The World Federation of Education Associations (WFEA) was a

global union federation A global union federation (GUF) is an international federation of national trade unions organizing in specific industry sectors or occupational groups. Historically, such federations in the social democratic tradition described as international t ...

bringing together trade unions representing teachers. The federation was established in 1923, on the initiative of the

National Education Association The National Education Association (NEA) is the largest labor union in the United States. It represents public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staffers at colleges and universities, retired educators, and college stude ...

. Its founding conference was in

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and attracted about 600 representatives from 60 countries. American school superintendent

Augustus O. Thomas Augustus Orloff Thomas (February 21, 1863January 30, 1935) was an American educator. Born in Mercer County, Illinois, he served as the first president of the Nebraska State Normal School at Kearney (1905–1913) and a hall is named for him ...

served as president from 1925 to 1935. In 1946, the federation renamed itself as the World Organisation of the Teaching Profession. In 1951, it merged with the

International Federation of Secondary Teachers The International Federation of Secondary Teachers (french: Fédération internationale des professeurs de l'enseignement secondaire officiel, FIPESO) was a global union federation bringing together trade unions representing secondary school teacher ...

and the

International Federation of Teachers' Associations The International Federation of Teachers' Associations (IFTA; french: Fédération internationale des associations d'instituteurs, FIAI) was a global union federation representing teachers in primary schools. The federation was established in 1905 ...

, to form the

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