Press Releases
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07/11/2016
AFT President on Democrats’ Historic Agreements on Public Education
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07/09/2016
Labor Leaders Win Strong Fair-Trade Platform Language
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07/08/2016
AFT Leaders on Shooting of Dallas Police Officers
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07/07/2016
AFT Leaders on the Killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile
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07/07/2016
AFT on Perkins Reauthorization Bill
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07/07/2016
Hillary Expands Debt-Free College Proposal
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07/06/2016
Hillary Clinton to Speak at AFT Convention in Minneapolis
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07/06/2016
AFT on ESSA Proposed Regulations on Assessments
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07/01/2016
Health Professionals Want to Unionize—Three Units in Three States Join AFT Last Week
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06/28/2016
AFT on Bipartisan House Bill to Reauthorize Perkins Act Supporting Career and Technical Education
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06/28/2016
Share My Lesson Webinars Offer Summer Learning for Teachers
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06/27/2016
AFT on Monumental Pro-Choice US Supreme Court Ruling
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06/23/2016
AFT Disappointed in Supreme Court Ruling on Immigration
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06/23/2016
AFT’s Weingarten on Fisher v. University of Texas decision
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06/22/2016
New Orleans Charter School Educators Ratify Union Contract
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06/22/2016
AFT's Weingarten on New For-Profit College Report
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06/22/2016
AFT Urges Mexican Government to End Violence Against Teachers
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06/21/2016
AFT Leaders on the Detroit Education Bills Package
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06/21/2016
SAVE THE DATE! American Federation of Teachers Convention—July 18-21
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06/17/2016
AFT: Green River College President’s Resignation Victory for Faculty, Staff, Students, Community
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06/16/2016
AFT’s Weingarten on Anniversary of DACA
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06/16/2016
Oregon Doctors Reach Agreement with Hospital Administration
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06/15/2016
AFT on Federal Guidance on Gender Equity in Career and Technical Education
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06/14/2016
National Unions Coordinate Support for Orlando Community
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06/13/2016
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Vergara v. California Petition for Review
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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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