Colleges and Universities Increasingly Rely on
Underpaid Contingent Faculty to Teach Courses
More than half of the undergraduate courses at U.S. public colleges and universities are taught by “contingent” faculty and graduate instructors rather than full-time tenured faculty, resulting in an unstable and financially exploited workforce, according to a report released today by the American Federation of Teachers. MORE... 

Statement by Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers, On World AIDS Day 2008
AFT Launches New AIDS-Awareness Web Site
For two decades now, the world has set aside Dec. 1 as World AIDS Day, when millions across the globe—including the American Federation of Teachers—unite to draw attention to the 33 million people affected by this terrible disease, and to push to stop it from spreading.  MORE ...

Statement by Randi Weingarten, President,
American Federation of Teachers, on President-elect Obama’s Economic Plans
President-elect Barack Obama is exactly right to place initial and intense focus on strengthening the economy with a recovery plan that targets both job creation and areas that have been long neglected. MORE ...