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<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 01:07:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>IFPTE Urges Senate Passage of HR 2072, the Export-Import Bank Reauthorization</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Urges-Senate-Passage-of-HR-2072-the-Export-Import-Bank-Reauthorization</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, May 15, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ HR 2072, which already passed the House with strong bipartisan support, will reauthorize the Export-Import Bank's lending authority to $140 billion, starting at $120 billion in 2012 and increasing by $10 billion in 2013, and again in 2014. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, May 15, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Urges-Senate-Passage-of-HR-2072-the-Export-Import-Bank-Reauthorization</guid>
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<title>House Budget Reconciliation Bill a, "cruel and radical departure from the American values that define our nation"</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/House-Budget-Reconciliation-Bill-a-cruel-and-radical-departure-from-the-American-values-that-define-our-nation</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Thursday, May 10, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE President says that the bill, "unfairly targets not only federal workers, but also many tens of millions of Americans who rely on government services, including struggling middle- and working-class Americans." ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thursday, May 10, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/House-Budget-Reconciliation-Bill-a-cruel-and-radical-departure-from-the-American-values-that-define-our-nation</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Supports HR 2072, a Legislative Compromise to Reauthorize Export-Import Bank</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Supports-HR-2072-a-Legislative-Compromise-to-Reauthorize-Export-Import-Bank</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, May 08, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ As the House prepares to vote on the bill as early as tomorrow IFPTE President writes that the reauthorization, "is essential in sustaining America’s number one export, commercial aircraft, while bolstering good paying and highly skilled U.S. jobs here at home." ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, May 08, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Supports-HR-2072-a-Legislative-Compromise-to-Reauthorize-Export-Import-Bank</guid>
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<title>House CJS Bill Shortchanges NASA, the Legal Services Corporation (LSC)</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/House-CJS-Bill-Shortchanges-NASA-the-Legal-Services-Corporation</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, May 08, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ In a letter to House lawmakers, IFPTE says that a NO vote, "is a vote for continued American exceptionalism in all things Aerospace and for ensuring the delivery of high-quality civil legal aid to low-income Americans." ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, May 08, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/House-CJS-Bill-Shortchanges-NASA-the-Legal-Services-Corporation</guid>
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<title>FLRA General Counsel Announces Web-Based Interactive Training on Rights and Obligations Under The Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/FLRA-General-Counsel-Announces-Web-Based-Interactive-Training</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, May 04, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ The Office of General Counsel (OGC) of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) is pleased to announce that its web-based interactive basic statutory training on rights and obligations under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (Statute) is now available on-line. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, May 04, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/FLRA-General-Counsel-Announces-Web-Based-Interactive-Training</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Mourns the Passing of Judge Ronald Bernoski</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Mourns-the-Passing-of-Judge-Ronald-Bernoski</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, May 01, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Ronald Bernoski, the former and first president of the Association of Administrative Law Judges/IFPTE Judicial Council 1, passed on April 29, 2012 and will be laid to rest on Friday, May 4, 2012. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, May 01, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Mourns-the-Passing-of-Judge-Ronald-Bernoski</guid>
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<title>San Jose's Fuzzy Pension Math</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/San-Jose-City-Employees-Vote-to-File-Ethics-Complaint</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, April 27, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ 04.27.2012 Update: On the heels of being exposed for using a bogus $650 million dollar pension projection that defied logic, the NBC Bay Area (KNTV) Investigative Unit has now exposed that taxpayers are getting ripped off by San Jose's "outside private contractor" that replaced city workers in its once nationally recognized Anti-Graffiti Program. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, April 27, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/San-Jose-City-Employees-Vote-to-File-Ethics-Complaint</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Urges Senators to Reject Eroding the Federal Workers Compensation</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Urges-Senators-to-Reject-Eroding-the-Federal-Workers-Compensation</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, April 27, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ This week the Senate took up legislation, S. 1789, aimed at overhauling the way that the U.S. Postal Service does business. Tucked into that bill was language to reduce federal employee pre-disability pay governed by the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) from 75% to 50%. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, April 27, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Urges-Senators-to-Reject-Eroding-the-Federal-Workers-Compensation</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Opposes S J Res 36</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Opposes-S-J-Res-36</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, April 25, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE authored a letter to the Senate opposing S J Resolution 36 to overturn the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) union election rule intended to speed up the private sector union election process. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, April 25, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Opposes-S-J-Res-36</guid>
