Press Releases

12/22/21

Borrowers Welcome Student Loan Payment Pause, Call for Debt Cancellation

12/21/21

Educators and School Staff Respond to White House Testing Plan, Tout Safety Measures to Keep School Buildings Open Safely

12/19/21

Workers Need This: AFT-West Virginia’s Albert and AFT’s Weingarten on Future of Build Back Better

12/17/21

AFT President Randi Weingarten Responds to Latest COVID Safety Announcements from CDC Aimed at Keeping Students in Classrooms, Limiting Spread of Variants

12/16/21

AFT President Weingarten Thanks Vice President Harris for Highlighting Important Investments in Clean Water; Welcomes Lead Pipe and Paint Action Plan

12/16/21

AFT Launches National Taskforce on Teacher and School Staff Shortages

12/14/21

AFT Launches Multiyear, Multimillion-Dollar ‘Reading Opens the World’ Campaign to Spark the Love of Reading

12/13/21

AFT-NH, Teachers, Parents File Lawsuit Against ‘Divisive Concepts’ Law

12/02/21

Latest White House COVID Precautions Will Keep Schools Safely Open In-Person, Educators Say

11/30/21

Statement from National and Michigan AFT Leadership on School Shooting in Oxford, MI

11/19/21

As House Passes Historic Plan to Help Families and Communities Thrive, AFT Urges Senate to Act Swiftly

11/18/21

Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten on Bounties on Heads of NH Teachers

11/15/21

AFT Announces Third Round of Innovation Fund’s Return, Recover and Reimagine (RRR) Grants

11/09/21

AFT’s Weingarten: Kaiser Has Betrayed Its Workers, and This ‘Strikesgiving,’ Its Greed Must Be Exposed

11/06/21

AFT’s Weingarten Heralds Passage of Pathbreaking Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill

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