Press Releases

10/24/2017
AFT Responds to Center for American Progress Charter School Report
10/23/2017
AFT Joins NAACP Lawsuit to Stop Trump’s Termination of DACA
10/23/2017
AFT, Operation Blessing International, AFSCME, Hispanic Federation Launch Operation Agua to Provide Safe Water to Puerto Rico Families
10/19/2017
AFT on Bill Gates’ Speech on His Evolving Education Efforts
10/19/2017
Chicago Graduate Workers Win Union Vote
10/19/2017
Union Leaders on Speech by Nazi Richard Spencer at University of Florida
10/19/2017
AFT on Senate Vote on Repealing State and Local Tax Deduction
10/13/2017
Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten on President Trump’s Plan To End Essential Healthcare Subsidies
10/12/2017
Statements of AFT President Randi Weingarten and AAUP President Rudy Fichtenbaum on Policy Approved by University of Wisconsin’s Board of Regents to Suspend and Expel Students Who Protest Speeches on Wisconsin Campuses
10/12/2017
Adjunct Faculty at Community College of Vermont Vote For Union Representation
10/12/2017
Statement of AFT President Randi Weingarten on President Trump’s Executive Order to Undermine Protections for Americans’ Health Insurance Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act
10/10/2017
Statement of AFT President Randi Weingarten on White House ‘Wish List’ for Negotiations on the Future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program
10/10/2017
Federal Suit Settlement: End of Value-Added Measures for Teacher Termination in Houston
10/07/2017
Update on Alleged Illegal Infiltration of AFT Michigan by Project Veritas
10/05/2017
AFT on the Passage of the House Budget Resolution
10/04/2017
AFT Nurses and Health Professionals Travel to Puerto Rico to Volunteer for Care and Relief Efforts
10/03/2017
Newark Teachers Union Wins Huge Arbitration Award
10/02/2017
AFT Urges Full Funding for Children’s Health Insurance Program
10/02/2017
AFT on Kansas Supreme Court Ruling that School Funding Falls Short—Again
09/29/2017
AFT Michigan Files Civil Complaint Against James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas, Alleging Illegal Surveillance
09/29/2017
'Trump Is Bad for Business': Report Reveals Truth about Corporations and the President
09/28/2017
AFT’s Weingarten on Landmark Pennsylvania Supreme Court Decision on School Funding
09/28/2017
AFT's Weingarten on Student Loan Defaults
09/28/2017
Workers on Janus: A Political Effort to Further Rig the Rules Against Working People
09/27/2017
AFT’s Weingarten on Trump’s Cruel and Callous Tax Plan

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