Press Releases

10/09/20

Florida Educators to Appeal Court Ruling, Continue to Fight for Local Control and School Safety

10/07/20

AFT Leaders Announce Innovation Fund COVID-19 Response Grants for the 2020-21 School Year

10/06/20

AFT's Weingarten on Trump's Abandonment of Stimulus Talks

10/02/20

AFT President Randi Weingarten on House COVID-19 Relief Package

09/30/20

AFT Launches Nationwide Get-Out-the-Vote Bus Tour to Stop Trump, Elect Biden and Harris

09/29/20

AFT’s Weingarten Reacts to First Presidential Debate

09/28/20

AFT’s Weingarten Lauds Updated House HEROES relief bill

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

Press Credentials at AFT Convention

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