Press Releases
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03/16/2017
AFT President Randi Weingarten: ‘This Budget Takes a Meat Cleaver to Public Education’
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03/13/2017
AFT President Randi Weingarten on DeVos’ Elimination of ESSA Stakeholder Engagement Requirement
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03/13/2017
AFT’s Share My Lesson Holds Three-Day Virtual Conference
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03/13/2017
Educators and Community Leaders Tell Puerto Rico Control Board to Put Children First
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03/07/2017
AFT President Weingarten to Speak at Women Workers Rising Rally
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03/06/2017
AFT Responds to Republican Healthcare Plan
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03/06/2017
AFT Responds to Trump’s New Muslim Ban
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03/02/2017
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Trump Visit to Florida Private School
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03/02/2017
AFT Stands with Transgender Student
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03/02/2017
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Jeff Sessions
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02/28/2017
AFT Reacts to Trump’s Speech
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02/25/2017
AFT’s Randi Weingarten on the Results of the DNC Chair Election
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02/22/2017
In First for DC, Charter School Educators Petition for Union
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02/22/2017
AFT Responds to Trump’s Plan to Roll Back LGBTQ Protections
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02/17/2017
AFT President Randi Weingarten on Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ Accusation about Department’s IDEA Website
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02/15/2017
AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Withdrawal of Labor Secretary Nominee Andrew Puzder
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02/10/2017
AFT’s Weingarten on Secretary Price’s Confirmation
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02/07/2017
AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Confirmation of Betsy DeVos
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02/02/2017
AFT President on the End Surprise Billing Act
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02/01/2017
AFT’s Weingarten on National ‘Right-to-Work’ Proposal
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02/01/2017
Educators at Cleveland Charter School Win Union
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01/31/2017
AFT’s Weingarten on Neil Gorsuch's Nomination
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01/31/2017
AFT on Committee Vote to Confirm Betsy DeVos as Education Secretary
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01/25/2017
AFT's Weingarten on Executive Actions
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01/24/2017
AFT’s Weingarten on Senate Democrats’ Infrastructure Plan
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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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