04.18.19
The Ontario government released its 2019 budget presenting several issues of concern for The Society of United Professionals members, including a 35% cut to the funding for Legal Aid Ontario, cuts to health care and education spending, and the government’s intentions to consult with public sector unions on compensation costs that could include changes to provincial collective bargaining laws.
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04.18.19
IFPTE joined in coalition with fellow Federal Workers Alliance (FWA) unions in endorsing the legislation (S. 841), which seeks to waive moving expense taxes for newly hired and soon to be retired federal workers who serve the government overseas.
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04.18.19
IFPTE was one of twenty-four labor organizations signing a letter to Representatives Cummings and Quigley requesting that the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee undertake an investigation into the decision by FLRA Chairwoman Colleen Duffy Kiko...
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04.08.19
IFPTE applauds the legislation, which is authored by Ohio Representative, Marcy Kaptur and would reinstate Glass-Steagall Act protections, as, “a huge step in the right direction in protecting working families from an unregulated Wall Street.”
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