Press Releases

12/12/19

Statement of AFT President Randi Weingarten on Passage of the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3)

12/07/19

AFT President Randi Weingarten on Pete Buttigieg’s education plan

12/06/19

AFT President Randi Weingarten on House Passage of the Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019

12/04/19

Overflow Town Hall Crowd Urges Solutions to Strengthen Houston’s Public Schools, Not Abandon and Charterize Them

12/03/19

AFT’s Weingarten on 2018 PISA Results

12/02/19

Public Education Groups to Host Top Democratic Presidential Candidates at 2020 Public Education Forum

11/26/19

Historic School Funding Bill Signed into Law in Massachusetts

11/21/19

AFT President Randi Weingarten on House Passage of the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act

11/19/19

HFT Files Federal Lawsuit over Proposed State Takeover of School District

11/15/19

Statement by American Federation of Teachers President on Local Affiliate Endorsements in 2020 Presidential Campaign

11/14/19

Educator Unions Stand Together Deeply Saddened by Another Tragic School Shooting and Deaths

11/14/19

Graduate Workers Strike Back Against Trump Anti-Union Rule

11/14/19

DC Educators Agree on First-Ever Charter School Union Contract

11/11/19

HFT: Parents, Educators Demand Answers About Proposed State Takeover of HISD

11/07/19

Educators Question State Takeover of HISD

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