November 19, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Sen. Harry Reid’s Healthcare Reform Proposal

November 19, 2009
AFT Congratulates Recipients of Gates Foundation Grants

November 16, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On American Education Week

November 11, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Federal ‘Race to the Top’ Regulations

November 9, 2009
AFT Supports Proposed Recommendations To Improve NAEP for English Language Learners

November 9, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Remarks by Secretary Duncan to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

November 9, 2009
American Federation of Teachers Develops Lesson Plan Activities To Support Save the Children’s 2010 Valentine’s Day Card Contest

November 7, 2009
House Passage of Affordable Health Care Act Is a Victory for All Americans - Statement of Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers

November 4, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, on President Obama’s Remarks about Education Reform Efforts

November 3, 2009
AFT: ‘Taking Human Capital Seriously’ Report
On Effective Teachers Falls Short

October 30, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, Recovery Funds Are a Lifeline for Education

October 28, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On the Hate Crimes Prevention Act

October 27, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Lifting of New York’s Flu Vaccination Mandate for Healthcare Workers

October 22, 2009
AFT Alleges Louisiana Teacher Recruiter Violated Federal Laws

October 22, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Need To Strengthen Teacher Education Programs

October 19, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers On Success of Recovery Act in Saving Education Jobs

October 15, 2009
American Federation of Teachers Strongly Opposes Mandatory Flu Vaccinations for Healthcare Workers

October 14, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Child Labor in Uzbekistan

October 13, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Senate Finance Committee’s Healthcare Reform Bill

October 7, 2009
First Set of AFT Innovation Fund Grants Awarded

October 5, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On World Teachers’ Day

October 2, 2009
AFT To Announce First Recipients of AFT Innovation Fund Grants

October 2, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Two New Reports on Teacher Compensation

October 1, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On the Exploitation of Filipino Teachers Working in Louisiana

September 30, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On the National Education Association’s Testimony Before Congress

September 28, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Tenure Policy Decision by the Kentucky Community and Technical College System Board of Regents

September 21, 2009
Draft Standards Are a Solid First Step -
Statement of Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers

September 18, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President,
American Federation of Teachers, On Blue Ribbon School Award to City of Pembroke Pines Charter Middle School

September 17, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On U.S. House Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act

September 17, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On the Return of UNITE HERE to the AFL-CIO

September 16, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On the 2009 Broad Prize for Urban Education

September 16, 2009
Statement of AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Election of New AFL-CIO Officers

September 16, 2009
Statement by Lorretta Johnson, Executive Vice President, American Federation of Teachers, on National Green Schools Campaign

September 14, 2009
AFT Report Finds Abuses of Teachers Recruited from Overseas

September 11, 2009
Statement by Antonia Cortese, Secretary-Treasurer, American Federation of Teachers, On 'United We Serve,' a National Call to Service

September 10, 2009
AFT Asks Federal Agencies To Provide Frontline Healthcare Workers With Appropriate Respiratory Protection To Prevent H1N1 Spread

September 10, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, on President Obama’s Plan for Healthcare Reform

September 10, 2009
AFT Officers Visit Philadelphia Schools and Meet with Community Groups As AFT Back-to-School Tour '09 Concludes

September 9, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, president, American Federation of Teachers, on Sen. Harkin’s Chairmanship of Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee

September 3, 2009
AFT President Visits Portland-Area Schools, Community College

August 31, 2009
AFT Back-to-School Tour ’09 Kicks Off School Year at Three Baltimore Schools

August 28, 2009
AFT Back-to-School Tour ’09 Comes to Houston’s Kashmere High School

August 27, 2009
AFT President, U.S. Education Secretary Visit St. Louis, Laud Reforms To Improve Teaching and Learning

August 26, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On the Passing of Sen. Edward Kennedy

August 19, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Healthcare Reform-Public Option

August 17, 2009
AFT's Eight-City Back-to-School Tour Begins Aug. 27

August 11, 2009
Statement by Antonia Cortese, Secretary-Treasurer, American Federation of Teachers, on the Passing of Eunice Shriver

August 6, 2009
Statement from the American Federation of Teachers
On the Confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court

July 24, 2009
AFT Leaders To Scrutinize, Weigh in on ‘Race to the Top' Education Fund Regulations

July 21, 2009
Statement by AFT Executive Vice President Lorretta Johnson on Baltimore City Public Schools' Improvement on Maryland School Assessment

July 19, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers On the Death of Frank McCourt

July 16, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers in Support of Delta Employees' Right To Choose Union

July 16, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, Supporting U.S. House Healthcare Reform Bill

July 16, 2009
American Federation of Teachers Joins Blue Green Alliance

July 14, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On CAP Reports on Teacher Compensation and Evaluation

July 14, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On White House Initiative To Invest in Community Colleges

July 14, 2009
What's Coming Up Wednesday at AFT's QuEST Conference

July 14, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On the National Center for Education Statistics' Report on Achievement Gaps

July 13, 2009
What's Coming Up Tuesday at AFT's QuEST Conference

July 13, 2009
AFT's Weingarten Calls for School Reform To Be Done ‘With Us, Not to Us'

July 11, 2009
AFT Endorses Richard Trumka for AFL-CIO Presidency

July 10, 2009
Weingarten, Duncan, Solis Featured at AFT's
QuEST Educational Issues Conference

July 2, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Senate Healthcare Reform Package

June 29, 2009
AFT's QuEST Professional Issues Conference for Educators
To Feature Town Hall Forum with Education Secretary Duncan

June 25, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On ‘School Accountability - A Broader, Bolder Approach'

