Press Releases

01/17/25

AFT’s Weingarten on President Biden’s Announcement that the ERA Is Ratified

01/16/25

AFSCME, AFT, NEA and SEIU presidents endorse Ben Wikler as chair of the Democratic National Committee

01/13/25

AFT’s Weingarten on President Biden’s Approval of Student Debt Relief for 5 Million Borrowers

01/08/25

Historic Strike Alert: Oregon’s Largest Nurses’ and Other Healthcare Workers’ Strike and First Doctors’ Strike to Begin at 6 a.m. on Jan. 10

12/29/24

AFT’s Weingarten Mourns Death of Former President Jimmy Carter

12/21/24

AFT’s Weingarten on the Passage of the Social Security Fairness Act

12/17/24

Labor Movement Women Send Letter to Biden on ERA

12/16/24

AFT’s Weingarten and Teachers Unify’s Abbey Clements Respond to Madison School Shooting

12/02/24

AFT’s Weingarten on Judge’s Rejection of Wisconsin’s Act 10

12/02/24

AFT Responds to COVID Subcommittee’s Final Report

11/19/24

AFT President Randi Weingarten on Nomination of Linda McMahon as Secretary of Education

11/19/24

New Report: Pay and Benefits Are Top Reasons Teachers Quit, but There’s a Path Forward

11/12/24

AFT Applauds House ‘Yes’ Vote on the Social Security Fairness Act

11/08/24

AFT on Too-Close-to-Call Pennsylvania Senate Race

11/06/24

AFT’s Weingarten Reacts to Results of the 2024 Election

Press Credentials at AFT Convention

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