Press Releases

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

08/11/20

AFT Files Voting Rights Lawsuit in New Hampshire to Ensure Access to Absentee Voting

08/10/20

AFT Launches Six-Figure Ad Campaign Slamming McConnell on Failure to Pass Stimulus Bill

08/08/20

AFT President Randi Weingarten Reacts to President Trump’s Recent Executive Orders

08/07/20

Educators Across Indiana Demand Answers from Governor on School Funding Amid Pandemic Surge

07/29/20

American Federation of Teachers Passes Resolution in Support of the Green New Deal

07/29/20

AFT Convention Delegates Endorse Joe Biden for President

07/28/20

AFT Leaders Celebrate the Career of Retiring Secretary-Treasurer Lorretta Johnson

07/28/20

AFT President Confronts America’s Triple Crisis, Says Nothing is off the Table if Authorities Fail to Deliver Funding and Safety amid Virus Surge

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.