Press Releases
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06/13/2016
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Department of Education’s Draft Borrower Rules
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06/13/2016
Three Cleveland Charter Schools Sign Historic First Contract
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06/12/2016
AFT Leaders on the Mass Shooting in Orlando, Fla.
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06/10/2016
Houston School Board Rejects Continuation of Faulty Evaluation System
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06/09/2016
School Board Tie Vote Means Faulty Evaluation System Not Renewed
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06/07/2016
AFT’s Weingarten on Hillary Clinton Clinching Democratic Nomination
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06/07/2016
AFT on Release of Civil Rights Data Collection
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06/06/2016
American Federation of Teachers Launches Ad Campaign to Support Michigan Bipartisan Senate Bills for Detroit Public Schools
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06/03/2016
PeaceHealth Southwest Workers Vote Overwhelmingly to Join Union
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06/02/2016
Portland State University Graduate Employees Union Is Certified
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06/01/2016
Cornell Graduate Employees, Cornell Administration Ink Election Pact
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05/27/2016
Third Charter School in New Orleans Votes for Union
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05/26/2016
AFT on Education Law’s Draft Accountability Regulations
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05/24/2016
AFT on Vergara vs. California Case Appeal
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05/24/2016
AFT President to Green River College: Stop the Manufactured Crisis
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05/23/2016
AFT on Faculty Strike at Green River College
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05/20/2016
AFT on Donald Trump’s Call to End Gun-Free School Zones
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05/18/2016
Third Charter School Unionizes in Cleveland
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05/18/2016
AFT Testifies on Education Department’s ESSA Draft Rules
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05/17/2016
AFT’s Weingarten on Department of Labor’s New Overtime Rule
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05/13/2016
AFT's Weingarten and AFT-CT's Hochadel on Connecticut Budget
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05/13/2016
AFT’s Weingarten on New Protections for Transgender Students
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05/13/2016
AFT Leaders Condemn Raids Targeting Refugee Women and Children
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05/13/2016
AFT on Texas Supreme Court Ruling on School Funding
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05/12/2016
AFT’s Weingarten on Congressional Resolutions Celebrating AFT’s 100th Anniversary
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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.
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