Advocacy Updates on COVID-19

Updated March 26 with Dept. of Labor flier and NEA’s CARES Act explainer.

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Take Action

As the federal government continues to discuss ways to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impact our national affiliates — the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), National Education Association (NEA) and the AFL-CIO — are asking members to take action to protect students, educators, healthcare professionals and working people.
 

Information about COVID-19 Relief Bills

As information from official sources and our national affiliates become available we will post them here.

CARES Act

Families First Coronavirus Response Act 

FEA and UFF Oppose Politically Driven State Accreditor in Florida

The Florida Education Association (FEA) and the United Faculty of Florida (UFF), representing educators, faculty, and graduate assistants statewide, strongly oppose the state's creation of a politically driven accreditor for…

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Florida Budget Fails to Deliver for Students and Educators

Key takeaways$101 million has been allotted for teacher salaries, which would work out to roughly $20 more per paycheck per teacher. Florida ranks 50th in the nation for average teacher…

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Florida Education Unions Celebrate Collective Bargaining Wins

100-0 Recertification Record Affirms — Workers Want Unions Today, the Florida Education Association (FEA) is celebrating its 100th consecutive local union recertification election win in the state, reaffirming that workers…

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