The wage gap between educators and other professionals has widened significantly, affecting both daily life and long-term financial security. With rising living costs and inadequate retirement benefits, educators struggle to save for the future. They simply want what all Americans desire: a comfortable retirement after years of service.
Florida’s educators deserve to be able to retire with dignity.
Having a stable, secure pension is just one of the many economic benefits to being in a union.
FEA is dedicated to protecting defined-benefit pension plans because they provide a predictable, guaranteed benefit for educators when they retire.
Whether it is about DROP, retirement eligibility date or anything else the FRS website contains a wealth of information.
The Governor’s proposed budget once again fails to support our students by not adequately funding our public, neighborhood schools and does nothing to move our teachers into the top 10 in the nation for salary.
Tallahassee, Fla. (June 12, 2024) – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis has signed Florida’s budget, which still doesn’t go far enough to support parents, teachers and education staff professionals in the state. “Florida is the fourth largest economy in the nation- and with this budget the Governor has claimed he has so much money, he doesn’t know what […]
Tallahassee – Today, the Florida legislature released their proposed budget that once again does not go far enough in supporting students, parents, teachers and education staff professionals in the state. Florida ranks near the bottom, #48, in average teacher salary and ultimately, this budget does nothing to bring teachers into the top 10 in the […]
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The Florida Education Association is the state’s largest association of professional employees, with more than 120,000 members. We are affiliated nationally with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the National Education Association (NEA) and the national AFL-CIO.
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