Press Releases

03/10/22

Major Union Pension Trustees to Consider Divestment from Russian Assets

03/09/22

AFT President Welcomes Historic Omnibus Appropriations Agreement

03/07/22

AFT and AAUP Pursue Historic Affiliation

03/04/22

AFT Fulfills $400,000 in DonorsChoose Requests for School Supplies from Teachers Nationwide

03/02/22

AFT’s Weingarten and AFT New Mexico’s Holland React to Signing of ‘Education Moonshot’ Bills

03/02/22

AFT’s Weingarten Praises School Focus in Latest National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan

03/01/22

AFT’s Weingarten on President Biden’s State of the Union Address

02/25/22

AFT’s Weingarten on Change to CDC Mask Guidance

02/25/22

AFT President Randi Weingarten Calls Biden Pick for Supreme Court Historic, Urges Swift Confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson

02/24/22

AFT President Randi Weingarten Condemns Russian Invasion of Ukraine

02/24/22

AFT Report Shows Pandemic Wreaked Havoc on Nation’s Already Tenuous Adjunct Faculty

02/14/22

AFT President Randi Weingarten Announces Six-Figure Investment in Newark Public Schools Teacher Education Academy

02/09/22

AFT President Weingarten Issues Statement Backing New SEC Rules on Private Equity

02/02/22

AFT and UFT Partner with Entertainers 4 Education Alliance for Black History Month

01/27/22

AFT President Randi Weingarten Calls Cardona Priorities ‘Brilliant and Inspiring’

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.