Press Releases

09/12/17

AFT’s Weingarten on OECD ‘Education at a Glance’ report

09/08/17

DC Teachers Overwhelmingly Ratify New Contract

09/08/17

AFT Statement on Senate Actions to Fund Public Education, Reject DeVos’ Cuts

09/07/17

AFT’s Weingarten on Betsy DeVos’ Title IX Announcement

09/06/17

AFT, First Book and Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation Partner to Provide Targeted Relief to Educators and Kids Affected by Hurricane Harvey

09/05/17

Temple University Adjuncts and Full-Time Faculty Win New Contract

09/05/17

AFT’s Weingarten Responds to DACA Repeal

08/29/17

AFT President Weingarten on Hurricane Harvey

08/28/17

AFT on 2017 Phi Delta Kappa Poll on Public Schools

08/26/17

AFT Leaders on Trump's Pardon of Arpaio

08/23/17

AFT Applauds Mass. Attorney General’s Lawsuit Against Student Loan Servicer over Systemic Failures

08/21/17

AFT President Randi Weingarten on Gallup Survey Showing Increased Support for Public Education

08/15/17

AFT’s Weingarten on the Fifth Anniversary of DACA

08/13/17

Statement of AFT Higher Education Leaders on White Supremacist Actions in Charlottesville

08/13/17

AFT Leaders Call for Action, Respond to White Supremacist Terrorism

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.