A contract, legally called a collective bargaining agreement, guarantees your benefits. You know that the employer can arbitrarily change the parameters of your health care plan, your pension, your ability to advance in your career, and any of your other benefits. Having these, and all your other benefits, clearly defined and guaranteed in a collective bargaining agreement provides security for you and your family.

Every person holding a top management position whether in the private or public sector as a contract. In the private sector, they detail not only their salary and benefits, but also their stock options and lucrative payouts when they leave. Those big bonuses handed out when the execs leave aren’t charitable contributions: the payouts are detailed beforehand in the executive’s contract. You deserve a contract too!

A contract gives you a meaningful voice in the workplace. Only a collective bargaining agreement will provide you with the economic strength that permits negotiating with your employer on a basis approaching equality. As part of IFPTE, you will have the power that comes with numbers, and through IFPTE, you can elect your own leaders and select the necessary specialists who are skilled in the arts of communication and negotiation.

A contract can allow you to have a say on the job. An example of this is the historically new and innovative partnership agreement between IFPTE and Boeing. This new partnership agreement is based on mutual respect and recognizes that the employees represented by IFPTE have ideas and opinions that are aimed at improving the efficient operation of The Boeing Employer. The partnership agreement gives the employees represented by IFPTE the ability put forward their ideas on helping to provide record profits for Boeing, and provide rewarding and fulfilling careers for Boeing employees. This process is replicable and IFPTE can help you make this a reality in your workplace.