Press Releases

01/19/24

AFT’s Weingarten Hails Biden Administration’s Latest Announcement: $4.9 Billion Student Loan Debt Relief for Borrowers

01/17/24

New Report Finds Most States Have Deprived Schools of Hundreds of Billions of Dollars Since 2016

01/11/24

New Report Details Harm Caused to Healthcare Industry by Apollo Global Management

12/19/23

Academic Freedom and Fight Against Hatred and Bigotry on Campus Go Hand in Hand

12/09/23

University of Hawaii Professional Assembly Votes to Join Forces with American Federation of Teachers

12/07/23

Teachers Unions, Micron and New York State Launch $4 Million Advanced Technology Learning Framework

12/06/23

AFT’s Weingarten on UNLV Mass Shooting

12/05/23

Filipino Nurses Seek National Labor Relations Board Review of Repressive CommuniCare Employment Contracts

12/04/23

AFT President Randi Weingarten Responds to International Student Assessment Scores

11/15/23

Labor Unions issue joint statement in support of the nomination of Nicole Berner to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

11/13/23

AFT Passes Resolution Condemning Hate and Affirming Freedom of Speech on Campus

11/09/23

On Tuesday, Voters Rejected Moms for Liberty and Its Agenda of Cruelty and Hate

11/07/23

AFT President Randi Weingarten on Election Results

11/03/23

AFT Officers Echo Calls for Humanitarian Pause

10/30/23

AFT’s Weingarten on President Biden’s Pathbreaking Executive Order on AI

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.