Press Releases

07/08/20

Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten on #SenateFail Day of Action to Demand Senate Passage of HEROES Act

07/08/20

AFT Launches Second $1 Million Ad Campaign Urging Senate to Return to Washington to Pass Needed Education Funding

07/07/20

New Data Shows Majority of Educators Willing to Go Back to School if Key Safety Conditions Are Met

07/06/20

American Federation of Teachers Joins #StopHateforProfit Initiative

07/02/20

AFT's Weingarten on Betsy DeVos' Cynical White House Education Plan

06/30/20

AFT’s Weingarten on Senate Democrats’ $430 Billion Relief Bill for Education and Child Care

06/30/20

AFT’s Weingarten on Supreme Court Decision in Espinoza

06/29/20

Michigan Medicine Physician Assistants say ‘Union Yes’

06/22/20

Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten after Federal Judge Holds Betsy DeVos Accountable for Public Service Loan Forgiveness Debacle

06/22/20

Educators Demand Answers on School Reopening from Governor

06/19/20

Navient and AFT Members, Nationwide Class Agree to Settle Loan Forgiveness Suit

06/18/20

AFT President Randi Weingarten on US Supreme Court Decision on DACA

06/17/20

American Federation of Teachers Passes Resolution Expanding Its Efforts to Combat Racism, Aligning Itself with the Movement for Black Lives

06/15/20

AFT President Randi Weingarten Celebrates Supreme Court Ruling Protecting LGBTQ Workers from Termination

06/12/20

AFT Launches $1 Million Ad Campaign Urging Senate to Pass HEROES 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.