06/19/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on the results of the 2018 Teaching and Learning International Survey
06/19/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten Responds to House Passage of the Fiscal Year 2020 Labor-HHS-Education Funding Bill
06/11/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on the House Committee on Education and Labor Voting in Favor of H.R. 1309, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act
06/11/2019
American Federation of Teachers Concludes Hearing on Contested Baltimore Teachers Union Election
06/05/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Trump Administration’s Cancellation of Critical Resources for Minors in Migrant Shelters
06/04/2019
AFT-West Virginia Hits the Airwaves to Protect Kids, Teachers and Public Schools
05/28/2019
AFT’s Weingarten on the Biden Plan for Educators, Students and Our Future
05/24/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Baltimore Teachers Union Election
05/17/2019
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten Welcomes Bernie Sanders’ Charter Schools Proposal

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