Union Talk Podcast
On Union Talk, AFT president Randi Weingarten interviews workers, policymakers and experts who are confronting the issues working families face and championing solutions. From the classroom to the bargaining table to Congress to the streets, Union Talk looks at the past, present and possible ways the labor movement and unions are vehicles to secure opportunity, justice and a voice in our democracy for all. Different episodes of Union Talk do deep dives on great public schools and affordable higher education, healthcare as a right, unions, an economy that works for all and what it takes to maintain a thriving democracy. Union Talk tells the stories that demonstrate that together we can accomplish for our families and communities what is impossible to do alone.
Latest Episodes
How Education Is Bridging the Divides Between Jews and Arabs
AFT President Randi Weingarten sits down with Dani Elazar and Manar Hayadre to discuss the impact their multicultural Hand in Hand schools, which bring Jewish and Arab students and teachers together, are having on Israeli society and how empathy can be a good tool for combating decades long strife.
Randi Weingarten’s Keynote Speech at TEACH
AFT President Randi Weingarten delivers the keynote speech at the TEACH (Together Educating America’s Children) conference and launches the union’s new “Real Solutions for Kids and Communities” campaign, which focuses on literacy, experiential learning, community schools, students’ mental health and well-being, and appropriate funding for our public schools.
Pride and Power
In a special Pride Month episode of Union Talk, AFT President Randi Weingarten and Brian Bond, the executive director of PFLAG, discuss the history and power of the LGBTQIA+ community and the current fight against hateful policies impacting students, teachers and families.
Engaging Students Through Career and Technical Education
AFT President Randi Weingarten talks with Brent Parton from the U.S. Department of Labor and Billie Helean from the Rio Rancho School Employees Union to discuss the success of career and technical education programs and dispel any myths about these programs, which are transforming the landscape and offering students more than one post-high school route to achieve their dreams.