Press Releases

01/11/2012
'Reconnecting McDowell' Advances with Grants, Projects
01/11/2012
Weingarten On Quality Counts Report
01/10/2012
Weingarten Statement on Appointment of Cecilia Munoz as Democratic Policy Council Director
01/06/2012
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Federal Report on Unreported Medical Errors
01/06/2012
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers,On Gates Foundation Report on Measuring Effective Teaching
12/17/2011
Statement from AFT President Randi Weingarten on Omnibus Spending Bill
12/16/2011
AFT, West Virginia Governor, 40-Plus Partners Announce Unprecedented, Long-Term Partnership to Transform McDowell County
12/09/2011
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Assault of Special Needs Student in Cleveland
12/08/2011
Weingarten On Request for NLRB to Grant Union Rights to Private University Grad Employees
12/07/2011
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On NAEP Trial Urban District Assessment Results
12/05/2011
Minnesota Approves Nation’s First Union-Backed Organization To Authorize Charter Schools
12/05/2011
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On New Guidelines to Promote Diversity at U.S. Colleges and Universities
12/02/2011
Weingarten On U.S. Education Department Report on Staffing in Low-Income Schools
12/02/2011
AFL-CIO, AFT and BCTD Laud $4 Billion Commitment to Presidential ‘Better Buildings Challenge’ Initiative
11/30/2011
Weingarten On Efforts to Speed Up Adoption of Computerized Health Records
11/29/2011
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Campus Calls to Curb Mounting Student Debt and Budget Cuts
11/21/2011
John Tarka Named Administrator of the Broward Teachers Union
11/21/2011
Weingarten Statement On Supercommittee’s Apparent Failure to Reach Deficit Deal
11/18/2011
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On Bullying by Students and Educators
11/15/2011
Weingarten Responds to Court Decision To Evict Occupy Wall Street Protesters from Zuccotti Park
11/10/2011
Weingarten and Ullico Join Gov. Kitzhaber to Announce Investment of up to $15 Million in Oregon Schools
11/08/2011
Weingarten On the Repeal of Ohio Senate Bill 5
11/03/2011
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On New York State Public Employees Federation Ratification Vote
11/01/2011
AFT President Randi Weingarten Responds to American Enterprise Institute Report on Teacher Compensation
11/01/2011
Statement by Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, On NAEP Reading and Math Results

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