Press Releases

07/08/2020
Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten on #SenateFail Day of Action to Demand Senate Passage of HEROES Act
07/08/2020
AFT Launches Second $1 Million Ad Campaign Urging Senate to Return to Washington to Pass Needed Education Funding
07/07/2020
New Data Shows Majority of Educators Willing to Go Back to School if Key Safety Conditions Are Met
07/06/2020
American Federation of Teachers Joins #StopHateforProfit Initiative
07/02/2020
AFT's Weingarten on Betsy DeVos' Cynical White House Education Plan
06/30/2020
AFT’s Weingarten on Senate Democrats’ $430 Billion Relief Bill for Education and Child Care
06/30/2020
AFT’s Weingarten on Supreme Court Decision in Espinoza
06/29/2020
Michigan Medicine Physician Assistants say ‘Union Yes’
06/22/2020
Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten after Federal Judge Holds Betsy DeVos Accountable for Public Service Loan Forgiveness Debacle
06/22/2020
Educators Demand Answers on School Reopening from Governor
06/19/2020
Navient and AFT Members, Nationwide Class Agree to Settle Loan Forgiveness Suit
06/18/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten on US Supreme Court Decision on DACA
06/17/2020
American Federation of Teachers Passes Resolution Expanding Its Efforts to Combat Racism, Aligning Itself with the Movement for Black Lives
06/15/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten Celebrates Supreme Court Ruling Protecting LGBTQ Workers from Termination
06/12/2020
AFT Launches $1 Million Ad Campaign Urging Senate to Pass HEROES Act
06/11/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten Responds to Secretary DeVos’ Craven Attempt to Exclude Undocumented Students from CARES Act Relief
06/10/2020
America’s Teachers Cry for Help, Say They Can’t Go Back to School Safely without Massive Federal Investment
06/08/2020
AFT President Weingarten Welcomes Introduction of the Justice in Policing Act of 2020
06/05/2020
Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten on Jobs Report
06/04/2020
Brown University Graduate Workers Win Union Contract in First for Ivy League
06/03/2020
AFT President Weingarten and SEIU President Henry Issue Joint Statement Celebrating Passage of Colorado Collective Bargaining Legislation
05/29/2020
AFT President Randi Weingarten Slams President Trump for Vetoing Bipartisan Resolution to Protect Student Loan Borrowers
05/28/2020
Oregon State University Faculty Secure First Union Contract
05/28/2020
Gov. Justice Awards $1 Million for Reconnecting McDowell’s Renaissance Village Housing Construction Project
05/27/2020
Statement by American Federation of Teachers Officers on the Killing of George Floyd

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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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