Press Releases
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11/18/2016
Labor, Civil Rights, Faith Groups Call on Trump to Denounce Hate-Fueled Acts
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11/15/2016
AFT, AFT New Jersey, Newark Teachers Union File to Intervene in Legal Challenge of State Education Statue Protecting Experienced Teachers
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11/09/2016
Americans Voted for Public Schools over Privatization
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11/09/2016
AFT’s Weingarten on 2016 General Election Results
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11/09/2016
AFT’s Weingarten and CFT’s Sellers on Cincinnati Schools ‘Preschool Promise’ Levy
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11/08/2016
AFT’s Weingarten and GFT’s Turner on Georgia’s Opportunity School District Ballot Initiative
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11/08/2016
AFT Leaders on Massachusetts’ Ballot Question 2 on Charter School Expansion
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11/08/2016
AFT’s Weingarten and IFT’s Montgomery on Tammy Duckworth’s US Senate Victory in Illinois
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11/07/2016
AFT Submits More Than 5,000 Comments to Department of Education on Draft ‘Supplement-Not-Supplant’ Education Regulations
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10/28/2016
AFT’s Weingarten on Department of Education’s Final Borrower Defense Rules
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10/27/2016
Reconnecting McDowell Receives $150,000 Federal Grant
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10/27/2016
AFT’s Weingarten on Hillary Clinton’s ‘Better than Bullying’ Plan
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10/24/2016
15 Educators Win ‘Citizen Power Challenge’ Grants for Books Based on Theme of Student Projects in Their Communities
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10/20/2016
AFT Welcomes Princeton Grad Workers as Union Momentum Grows
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10/19/2016
AFT’s Weingarten on the Third 2016 Presidential Debate
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10/17/2016
AFT on Consistently Improving High School Graduation Rates
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10/15/2016
AFT’s Weingarten and Johnson on NAACP Charter School Resolution
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10/14/2016
AFT and OFT on Ohio Charter School Sponsor Ratings
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10/14/2016
Backdoor ‘Neovouchers’ Allow Wealthy to Profit off Public Funds for Schools
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10/12/2016
AFT's Weingarten on Teacher Preparation Programs Regulations
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10/11/2016
AFT’s Weingarten on the Chicago Teachers Union Tentative Agreement
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10/11/2016
AFT’s Weingarten on Clinton’s Plan to Expand Child Care Tax Credit
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10/10/2016
AFT’s Weingarten on the Second Presidential Debate
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10/07/2016
AFT and United Nations Staff Union Urge New UN Secretary-General To Support Workers and Their Labor Rights
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10/06/2016
Tim Kaine, AFT President Randi Weingarten Join National Day of Action for Public Education
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from AFT President Randi Weingarten