Press Releases

05/17/19

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten Welcomes Bernie Sanders’ Charter Schools Proposal

05/15/19

Mundo Verde Bilingual Public Charter School Educators Vote to Unionize

05/15/19

AFT President Randi Weingarten on Jackie Goldberg’s L.A. School Board Victory

05/11/19

AFT's Randi Weingarten and California Federation of Teachers’ Jeff Freitas on California State Disability Insurance Program

05/11/19

AFT's Randi Weingarten on Warwick (RI) Public Schools Policy for Students with Lunch Debts

05/10/19

AFT's Randi Weingarten on the NURSE Act

05/10/19

AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Comprehensive Addiction Resources Emergency (CARE) Act

05/08/19

AFT President Randi Weingarten Responds to the House Appropriations Committee’s Full Markup of the FY2020 Labor, HHS, Education Funding Bill

05/08/19

AFT's Weingarten on Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act

05/06/19

AFT’s Weingarten Responds to Betsy DeVos on Teacher Salaries

04/29/19

AFT President Randi Weingarten Welcomes Democrats’ Appropriations Proposal

04/25/19

AFT President Randi Weingarten on ‘Death on the Job’ Report on Workplace Injuries and Fatalities

04/23/19

AFT’s Weingarten on Criminal Beheading of Western Michigan University Student by Saudi Arabia

04/23/19

D.C. Charter School Teachers Say ‘Union Yes’

04/22/19

AFT President Randi Weingarten on Sen. Warren’s Student Debt and College Affordability Proposals

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.