President Randi Weingarten
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 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 ...
AFT Re-elects President Randi Weingarten
[American Federation of Teachers\President Randi Weingarten] Weingarten: “I am so honored to represent this country’s educators, healthcare professionals and public employees alongside Evelyn De ...
DeVos’ School Privatization Funding Attempts Escalate After Espinoza Ruling
[Betsy DeVos\School Privitization\Espinoza Ruling] Weingarten: “It is telling that, after spending more than three years doing nothing to help the public schools that 90 ...
AFT PRESIDENT WEINGARTEN DENOUNCES DEVOS’ MISUSE OF COVID-19 FUNDS
[Betsy DeVos\CARES Act Funding] Weingarten: “DeVos is using what little discretionary money was provided for education in the CARES Act to move full-steam ahead ...
COVID-19 COULD DEVASTATE SCHOOL FUNDING IF WE DON’T ACT NOW SAYS REPORT
[COVID-19\School Budgets] Albert Shanker Institute President and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten says: “We can’t forfeit our students’ future because of the ...
AFT PRESIDENT WEINGARTEN PRAISES REAUTHORIZATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION ACT
[Education News] American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten: “The College Affordability Act is a big step toward making higher education a realistic possibility ...
AFT PRESIDENT RANDI WEINGARTEN CELEBRATES WORLD TEACHERS DAY
[Education\World Teachers Day] AFT President Randi Weingarten: “Educators around the world do so much more than instruct students: They serve as counselors, nurses and ...
AFT’S WEINGARTEN, MEDICAL NURSES AND OTHERS DENOUNCE TRUMP’S DEPORTING OF SICK IMMIGRANT CHILDREN
[Immigration News] AFT’s Randi Weingarten: “First, he separated families. Then he threw children in cages without food, water or showers. And now, in his ...