Press Releases

05/01/20

Georgetown Graduate Workers Win Groundbreaking First Contract

04/29/20

AFT Launches Landmark Plan to Safely Reopen America’s Schools and Communities

04/28/20

Frontline Workers in Mass National OSHA Filing as Agency Fails to Protect Workers from COVID-19 Pandemic

04/27/20

AFT President Randi Weingarten Criticizes DeVos Plan for Distribution of CARES Act Funds

04/24/20

AFT President and Michigan Leaders on Legal Victory for Detroit’s Students

04/23/20

Coronavirus could crater school funding if we fail to act now: Report

04/23/20

AFT Donates 10,000 Books to Homeless NYC Students and Families amid Coronavirus Crisis

04/22/20

Betsy DeVos Is Exploiting Crisis, Failing to Do Her Job: Weingarten

04/21/20

AFT Blasts President Trump’s Plan to Halt Immigration

04/20/20

‘Army of Temps’ Report Reveals Grave Plight of Contingent College Faculty

04/14/20

AFT Launches Six-Figure Ad Campaign Targeting Trump over PPE Lies, Inaction

04/12/20

AFT’s Weingarten and Local Union Leaders Praise ‘Historic’ Virginia Collective Bargaining Bill despite Unnecessary Delay Imposed by Governor

04/09/20

Weingarten and Mulgrew Call on Federal Government to Help Unemployed Workers and Families of Deceased Workers During Pandemic

04/09/20

Lyft, American Federation of Teachers to Provide Frontline COVID-19 Workers with Access to Discounted Rides in Communities Nationwide

04/09/20

AFT Slams New Trump Rule Exposing Frontline Workers to COVID-19

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.