Press Releases
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04/10/2010
AFT Statement on Retirement of Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens
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04/06/2010
AFT President To Discuss Community Schools at National Forum
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03/31/2010
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On the Death of Math Teacher Jaime Escalante
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03/31/2010
AFT Sec-Treasurer Antonia Cortese Backs Monitoring System To Target Child Labor in Agricultural Import
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03/30/2010
Media Advisory: Leaders of U.S. Teachers Unions Urge Support for Public Education in Haiti
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03/29/2010
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On the ‘Race to the Top’ Grant Awards
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03/27/2010
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On the Recess Appointments of Craig Becker and Mark Pearce To the National Labor Relations Board
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03/25/2010
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Final Passage of Healthcare Reform Reconciliation Bill
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03/24/2010
AFT Statement On 2009 ‘MetLife Survey of the American Teacher’
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03/23/2010
AFT Recommends Ways To Improve Diversity in Higher Education
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03/22/2010
Survey Examines Motivations and Expectations of Part-Time and Adjunct Faculty
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03/22/2010
AFT Appoints Michael S. Powell As Assistant to the President for Communications
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03/21/2010
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On House Passage of Historic Healthcare Reform Legislation
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03/18/2010
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers
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03/15/2010
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Study Linking Nurse Staffing Levels to In-Patient Mortality Rates
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03/13/2010
AFT Statement On the Obama Administration’s Plan for Federal Education Law
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03/10/2010
Statement by Randi Weingarten,President, American Federation of Teachers,On New Jobs Bill in House of Representatives
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03/10/2010
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Common Core Standards
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03/04/2010
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers On the ‘Race to the Top’ Grant Finalists
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03/03/2010
AFT Statement On Central Falls High School Negotiations
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03/03/2010
AFT Statement On Scholastic/Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Survey of Teachers
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03/02/2010
AFT Thanks AFL-CIO for Condemning Central Falls Firings Central Falls Teachers Offer Reform Proposal
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03/01/2010
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, et al, On Central Falls High School
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02/24/2010
AFT Statement On Teacher Firings in Central Falls, R.I.
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02/18/2010
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Health Insurers’ Efforts To Raise Rates
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