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Florida's New Education Union

The United Faculty of Florida is now part of the new Florida Education Association, formed by a merger of NEA and AFT affiliates in the state.

Florida's two public education unions have completed a two-year merger process and created a new statewide organization, the Florida Education Association.

At a founding convention this spring, Florida Teaching Profession-NEA and Florida Education Association United joined together to create a new organization of over 120,000 members that will speak with a powerful and unified voice for more than 250,000 public education employees.

The new FEA is now the largest union and the largest professional association in Florida.

Maureen Dinnen, a history and government professor at Broward Community College, was elected president of the new organization.

This spring's NEA's Conference 2000 drew nearly 1,700 faculty, support personnel, and community leaders to Atlanta to participate in seminars and development sessions around the issue of quality education.

Higher education participants got a chance to practice dispute resolution techniques, review the latest research on distance education and collective bargaining, and listen to outstanding practitioners talk about their work.

NEA members from across the nation can follow the action at this year's NEA Representative Assembly online at www.nea.org/ra.

The Representative Assembly, NEA's highest decision-making body, begins July 3 in Chicago. The nearly 10,000 elected delegates at the RA will set Association policy on a wide variety of issues and concerns.

On the Web, you'll find information about the issues and special convention events-including live coverage of major addresses and awards presentations. Higher ed members attending the RA can join with students and retirees to help spruce up a local elementary school near Chicago. To volunteer, contact Malcolm Staples at 202-822-7123 or E-mail: mstaples@nea.org.

Two positions are currently open on the Review Panel of Thought & Action, the NEA higher education journal. The positions carry three-year terms and start this coming fall.

Interested in applying for one of the positions? Send a resume and writing sample to Con Lehane, NEA Publishing, 1201 Sixteenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036-3290.

Watch for the spring 2000 issue of Thought & Action in your mailboxes soon.