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02/24/2016
DFT on DPS School Employees Meeting with Retired U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Steven Rhodes
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02/23/2016
AFT President Weingarten Testifies on ESSA Implementation
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02/22/2016
Investors, Union Pension Funds Submit Shareholder Resolution Condemning Pearson Strategy
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02/22/2016
Unions Representing Millions of Working People Stand with Hillary Clinton
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02/19/2016
DFT on City-Detroit Public Schools Consent Agreement on School Repairs
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02/18/2016
AFT Passes Resolution on Combatting Spread of Zika Virus
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02/17/2016
AFT, AFT Connecticut Ad Asks for Budget Fairness
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02/11/2016
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Nomination of John King for Education Secretary
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02/09/2016
AFT’s Weingarten on President Obama’s Budget
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02/04/2016
Detroit Federation of Teachers on Detroit Public Schools’ Demand that Police Be Called on Health Inspectors
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02/03/2016
AFT's Dan Pedrotty Joins the 2016 Class of Presidential Leadership Scholars
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02/03/2016
Detroit Public Schools Bans AFT Health Inspectors from Entering Schools
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01/28/2016
Teacher Unions Sue Detroit Public Schools, Emergency Manager, over School Conditions
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01/25/2016
Detroit Federation of Teachers on the Michigan Court of Claims Decision
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01/21/2016
Detroit Federation of Teachers on Michigan Court's Denial of Injunction Against Detroit Teachers
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01/19/2016
AFT on the Supreme Court’s Decision to Review the Block of Obama’s Immigration Initiatives
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01/12/2016
AFT’s Weingarten on the State of the Union
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01/12/2016
Detroit Federation of Teachers’ Statement on Gov. Snyder’s Response to Detroit Schools’ Conditions
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01/12/2016
DFT: Community Needs Real Answers to DPS Crisis
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01/11/2016
DFT, Parents, Faith Community Call for Public Hearings On Dangerous Environmental, Learning School Conditions
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01/05/2016
AFT's Weingarten on President Obama's Executive Actions to Reduce Gun Violence
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12/29/2015
AFT on Tamir Rice Decision
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12/18/2015
AFT's Weingarten on Omnibus Passage
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12/18/2015
AFT’s Weingarten on Excise Tax
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12/16/2015
AFT's Weingarten on the Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act
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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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from AFT President Randi Weingarten