Teachers' Federation of Puerto Rico

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**FMPR**

Teachers' Federation of Puerto Rico
Federación de Maestros de Puerto Rico
Members	32,000
Country	Puerto Rico
Key people	Rafael Feliciano Hernández, president
Office location	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Website	www.fmprlucha.org

The Teachers' Federation of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Federación de Maestros de Puerto Rico, FMPR) is a union of teachers in Puerto Rico. Its primary base is among employees of the Departamento de Educación Pública de Puerto Rico.

The FMPR was formed in 1960s by radical union activists. It currently has 32,000 members, making it one of the largest unions in Puerto Rico. The FMPR has recently disaffiliated from the American Federation of Teachers. A referendum within the union decided on a majority vote to disaffiliate with the AFT and the AFL-CIO. The details of the referendum are hazy, with AFT charging that the disaffiliation vote was unfairly slanted, and the process violated FMPR's own constitution. The conflict between the two unions remained in limbo through January 2005, when hundreds of FMPR officers opposed to disaffiliation formally asked AFT to investigate the disaffiliation vote and the governing practices of President Feliciano. Though the AFT investigation found numerous violations of the democratic rights of FMPR members, the whole matter of who controlled the FMPR wound up in court in Puerto Rico. FMPR prevailed in the court proceedings.

Recently, FMPR started affiliation courtships with the United Auto Workers and the National Education Association.