Press Releases

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

04/18/19

AFT President Randi Weingarten Congratulates California State Teachers’ Retirement System Trustee Sharon Hendricks on Election to PRI Association Board

04/18/19

AFT President Randi Weingarten Calls for Full Transparency with Mueller Report Release

04/18/19

AFT President Randi Weingarten Delivers Major Address on the Crisis in the Teaching Profession, Details Agenda to Fund Our Future and Secure the Freedom to Teach

04/17/19

AFT’s Weingarten on Tentative Union Agreement for Rutgers Faculty and Grads

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.