Florida Education Association

The Florida Education Association (FEA) is a statewide federation of teacher and education workers' labor unions in the US state of Florida. Its 145,000 members make it the largest union in the state. It is a merged affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA), and is a member of the AFL–CIO.

Florida Education Association
Founded1886
HeadquartersTallahassee, Florida
Location
  • United States
Key people
Andrew Spar, president
AffiliationsAFT, NEA, AFL–CIO
Websitefeaweb.org

The FEA was founded in 1886. After leading the nation's first statewide teachers' strike in 1968, the FEA split into two separate federations in 1974. The two groups merged again in 2000.

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