UFF-FSU is what’s known as a “chapter,” an independent part of a “local,” which is itself an independent part of a larger union. Our local is UFF, and our larger union is FEA. The FEA is part of the AFT and the NEA, as well as the AFL-CIO. Learn more about each group below.
UFF
UFF-FSU is the Florida State University chapter of the United Faculty of Florida (UFF), which represents more than 18,000 faculty members and professional employees at Florida’s 11 public universities, 11 of the state colleges and community colleges, and three independent universities.
FSU GAU
FSU hosts a second UFF chapter as well: the FSU chapter of Graduate Assistants United.
FEA
UFF is one local within the Florida Education Association (FEA), which represents more than 250,000 educators in Florida, with membership in K-12 educational institutions as well as higher education.
NEA
The FEA, in turn, is affiliated with both of the major national educators’ unions: the 3.2 million-member National Education Association (NEA)...
FSU GAU
...and the 1.7 million-member American Federation of Teachers (AFT).
AFL-CIO
The AFT is a member of the AFL-CIO, the 12.2 million-member federation of trade unions.
BBLC
Through this affiliation, UFF-FSU also participates in the AFL-CIO's regional central body, the Big Bend Chapter of the Northwest Florida Federation of Labor (also known as the Big Bend Labor Chapter).