Press Releases

08/13/2017
Statement of AFT Higher Education Leaders on White Supremacist Actions in Charlottesville
08/13/2017
AFT Leaders Call for Action, Respond to White Supremacist Terrorism
08/12/2017
AFT Statement on White Supremacist Demonstrations in Charlottesville, Va.
08/10/2017
AFT Leaders Respond to Hearing on Gary B. v. Snyder Case in Detroit
08/03/2017
AMPR and AFT Affiliate to Combat Austerity and Fight for Public Education and Economic Opportunity for the People of Puerto Rico
08/03/2017
AFT Virginia Endorses Northam for Governor
08/02/2017
Labor Acts to Kick-Start Career-Tech Education for Infrastructure Careers
08/01/2017
AFT President Rips Illinois Gov. Rauner’s School Funding Veto
07/31/2017
AFT President Requests Meeting with Saudi Ambassador to Discuss Fate of 14 Men, including Prospective Western Michigan University Student
07/28/2017
Suffolk County Community College Faculty Condemn Trump Speech
07/28/2017
AFT’s Weingarten on Defeat of Efforts to Repeal Obamacare
07/26/2017
AFT Leaders Respond to NAACP Education Report and Recommendations
07/25/2017
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Senate Healthcare Vote
07/25/2017
PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center Techs Ratify First-Ever Contract with AFT
07/24/2017
AFT President Randi Weingarten on ‘A Better Deal’ Agenda
07/20/2017
AFT President Randi Weingarten Frames David vs. Goliath Battle to Resist Injustice and Reclaim Promise of Public Education in TEACH Keynote
07/16/2017
Update on Reported Imminent Beheading of Mujaba’a al-Sweikat
07/15/2017
AFT on the Imminent Saudi Beheading of University of Michigan Student
07/13/2017
AFT President Reacts to Trumpcare 3.0
07/13/2017
AFT on Education Department’s Actions on Campus Sexual Assault
07/10/2017
AFT Applauds CFPB on Banning Forced Arbitration in Bank Fraud Cases
07/06/2017
AFT Applauds State Attorneys General for Suing Education Secretary for Delay in Regulations to Protect Student Loan Borrowers
06/28/2017
Asociación de Maestros de Puerto Rico and AFT on Puerto Rico Bankruptcy Proceedings
06/26/2017
AFT President Randi Weingarten Responds to the Trinity Supreme Court Ruling
06/26/2017
AFT on Indiana Voucher Study

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