Oregon Education Association

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Oregon Education Association (OEA)
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Oregon Education Association
Founded 1927
Members 46,000+ (2006)[1]
Country Oregon
Affiliation National Education Association (NEA)
Key people Larry Wolf, president
Office location 6900 SW Atlanta Street
Portland, OR 97223
Website oregoned.org
1 Per official website above.

The Oregon Education Association (OEA) is the largest public education employees' union in the U.S. state of Oregon, representing more than 46,000 teachers and classified personnel. It has local affiliates in each of the state's 199 public school districts, and 8 community colleges. It is the state affiliate of the National Education Association.

OEA was incorporated in 1927 as a non-profit educational organization, nearly four decades before Oregon enacted the Teacher-Board Consultation Law, one of the first collective bargaining laws for teachers in the United States. It continues to include public educational policy and professional development programs in addition to activities more commonly associated with organized labor.

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