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<title>Junemann Takes on Kudlow Report</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Junemann-Takes-on-Kudlow-Report</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, April 25, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Last night IFPTE President, Gregory Junemann, appeared on CNBC's Kudlow Report to discuss the Senate's vote on a resolution to overturn the recently promulgated NLRB union election rule changes. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, April 25, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Junemann-Takes-on-Kudlow-Report</guid>
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<title>Buffett Rule Garners a Majority, but Falls Short</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Calls-on-Senate-to-Pass-the-Buffett-Rule</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, April 17, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Buffett Rule garners a majority, but falls short of the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster. See how your Senator voted. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, April 17, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Calls-on-Senate-to-Pass-the-Buffett-Rule</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Stands Up for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Stands-Up-for-the-Supplemental-Nutrition-Assistance-Program</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, April 13, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Citing that this is a "workers issue" IFPTE Stands Up for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, April 13, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Stands-Up-for-the-Supplemental-Nutrition-Assistance-Program</guid>
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<title>Industry Aiming to Liberalize the L-1 Visa Program</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Industry-Aiming-to-Liberalize-the-L-1-Visa-Program</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, April 04, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ After the U.S. Chamber of Commerce urged the President to liberalize the L-1 Visa program by expanding the definition of "specialized knowledge", the Department for Professional Employees led an April 3rd sign-on letter, of which IFPTE and SPEEA supported, to President Obama urging the Administration to, "reject their request to weaken the L-1B visa definition of "specialized knowledge," because the change is not in the best interest of foreign or domestic workers." ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, April 04, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Industry-Aiming-to-Liberalize-the-L-1-Visa-Program</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Weighs-In on Fiscal Year 2013 NASA Budget</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Weighs-In-on-Fiscal-Year-2013-NASA-Budget</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, March 23, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ In a March 23rd letter outlining IFPTE’s views on NASA’s FY13 budget levels, President Junemann reminds appropriators that there are, “few things more important for America’s future than preserving our unparalleled world leadership in aerospace technology and space exploration.” ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, March 23, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Weighs-In-on-Fiscal-Year-2013-NASA-Budget</guid>
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<title>Scapegoating Federal Employees – IFPTE Fights Back</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Scapegoating-Federal-Employees-IFPTE-Fights-Back</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, March 23, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ As the attacks on federal workers continue in Congress, IFPTE members employed by the federal government are heading to Washington to meet with their lawmakers. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, March 23, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Scapegoating-Federal-Employees-IFPTE-Fights-Back</guid>
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<title>Corporate Tax Breaks or Job Creation?</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Do-You-Believe-in-corporate-tax-breaks-in-the-name-of-job-creation</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, March 23, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ HR 3875, the Outsourcing Accountability Act, will provide transparency to the public in regards to American corporations outsourcing jobs overseas while receiving tax breaks. If you believe corporations should be required to reveal this information, then write your Representative today and urge them to co-sponsor the Outsourcing Accountability Act. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, March 23, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Do-You-Believe-in-corporate-tax-breaks-in-the-name-of-job-creation</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Joins the United DoD Workers Coalition (UDWC) in Opposing BRAC, Contracting Out of DOD Civilian Work</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Joins-the-UDWC-in-Opposing-BRAC</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, March 23, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ n a March 23rd letter sent to House and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairmen McKeon and Levin, UDWC Chairman, Byron Charlton calls on Congress to, "oppose any attempts to implement a BRAC initiative this year," and, "any attempt to revive the OMB Circular A-76." ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, March 23, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Joins-the-UDWC-in-Opposing-BRAC</guid>
