Press Releases
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01/25/2018
AFT President Weingarten on the Confirmation of Alex Azar
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01/22/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Senate Deal to Reopen the Government
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01/19/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Government Shutdown
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01/19/2018
AFT Files Amicus Brief in Janus v. AFSCME
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01/19/2018
AFT's Weingarten on New Union Membership Data
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01/18/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Passing of Paul Booth
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01/18/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten Condemns Creation of New Conscience and Religious Freedom Division in US Health and Human Services Department
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01/17/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten on the 'How High the Bar?' Report
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01/13/2018
Union of Education Norway and AFT on President Trump’s Racism
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01/12/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten Denounces Trump Comments
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01/09/2018
Reconnecting McDowell Partnership Marks Sixth Anniversary Gains cited in McDowell’s student performance, access to health-social-emotional services
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01/08/2018
AFT’s Weingarten on Trump’s Decision to End Temporary Protected Status for Salvadorans
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01/04/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten Calls for Action to Fix Heating Issues in Baltimore City Schools
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01/03/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten: Trump’s Voting Commission Was About Voter Intimidation and Suppression
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01/02/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Protests in Iran
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12/27/2017
AFT Leaders: Judge Makes Clear That Project Veritas’ Unlawful Tactics Have a Price
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12/21/2017
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Republicans’ Government Funding Bill
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12/21/2017
Operation Agua Donations Reach $1.5 Million, Providing Safe Drinking Water for More Than 270,000 Students in Schools in Puerto Rico
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12/19/2017
AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Senate Passage of the GOP Tax Plan
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12/19/2017
AFT President Randi Weingarten on House Hurricane Relief Plan
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12/19/2017
AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Passage of the GOP Tax Bill
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12/16/2017
AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Trump Administration Banning the CDC from Using Certain Words
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12/14/2017
AFT’s Weingarten on FCC’s Ending of Net Neutrality
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12/14/2017
AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Fifth Anniversary of the Sandy Hook Shooting
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12/13/2017
AFT’s Weingarten on GOP Tax ‘Deal’
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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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News and resources from the office of the president
from AFT President Randi Weingarten