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NATIONWIDE – On Tuesday, March 4, AFT President Randi Weingarten will join educators, students and activists at a press conference to kick off more than 150 “Protect Our…
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 honoring the 70th anniversary…
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 and speech, and fighting…
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 America’s public schools to…
Weingarten: “I am so honored to represent this country’s educators, healthcare professionals and public employees alongside Evelyn De Jesus and Fed Ingram. Photo: YouTube The 1.7-million-member American Federation…
Weingarten: "The funds proposed for K-12 public schools, colleges and universities are woefully inadequate given the expenses schools will face to reopen safely." Photo: AFT Randi Weingarten says…
Weingarten: “The CDC may have changed its tone to accommodate President Trump’s whims, but the details of its guidance remain the same: Schools cannot reopen safely and equitably…
Weingarten: “Our nation is at a critical crossroad, and the decisions Congress and the president make in the next two weeks will be felt for generations to come.”…
Weingarten: “It’s a dereliction of duty for Mitch McConnell to go on vacation in July without passing the federal investment our schools desperately need to safely reopen this…
Weingarten: "It is telling that, after spending more than three years doing nothing to help the public schools that 90 percent of children attend, Betsy DeVos races to…
