Press Releases

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

06/27/18

America Needs Unions Now More than Ever As Supreme Court Sides with Corporate Billionaires Rigging Economy against Workers

06/26/18

AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Supreme Court’s Muslim Ban Decision

06/21/18

Brown University Graduate Employees Sign Landmark Union Agreement with Administration

06/21/18

AFT President Randi Weingarten on Proposal to Merge Education and Labor Departments

06/20/18

AFT President Randi Weingarten Responds to Trump Executive Order

06/14/18

Statement from American Federation of Teachers on Workers’ Freedom to Negotiate Act

06/06/18

American Federation of Teachers Supports the School Overcrowding Reduction 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.