Press Releases
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10/23/2017
AFT Joins NAACP Lawsuit to Stop Trump’s Termination of DACA
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10/23/2017
AFT, Operation Blessing International, AFSCME, Hispanic Federation Launch Operation Agua to Provide Safe Water to Puerto Rico Families
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10/19/2017
AFT on Bill Gates’ Speech on His Evolving Education Efforts
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10/19/2017
Chicago Graduate Workers Win Union Vote
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10/19/2017
Union Leaders on Speech by Nazi Richard Spencer at University of Florida
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10/19/2017
AFT on Senate Vote on Repealing State and Local Tax Deduction
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10/13/2017
Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten on President Trump’s Plan To End Essential Healthcare Subsidies
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10/12/2017
Statements of AFT President Randi Weingarten and AAUP President Rudy Fichtenbaum on Policy Approved by University of Wisconsin’s Board of Regents to Suspend and Expel Students Who Protest Speeches on Wisconsin Campuses
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10/12/2017
Adjunct Faculty at Community College of Vermont Vote For Union Representation
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10/12/2017
Statement of AFT President Randi Weingarten on President Trump’s Executive Order to Undermine Protections for Americans’ Health Insurance Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act
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10/10/2017
Statement of AFT President Randi Weingarten on White House ‘Wish List’ for Negotiations on the Future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program
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10/10/2017
Federal Suit Settlement: End of Value-Added Measures for Teacher Termination in Houston
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10/07/2017
Update on Alleged Illegal Infiltration of AFT Michigan by Project Veritas
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10/05/2017
AFT on the Passage of the House Budget Resolution
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10/04/2017
AFT Nurses and Health Professionals Travel to Puerto Rico to Volunteer for Care and Relief Efforts
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10/03/2017
Newark Teachers Union Wins Huge Arbitration Award
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10/02/2017
AFT Urges Full Funding for Children’s Health Insurance Program
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10/02/2017
AFT on Kansas Supreme Court Ruling that School Funding Falls Short—Again
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09/29/2017
AFT Michigan Files Civil Complaint Against James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas, Alleging Illegal Surveillance
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09/29/2017
'Trump Is Bad for Business': Report Reveals Truth about Corporations and the President
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09/28/2017
AFT’s Weingarten on Landmark Pennsylvania Supreme Court Decision on School Funding
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09/28/2017
AFT's Weingarten on Student Loan Defaults
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09/28/2017
Workers on Janus: A Political Effort to Further Rig the Rules Against Working People
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09/27/2017
AFT’s Weingarten on Trump’s Cruel and Callous Tax Plan
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09/26/2017
AFT President Randi Weingarten on GOP’s Decision to Withdraw Graham-Cassidy
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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