Press Releases

03/20/18

AFT’s Weingarten on Puerto Rico Education Bill

03/20/18

Operation Agua Continues as Lifeline to Bring Access to Safe Drinking Water to Children and Families in Puerto Rico

03/20/18

Betsy DeVos: Union Buster

03/14/18

AFT President Randi Weingarten Calls for Passage of the STOP School Violence Act of 2018

03/13/18

AFT Report Reveals Asset Managers’ Hypocritical Assault on Workers’ Retirements

03/12/18

AFT’s Weingarten on DeVos’ ‘60 Minutes’ Interview, Trump’s School Safety Proposals

03/08/18

American Federation of Teachers Celebrates International Women’s Day

03/06/18

AFT Leaders on Proposed Deal to End West Virginia Teacher Strike

03/05/18

AFT’s Weingarten and HFT’s Capo on Appointment of Richard Carranza as New York City Schools Chancellor

03/02/18

AFT Michigan Wins the Right to Gather Information about Unlawful Activity from Project Veritas

02/28/18

AFT’s Weingarten on Appointment of Alberto Carvalho as New York City Schools Chancellor

02/28/18

AFT’s Weingarten on Settlement of West Virginia Teachers’ Strike

02/26/18

Joint Statement on Nationwide Mobilizations, Janus v. AFSCME Council 31 Oral Arguments

02/22/18

AFT’s Weingarten Visits West Virginia Educators During Statewide Walkout

02/22/18

AFT President Randi Weingarten on President Trump’s Comments About Arming Teachers

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.