Press Releases
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03/21/2018
AFT Statement on Bipartisan Omnibus Agreement
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03/20/2018
AFT’s Weingarten on Puerto Rico Education Bill
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03/20/2018
Operation Agua Continues as Lifeline to Bring Access to Safe Drinking Water to Children and Families in Puerto Rico
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03/20/2018
Betsy DeVos: Union Buster
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03/14/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten Calls for Passage of the STOP School Violence Act of 2018
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03/13/2018
AFT Report Reveals Asset Managers’ Hypocritical Assault on Workers’ Retirements
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03/12/2018
AFT’s Weingarten on DeVos’ ‘60 Minutes’ Interview, Trump’s School Safety Proposals
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03/08/2018
American Federation of Teachers Celebrates International Women’s Day
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03/06/2018
AFT Leaders on Proposed Deal to End West Virginia Teacher Strike
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03/05/2018
AFT’s Weingarten and HFT’s Capo on Appointment of Richard Carranza as New York City Schools Chancellor
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03/02/2018
AFT Michigan Wins the Right to Gather Information about Unlawful Activity from Project Veritas
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02/28/2018
AFT’s Weingarten on Appointment of Alberto Carvalho as New York City Schools Chancellor
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02/28/2018
AFT’s Weingarten on Settlement of West Virginia Teachers’ Strike
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02/26/2018
Joint Statement on Nationwide Mobilizations, Janus v. AFSCME Council 31 Oral Arguments
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02/22/2018
AFT’s Weingarten Visits West Virginia Educators During Statewide Walkout
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02/22/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten on President Trump’s Comments About Arming Teachers
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02/21/2018
AFT Executive Council Condemns Gun Violence
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02/15/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Senate Immigration Votes
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02/14/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Florida School Shooting
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02/14/2018
West Virginia Educators Vote to Authorize Statewide Strike
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02/12/2018
AFT’s Weingarten on the Trump Healthcare Budget
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02/12/2018
AFT President Weingarten: Trump-DeVos Budget Poses Lethal Threat to Public Education
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02/12/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten Responds to President Trump’s Infrastructure Proposal
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02/08/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten Responds to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Locking Out Parents, Teachers and Students from Department of Education
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02/07/2018
AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Bipartisan Senate Budget 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.
Randi's Corner
News and resources from the office of the president
from AFT President Randi Weingarten