AFT Convention Delegates Endorse Joe Biden for President
AFT's Randi Weingarten: “Joe Biden is the deeply decent, experienced, caring and competent leader America needs to guide our nation through the three crises we face today—a global…
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AFT’s Weingarten Disappointed in Republican COVID-19 Relief Proposal for Schools
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…
Has CDC Changed Stance on School Reopening to Help Trump?
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…
Praises Pouring in For Civil Rights Icon John Lewis
CBC: "As Chair of SNCC, John Lewis was one of the “Big 6” leaders of the historical March on Washington on August, 28, 1963, and was the youngest…
Praises Pouring in For Civil Rights Icon John Lewis
CBC: "As Chair of SNCC, John Lewis was one of the “Big 6” leaders of the historical March on Washington on August, 28, 1963, and was the youngest…
AFT’s Weingarten: U.S. Supreme Court’s Espinoza Ruling Threatens Public Education
Weingarten: “Never in more than two centuries of American history has the free exercise clause of the First Amendment been wielded as a weapon to defund and dismantle…
AFT President Weingarten Welcomes Introduction of the Justice in Policing Act of 2020
Weingarten: “This legislation makes clear that police brutality, misconduct, harassment and killing have no place in this country." Photo: YouTube The 'Justice in Policing Act of 2020' has…
AFT AND UFT: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MUST DO MORE TO HELP VICTIMS OF COVID-19
Weingarten said: “We are seeing a terrible loss of life as well as loss of employment as a result of this pandemic." Mulgrew said: "Tens of thousands of…
REPS. PRESSLEY AND OMAR INTRODUCE STUDENT DEBT RELIEF PLAN
Congresswoman Pressley. “Our $1.6 trillion student debt crisis stands in the way of any meaningful economic recovery effort during and after this pandemic, which is why we must…
AFT’S WEINGARTEN LAUNCHES “CAPSTONE” INITIATIVE TO COMPLETE SCHOOL YEAR
AFT's Weingarten: “This school year is not a wash—we’ve had seven months of instruction...We’re holding out hope we can bring a sense of completion and finality to kids…