Press Releases

01/18/18

AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Passing of Paul Booth

01/18/18

AFT President Randi Weingarten Condemns Creation of New Conscience and Religious Freedom Division in US Health and Human Services Department

01/17/18

AFT President Randi Weingarten on the 'How High the Bar?' Report

01/13/18

Union of Education Norway and AFT on President Trump’s Racism

01/12/18

AFT President Randi Weingarten Denounces Trump Comments

01/09/18

Reconnecting McDowell Partnership Marks Sixth Anniversary Gains cited in McDowell’s student performance, access to health-social-emotional services

01/08/18

AFT’s Weingarten on Trump’s Decision to End Temporary Protected Status for Salvadorans

01/04/18

AFT President Randi Weingarten Calls for Action to Fix Heating Issues in Baltimore City Schools

01/03/18

AFT President Randi Weingarten: Trump’s Voting Commission Was About Voter Intimidation and Suppression

01/02/18

AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Protests in Iran

12/27/17

AFT Leaders: Judge Makes Clear That Project Veritas’ Unlawful Tactics Have a Price

12/21/17

AFT President Randi Weingarten on Republicans’ Government Funding Bill

12/21/17

Operation Agua Donations Reach $1.5 Million, Providing Safe Drinking Water for More Than 270,000 Students in Schools in Puerto Rico

12/19/17

AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Senate Passage of the GOP Tax Plan

12/19/17

AFT President Randi Weingarten on House Hurricane Relief Plan

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.