Press Releases

03/02/20

AFT President Randi Weingarten on the U.S. Supreme Court Decision to Grant Cert on the Affordable Care Act

02/27/20

AFT President Randi Weingarten on Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s Presidential Run

02/25/20

AFT President Randi Weingarten Celebrates Public Schools Week 2020

02/20/20

American Federation of Teachers Passes Resolution to Encourage Support for 3 of the 2020 Democratic Primary Candidates

02/19/20

AFT President Weingarten and AFT New Mexico President Ly React to Final Passage of House Bill 364 

02/13/20

New Report: Unannounced Active Shooter Drills Have No Place in Our Schools

02/12/20

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and Philadelphia Federation of Teachers President Jerry Jordan Mourn Loss of Marvin Schuman

02/12/20

Labor unions, business pitch in for Puerto Rico

02/10/20

Puerto Rico’s Educators Respond to Debt Deal

02/10/20

AFT President Randi Weingarten Responds to Trump Administration’s Budget Proposal

02/06/20

AFT President Randi Weingarten and Virginia Leaders Celebrate Passage of Collective Bargaining Legislation in the Virginia House of Delegates

02/06/20

West Virginia Educator and AFT President Call on Administration to Halt Cruel Cuts to Programs for Children and Families

02/05/20

AFT President Randi Weingarten Reacts to Impeachment Vote

02/04/20

AFT's Weingarten Responds to Trump's State of the Union Address

01/31/20

AFT President Randi Weingarten Responds to Education Department ‘Fix’ for Loan Forgiveness

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.