Press Releases

05/24/17

AFT Statement on Christine Pellegrino’s Victory

05/23/17

AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump’s Healthcare Cuts

05/23/17

AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump’s Higher Education Cuts

05/23/17

AFT President Randi Weingarten: ‘Trump’s Budget Proposal Is Manifestly Cruel to Kids’

05/23/17

AFT Leaders on Failure of Yale University to Negotiate with Its Graduate Employees

05/22/17

AFT President Randi Weingarten on DeVos American Federation for Children Speech

05/22/17

AFT’s Weingarten on Flawed Bellwether Education Report on Teacher Pensions

05/22/17

At West Virginia Public School, AFT President Rips Trump Budget Cuts

05/20/17

AFT Stands in Solidarity with AT&T Strikers

05/15/17

Groundbreaking AFT Report Shines Light on Excessive Fees Crushing Workers’ Retirements

05/09/17

AFT Statement on Nurse Safe Staffing Levels

05/04/17

AFT, Houston Federation of Teachers Hail Court Ruling on Flawed Evaluation System

05/04/17

AFT’s Weingarten on the AHCA

05/03/17

AFT on President Trump’s Praise for DC Voucher Program

05/01/17

AFT President Randi Weingarten Responds to Budget Agreement

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.