Press Releases

04/28/21

AFT President Weingarten Calls Biden’s First 100 Days a Triumph, Welcomes American Families Plan

04/26/21

AFT’s Weingarten on White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment

04/26/21

AFT and WTU Presidents Review Health Protections for D.C. Students and Teachers

04/26/21

AFT President Weingarten on the Reintroduction of the Child Care for Working Families Act

04/20/21

AFT on the Verdict in the Derek Chauvin Trial

04/16/21

AFT’s Weingarten Praises Passage of the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act

04/06/21

America’s Educators Are Vaccinated and Back in Person: Poll

04/05/21

AFT President Randi Weingarten Mourns Passing of WTU Leader Elizabeth Davis

04/01/21

AFT’s Weingarten Hails Oregon Union Victory

03/31/21

AFT President Weingarten Calls President Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Bold and Momentous

03/26/21

AFT President Randi Weingarten and AFT-WV President Fred Albert Congratulate Gayle Manchin on Nomination as Federal Co-Chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission

03/23/21

AFT’s Weingarten Sends Letter on Physical Distancing to CDC, Education Department

03/22/21

AFT and AMPR on Release of Federal Funds for Education in Puerto Rico

03/19/21

AFT’s Weingarten Responds to New CDC Physical Distancing Guidelines

03/19/21

AFT and AFT-NH Leaders Blast New Hampshire’s Right-to-Work Bill

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.