Press Releases

01/13/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten Joins Los Angeles Teachers for Beginning of Strike
01/11/2019
AFT Leaders on Reports that Trump Will Divert Funds from Disaster Relief to Pay for His Wall
01/10/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten Announces Loan Program for Public Sector Employees Impacted by Federal Government Shutdown
01/08/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on President Trump’s Address
01/08/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten Urges Swift Passage of H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019
01/03/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on NM Governor’s First Executive Orders
01/02/2019
AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Pelosi-Schumer Plan to End the Trump Shutdown
12/21/2018
AFT’s Weingarten on Puerto Rico’s Illegal Holiday Attack on Teachers
12/20/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Nomination of Mary Cathryn Ricker as Minnesota Education Commissioner
12/20/2018
AFT and SBPC Probe Mismanagement and Industry Abuses in Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
12/19/2018
Educators at Pittsburgh Charter School Win Union
12/18/2018
AFT’s Randi Weingarten on the Federal Commission on School Safety Report
12/15/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Affordable Care Act Ruling
12/14/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten and Wisconsin AFT Leaders Condemn Scott Walker for Signing Lame-Duck Bill
12/12/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten Responds to Anti-Semitic Graffiti Near Union’s Office
12/10/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Human Rights Day
12/09/2018
Teachers Union Leaders on Chicago Charter School Strike Victory
12/05/2018
Statement of AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Introduction of the Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers Act
12/05/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten and Wisconsin Union Leaders Reject Wisconsin Republican Power Grab
12/05/2018
AFT’s Weingarten on Chicago Charter School Strike’s National Implications
11/30/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten Urges Needed Changes to NAFTA 2.0
11/30/2018
Statement of AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Introduction of the Developing Innovative Partnerships and Learning Opportunities that Motivate Achievement Act
11/28/2018
AFT Teams Up with Steven Spielberg and Others to Launch Classroom Curriculum Combating Hatred
11/27/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten and AFT Michigan President David Hecker on Fighting for Detroit’s Public School Students
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.

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