Press Releases

09/05/19

AFT’s Weingarten Reacts to Damning GAO Report on Temporary Expanded Public Service Loan Forgiveness

08/30/19

AFT President Randi Weingarten Slams DeVos Borrower Defense Rule

08/29/19

AFT President Weingarten Joins AFT Nurses and Leaders to Condemn Trump’s Policy to Deport Children and Families Seeking Medical Treatment

08/29/19

Union Leaders Respond after Kean University President Quits

08/22/19

AFT’s Weingarten on Economic Policy Institute’s School Supplies Report

08/21/19

AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Trump Administration’s Cruel New Flores Rule

08/18/19

AFT President Randi Weingarten’s Statement on Resignation of Asociación de Maestros de Puerto Rico President Aida Díaz

08/15/19

AFT President Randi Weingarten on Israel’s Denial of Visas to U.S. Members of Congress

08/09/19

AFT Leaders Condemn Immigration Raids at Mississippi Food Processing Plants

08/08/19

Kean University Should Quit Costly Legal Attacks and Fix Failing Department

08/05/19

AFT President Randi Weingarten on 2019 PDK Poll Measuring the Public’s Attitudes Toward the Public Schools

08/04/19

American Federation of Teachers Joins Ohio and Texas Leaders in Mourning Latest Mass Shootings

07/31/19

Statement from AFT President Randi Weingarten on Fordham School Discipline Report

07/25/19

World’s Teachers Condemn Donald Trump over Racist Attacks on U.S. Congresswomen

07/25/19

Weingarten Welcomes Puerto Rico Governor’s Resignation, Calls for a New Era of Reform

Press Credentials at AFT Convention

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