Press Releases

03/27/2020
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten’s Statement on House Approval of CARES Act
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
03/25/2020
American Federation of Teachers President’s Statement on Senate COVID-19 Stimulus
03/22/2020
American Federation of Teachers Endorses Joe Biden for President
03/21/2020
AFT’s Weingarten Launches ‘Capstone’ Proposal to Complete School Year amid Coronavirus Crisis
03/20/2020
America’s Nurses Demand Testing for Frontline Healthcare Workers, Essential Supplies to Fight COVID-19
03/18/2020
California Joins AFT and Student Defense in Legal Efforts to Restore the Gainful Employment Rule
03/16/2020
AFT Says National Schools Shutdown Inevitable Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
03/13/2020
AFT’s Weingarten Congratulates St. Paul Teachers on Tentative Contract Agreement
03/11/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Senate’s Rebuke of Betsy DeVos
03/08/2020
AFT Randi Weingarten and Virginia Local Leaders Issue Statement on VA Collective Bargaining Bill
03/06/2020
Department of Defense Teachers in Italy at Severe Coronavirus Risk
03/06/2020
Unions Representing Healthcare Professionals Call on CDC to Maintain Protections During Coronavirus Outbreak
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
03/02/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten on the U.S. Supreme Court Decision to Grant Cert on the Affordable Care Act
02/27/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s Presidential Run
02/25/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten Celebrates Public Schools Week 2020
02/20/2020
American Federation of Teachers Passes Resolution to Encourage Support for 3 of the 2020 Democratic Primary Candidates
02/19/2020
AFT President Weingarten and AFT New Mexico President Ly React to Final Passage of House Bill 364 
02/13/2020
New Report: Unannounced Active Shooter Drills Have No Place in Our Schools
02/12/2020
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and Philadelphia Federation of Teachers President Jerry Jordan Mourn Loss of Marvin Schuman
02/12/2020
Labor unions, business pitch in for Puerto Rico
02/10/2020
Puerto Rico’s Educators Respond to Debt Deal
02/10/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten Responds to Trump Administration’s Budget Proposal
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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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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