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American Federation of Teachers Updates Landmark Education Funding Report

Major Lawsuit Launched Against Betsy DeVos over National Student Debt Debacle

UFT Vice President Evelyn DeJesus Elected Executive Vice President of the American Federation of Teachers

Statement of AFT’s Randi Weingarten and Attorney Faith Gay on Judge’s Decision in Navient Class Action

AFT President Randi Weingarten and Montana Federation of Public Employees President Eric Feaver on the Supreme Court Decision to Grant Certiorari in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue

AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Supreme Court Decision to Grant Certiorari on DACA case

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten on the PROTECT Students Act

AFT’s Weingarten on Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act

Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Price Relief, Innovation, and Competition for Essential Drugs Act

New Hedge Clippers-AFT Report Exposes Hedge Fund Investments in Calif. Utility Company PG&E

Statement of AFT President Randi Weingarten and AFT-West Virginia President Fred Albert on the Defeat of Key Provisions in W.Va. Omnibus Education Bill

AFT President Randi Weingarten on the results of the 2018 Teaching and Learning International Survey

AFT President Randi Weingarten Responds to House Passage of the Fiscal Year 2020 Labor-HHS-Education Funding Bill

AFT President Randi Weingarten on the House Committee on Education and Labor Voting in Favor of H.R. 1309, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act

American Federation of Teachers Concludes Hearing on Contested Baltimore Teachers Union Election