Press Releases

01/19/2017
AFT President Weingarten, Rep. Keith Ellison Join Broad Coalition of Parents and Community Groups for National Day of Action for Public Schools
01/18/2017
AFT Joins Coalition to deliver 500,000 Petitions Opposing Price Nomination
01/13/2017
AFT on the BRIDGE Act, a Bipartisan Bill to Protect Dreamers
01/13/2017
AFT Denounces Efforts to Repeal the Affordable Care Act
01/12/2017
Detroit Parents and Educators Reach Settlement with School District
01/10/2017
Teachers Union Instrumental in St. Louis Schools’ Reaccreditation
01/09/2017
AFT’s Weingarten Delivers Major Address on the Future of Public Education
01/04/2017
AFT Leaders on Republican Efforts to Repeal the Affordable Care Act
12/16/2016
Service and Maintenance Workers at PeaceHealth Southwest Affiliate with the AFT
12/14/2016
AFT President on Rev. Barber’s Civil Rights Lawsuit Against American Airlines
12/11/2016
AFT’s Weingarten on the Death of St. Tammany Leader Elsie Burkhalter
12/10/2016
AFT’s Weingarten on the Loss of Former WTU Leader Simons
12/08/2016
AFT’s Weingarten on the Nomination of Andrew Puzder for Secretary of Labor
12/08/2016
Long Island University Mediation Terminated Amid Administration Failings
12/07/2016
AFT’s Weingarten on Passage of the 21st Century Cures Act
12/07/2016
AFT’s Share My Lesson Exceeds 1 Million Users Nationwide
12/06/2016
Northwestern University Grad Workers Affiliate with AFT, Joining Union Peers Across the Country
12/06/2016
AFT on PISA 2015 International Survey Results
11/30/2016
Statement by AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Economic Policy Institute’s Report on Charter School Expansion
11/29/2016
AFT Leaders on Nomination of Tom Price as HHS Secretary
11/29/2016
AFT on TIMSS International Assessment Results
11/28/2016
AFT and OSU Nurses Organization on the Violence at The Ohio State University
11/28/2016
AFT on Education Department’s ESSA Accountability Regulations
11/23/2016
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Nomination of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education
11/18/2016
Labor, Civil Rights, Faith Groups Call on Trump to Denounce Hate-Fueled Acts

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