Press Releases

03/24/19

AFT President Randi Weingarten Condemns ‘Execution-Style’ Active Shooter Drills

03/21/19

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten on President Donald Trump's Executive Order on Free Speech

03/20/19

AFT Lays Out Path to 2020 Presidential Endorsement 

03/18/19

New Report: GM’s Decision to Close Lordstown Plant Comes after Hedge Funds Controlling GM Stock Demanded More Buybacks

03/15/19

AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Terrorist Attack at New Zealand Mosques

03/12/19

AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Dream and Promise Act of 2019

03/11/19

AFT on Trump’s Budget Proposal

03/08/19

AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Passage of H.R. 1, the For the People Act

03/08/19

AFT’s Weingarten on DC Public Schools’ $5 Million Settlement with Teachers

03/06/19

AFT Accuses Chavez Schools of Violating Federal Law

03/04/19

AFT Launches Massive National Campaign to Fund Future of Education

02/28/19

AFT President Randi Weingarten on Education Department’s Tax Credit Scholarship Proposal

02/28/19

American Federation of Teachers Brings Puerto Rico Delegation to Peoria

02/27/19

AFT President Randi Weingarten on Federal Legislation to Reduce Class Sizes

02/27/19

AFT President Randi Weingarten in Support of H.R. 1, the For the People Act

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.