Press Releases

03/15/21

AFT on Confirmation of Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Interior

03/11/21

AFT President Randi Weingarten Says Biden’s American Rescue Plan Is Once-in-a-Generation Investment in American People

03/09/21

Nation’s educators release shared agenda to ensure all students succeed

03/06/21

AFT President Randi Weingarten Calls Senate Passage of American Rescue Plan a Lifeline

03/05/21

AFT Announces Second Round of Innovation Fund COVID-19 Response Grants

03/04/21

AFT President Randi Weingarten Applauds Passage of H.R. 1, the For the People Act

03/02/21

AFT President Randi Weingarten Welcomes Biden Administration’s Plan to Prioritize Educators for Vaccinations

02/23/21

Nurses, Unions, Allies Urge CDC to Acknowledge Covid-19 Aerosol Transmission to Help Bring Virus Under Control

02/22/21

AFT President Randi Weingarten Applauds Introduction of U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021

02/22/21

AFT President Randi Weingarten Reacts to Changes in Educational Assessment Requirements for 2020-2021 School Year

02/22/21

OSHA Tells Court It Intends to Prioritize Development of Permanent Standard to Protect Healthcare Workers from Exposure to Infectious Diseases

02/16/21

New Poll Shows America’s Teachers Want to Return to Classrooms amid Growing Confidence in Safety Guardrails

02/12/21

AFT’s Weingarten on CDC’s Schools Reopening Guidelines

02/10/21

AFT and AAUP Launch New Deal Campaign for Higher Education

02/08/21

AFT Mourns the Passing of Former Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis

Press Credentials at AFT Convention

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