Press Releases

08/10/18

Hedge Fund Billions Invested in Private Prisons Exposed

08/07/18

UVM Medical Center Nurses’ Survey: Getting Medical Appointments Can Take Months

07/27/18

Puerto Rico Teachers Vote Again to Affiliate with AFT

07/25/18

AFT President Randi Weingarten Responds to DeVos Borrower Defense Rule Rewrite

07/24/18

AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Senate Vote to Reauthorize the Perkins Career and Technical Education Act

07/21/18

American Federation of Teachers on the New Mexico School Funding Ruling

07/20/18

Judge Allows AFT to Examine Project Veritas Documents

07/19/18

American Federation of Teachers Condemns Anti-Democratic Events in Israel

07/17/18

AFT Slams DeVos Agenda, Passes Trove of Path-breaking Resolutions at Biennial Convention

07/16/18

AFT President Randi Weingarten on President Trump’s Meeting with Putin

07/15/18

Education Underfunding Tops $19 Billion over Decade of Neglect

07/13/18

AFT’s Weingarten Lays Out Path Forward for Unions, 2018 Elections and Defense of American Democracy in AFT Convention Speech

07/12/18

American Federation of Teachers Stands with UVM Medical Center Nurses

07/09/18

AFT Opposes Kavanaugh Nomination

06/28/18

Oregon State University Faculty Union Is Certified

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.