June 25, 2009
Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten on
New Teacher Evaluation Report from the Center for American Progress

June 24, 2009
Randi Weingarten Shifts to Full-Time Role as AFT President

June 23, 2009
American Federation of Teachers' Largest Affiliate
and Green Dot Public Schools Announce Contract Agreement for Green Dot New York Charter School

June 22, 2009
AFT Healthcare Applauds Agreement Between Catholic Hospitals and Labor That Provides Guidance for Union Organizing

June 22, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Civitas Public Charter School Teachers and Staff Unionizing in Chicago

June 17, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On the Center on Education Policy's Report, ‘State Test Score Trends Through 2007-08, Part 1'

June 16, 2009
Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten
On ‘The Second Derivative: International Benchmarks in Mathematics for U.S. States and School Districts'

June 15, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President,
American Federation of Teachers, On CREDO Report on Charter Schools' Performance

June 12, 2009
Statement by Antonia Cortese, Secretary-Treasurer, American Federation of Teachers, On ‘World Day Against Child Labor'

June 11, 2009
Statement by Antonia Cortese, Secretary-Treasurer, American Federation of Teachers, Calling for Uzbekistan To End Forced Student and Teacher Labor

June 10, 2009
Nearly 200 Healthcare Workers and Public Employees
To Push Congress on Healthcare Reform

June 4, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, in Response to AT&T Foundation Survey on High School Dropout Problem

June 1, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On ‘The Widget Effect,'
The New Teacher Project's Report on Teacher Evaluations

May 15, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On 55th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education and Public School Reform

May 14, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On House Passage of Bill Promoting Green, Sustainable Schools

May 12, 2009
Trend Shows Colleges and Universities Disinvesting in Faculty

May 7, 2009
Statement by American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten On President Obama's Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Proposal

May 1, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Worthy Wage Day-May 1

April 30, 2009
Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten On
Parsing the Achievement Gap II

April 29, 2009
AFT President Weingarten Says States Need Common Academic Standards To Prepare Students for Global Economy

April 28, 2009
AFT Innovation Fund Is First Union-Led, Foundation-Sponsored Effort To Finance Pioneering Education Innovations Nationwide

April 28, 2009
Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten
On Results of National Assessment of Educational Progress Trends

April 24, 2009
Joint Statement by DC Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee, Washington Teachers' Union President George Parker, and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten on the Status of Contract Talks between DCPS and WTU

April 22, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On McKinsey & Company's Report:
The Economic Impact of the Achievement Gap in America's Schools

April 21, 2009
Statement by Francine Lawrence, Vice President, American Federation of Teachers, On Global Campaign for Education's Global Action Week

April 17, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On the 10th Anniversary of the Columbine Tragedy and School Safety

April 16, 2009
AFT Encourages Congressional Leaders To Address Healthcare System's Preparedness for an Influenza Pandemic

April 7, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Teacher Retirement Report from the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future

April 3, 2009
Joint Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten
and NYSUT President Richard Iannuzzi on Binghamton, N.Y., Tragedy

March 27, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Correcting the Bush Administration's Failure to Protect Workers' Wage and Hour Rights

March 26, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On President Obama's Online Town Hall Meeting on Economy/Education

March 10, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Employee Free Choice Act

March 10, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On President Obama's Remarks Today To the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

March 6, 2009
Statement by Ann Twomey, RN, American Federation of Teachers Vice President, On White House Forum on Health Reform

March 4, 2009
American Federation of Teachers To Participate In White House Summit on Healthcare

March 2, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On President Obama's Nomination of Gov. Sebelius for HHS Secretary

February 26, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Passage of D.C. Voting Rights Act

February 25, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers On 2008 'MetLife Survey of the American Teacher'

February 25, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, on President Obama's Speech to Congress and the Nation

February 24, 2009
Statement by the American Federation of Teachers On Hilda Solis' Senate Confirmation as Secretary of Labor

February 23, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On White House Fiscal Responsibility Summit

February 19, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Report Finding Limited Improvement in State Standards for Students

February 17, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On President Obama's Signing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

February 13, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Congress' Passage of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

February 10, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Senate Passage of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

February 4, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On the State Children's Health Insurance Program Act

February 4, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On 'Professional Learning in the Learning Profession: A Status Report on Teacher Development in the United States and Abroad'

January 30, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On the Release of the National Council on Teacher Quality's Report

January 30, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On President Obama's Launch of Working Families Task Force, Signing of Executive Orders

January 29, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On President Obama Signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into Law

January 28, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On the Center for American Progress' Teacher Quality Report

January 28, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On U.S. House Passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

January 26, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Timothy Geithner's Confirmation as Treasury Secretary

January 26, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Designation of Wilma Liebman to Chair National Labor Relations Board

January 22, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Hillary Rodham Clinton's Senate Approval To Be Secretary of State

January 21, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Confirmation of Former Gov. Tom Vilsack as Secretary of Agriculture

January 21, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Arne Duncan's Senate Approval to be Secretary of Education

January 15, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Proposed Education Funding in National Economic Recovery Plan

January 14, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On House Passage of the State Children's Health Insurance Program Act

January 14, 2009
AFT Launches ‘Fight For America's Future: It's Dollars and Sense' Campaign

January 12, 2009
AFT, NEA and Presidential Inauguration Committee
Bring the Inauguration to the Classroom with Lesson Plans

January 9, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay and Paycheck Fairness Acts

January 8, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On President-elect Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan

January 8, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Seventh Anniversary of No Child Left Behind

January 8, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On the National Early Literacy Panel's Final Findings

January 7, 2009
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Education Week's Quality Counts 2009 Report