American Federation of Teachers

American Federation Of Teachers Celebrates 70th Anniversary Of Brown V. Board Of Education

By Randi Weingarten Photos: Wikimedia Commons\YouTube Screenshots WASHINGTON—AFT President Randi Weingarten, Secretary-Treasurer Fedrick Ingram and Executive Vice President Evelyn DeJesus issued the following statement ...

AFT Passes Resolution Condemning Hate And Affirming Freedom Of Speech On Campus

Photos: YouTube Screenshots WASHINGTON—The American Federation of Teachers’ 47-member executive council has passed a unanimous resolution that calls for respecting intellectual and academic freedom ...

Education In Crisis: AFT Launches Ad Touting Real Solutions Over Politics

Photos: AFT\YouTube Screenshots WASHINGTON—The 1.7 million-member American Federation of Teachers launched a major ad blitz today highlighting the important work educators are doing in ...

American Federation of Teachers (and president Randi Weingarten above) Wednesday night unanimously passed a resolution guiding t

Top Teacher’s Union Passes Resolution on Workplace Vaccine Policies

Photo: Twitter WASHINGTON—The executive council of the American Federation of Teachers (and president Randi Weingarten above) Wednesday night unanimously passed a resolution guiding the ...

pause on federal student loan payments for borrowers until the end of January 2022:

AFT Hails Decision to Extend Pause on Student Loan Payments

Photo: YouTube WASHINGTON—American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement in response to the Biden administration’s announcement that it will extend ...

Washington Teachers’ Union is partnering with UNITE HERE Local 25 in a pilot program to provide English and math tutoring to Was

Washington Teachers Partnering to Tutor Elementary D.C. Students

The Washington Teachers’ Union is partnering with UNITE HERE Local 25 in a pilot program to provide English and math tutoring to Washington, D.C.-area ...

The AFT released its “Blueprint to Safely Open Schools” last week.

Weingarten Praises President-Elect Biden’s School Re-opening Plan

Photo: YouTube American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement after President-elect Joe Biden announced his plan to reopen the majority ...

AFT Innovation Fund is proudly awarding COVID-19 response grants to help support locals’ efforts

AFT Leaders Announce Innovation Fund COVID-19 Response Grants

[American Federation of Teachers] Weingarten: “Our hope is that through the AFT Innovation Fund, we can step up and support the knowledge, care and ...

Ruth Ginsburg

AFT: Justice Ginsburg was “brilliant hardworking jurist” and “trailblazing feminist”

[Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg] AFT: “Justice Ginsburg is an icon. She leaves behind a legacy as a brilliant, hardworking jurist and a ...

COVID-19 School Cuts

COVID-19: Scott, Norton Demand Support for Schools to Keep Kids Safe

[School Budgets\COVID-19] Rep. Norton: “Many schools, like those in the District, have been forced to go virtual because of the pandemic…The delay in passing ...

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