Press Releases

09/25/20

AFT President Randi Weingarten Reacts to Nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court Weeks Before Election Day

09/25/20

AFT President Randi Weingarten Says President Trump’s One-Time Prescription Drug Stunt Isn’t Real Help for Older Americans

09/18/20

Statement of AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Life and Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

09/15/20

New Poll Shows America’s Parents, Teachers Want ‘Safety First’ on School Reopenings

09/01/20

American Federation of Teachers Re-elects President Randi Weingarten, Elects Secretary-Treasurer Fedrick Ingram and Executive Vice President Evelyn DeJesus, Slate of New Vice Presidents

08/26/20

AFT Ad Set to Air during Republican Convention Banned by Fox News

08/25/20

AFT President Randi Weingarten on 2020 PDK Poll Measuring Attitudes Toward Public Schools

08/24/20

AFT President Weingarten on the Shooting of Jacob Blake

08/24/20

Florida educators win temporary injunction against executive order

08/14/20

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten Decries Trump Attack on US Postal Service

08/14/20

Cypress-Fairbanks AFT Seeks Injunction to Halt Requirement For School Employees to Return to School Buildings

08/13/20

Educators React to Latest Proceedings in Florida Case on School Reopening

08/12/20

AFT’s Weingarten Rejects Trump's Schools Reopening Guidelines as Too Little, Too Late

08/12/20

AFT and SBPC Uncover New Evidence of Mismanagement and Abuse in Scandal-Plagued Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

08/11/20

AFT’s Weingarten Applauds Selection of Kamala Harris as Vice Presidential Candidate

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.