Press Release

AFT’s Weingarten on Flawed Bellwether Education Report on Teacher Pensions

“Far from the distorted picture painted by the report's authors, the teacher pension system is actually a win-win for participants, working people and the American economy at large.”

For Release: 

Monday, May 22, 2017

Contact:

Andrew Crook
o: 202-393-8637 | c: 607-280-6603
acrook@aft.org

WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten issued a detailed memorandum today responding to a fallacious report released last week by Bellwether Education Partners on teacher pensions.

The memorandum can be read here.

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The AFT represents 1.7 million pre-K through 12th-grade teachers; paraprofessionals and other school-related personnel; higher education faculty and professional staff; federal, state and local government employees; nurses and healthcare workers; and early childhood educators.