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<title>IFPTE to Sen. Akaka: Mahalo for fighting for Federal Workers</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-to-Sen-Akaka-Mahalo-for-fighting-for-Federal-Workers</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, March 20, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Senator Akaka’s Response to Attacks on Federal Employees: “I strongly oppose this new habit of picking the pockets of America's dedicated middle-class public servants.” ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, March 20, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-to-Sen-Akaka-Mahalo-for-fighting-for-Federal-Workers</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Local 2001, SPEEA, Urges Congress to Reauthorize Export-Import Bank</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Local-2001-Urges-Congress-to-Reauthorize-Export-Import-Bank</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Monday, March 19, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ In supporting Senator Cantwell’s legislation to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank, SPEEA President Tom McCarty says that SPEEA is committed, “to the long-term sustainability of domestic aerospace manufacturing and feel it imperative that Congress act now to extend and increase the lending authority of the Export-Import Bank.” ]]></description>
<pubDate>Monday, March 19, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Local-2001-Urges-Congress-to-Reauthorize-Export-Import-Bank</guid>
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<title>For American Workers, Overtime Protections Bring Jobs, Income and a Life</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/For-American-Workers-Overtime-Protections-Bring-Jobs-Income-and-a-Life</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Thursday, March 15, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ The AFL-CIO Executive Council issued a statement calling on Congress to honor the intent of the FLSA by rejecting S. 1747 and all other proposals to roll back overtime eligibility. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thursday, March 15, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/For-American-Workers-Overtime-Protections-Bring-Jobs-Income-and-a-Life</guid>
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<title>Oppose Senator Roberts Amendment to Freeze Federal Pay</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Oppose-Senator-Roberts-Amendment-to-Freeze-Federal-Pay</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, March 13, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) sponsored an amendment to S.1813, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, that would freeze federal employee pay in 2013. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, March 13, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Oppose-Senator-Roberts-Amendment-to-Freeze-Federal-Pay</guid>
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<title>The Myth of the Rich, Hungry Chinese Consumer</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/The-Myth-of-the-Rich-Hungry-Chinese-Consumer</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, March 13, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ EPI Economist Robert E. Scott’s latest blogpost regarding the inaccuracies and distorted view of U.S.-China trade. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, March 13, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/The-Myth-of-the-Rich-Hungry-Chinese-Consumer</guid>
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<title>Protecting the Bargaining Unit - One Member at a Time</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Protecting-the-Bargaining-Unit-One-Member-at-a-Time</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, March 09, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ The Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) ordered MTS to release information to TEAM-IFPTE Local 161 regarding positions it asserts fall outside the bargaining unit. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, March 09, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Protecting-the-Bargaining-Unit-One-Member-at-a-Time</guid>
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<title>Toronto Hydro to Dramatically Slash Staff</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Toronto-Hydro-to-Dramatically-Slash-Staff</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, March 09, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Hundreds of concerned Toronto Hydro staff and their supporters turned out on Tuesday, February 28, to raise concerns about plans by Toronto Hydro to dramatically slash staff, reduce capacity and expose the city to increased power outages. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, March 09, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Toronto-Hydro-to-Dramatically-Slash-Staff</guid>
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<title>Ending Overtime for High Tech Workers?</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Ending-Overtime-for-High-Tech-Workers</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Thursday, March 08, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE, in coordination with the Department of Professional Employees (DPE), the AFL-CIO and the American Federation of Teachers, among other labor organizations, is urging Congress to block attacks on the overtime pay of millions of American high-tech workers. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thursday, March 08, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Ending-Overtime-for-High-Tech-Workers</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Endorses The Outsourcing Accountability Act, HR 3875</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Endorses-The-Outsourcing-Accountability-Act-HR-3875</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, March 07, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ In a letter to House lawmakers, IFPTE President Junemann says that, "American taxpayers, consumers and shareholders deserve to know which companies are walking the walk in terms of domestic job creation, versus those providing lip service to a problem that they not only helped to create, but continue to exasperate." ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, March 07, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Endorses-The-Outsourcing-Accountability-Act-HR-3875</guid>
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<title>Federal Employees, the Long-Term Unemployed Thrown Under the Bus</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Federal-Employees-the-Long-Term-Unemployed-Thrown-Under-the-Bus</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, February 17, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Congress reached a compromise to extend the payroll tax holiday, and a portion of the UI program, but not without throwing the chronically unemployed and newly hired federal workers under bus. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, February 17, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Federal-Employees-the-Long-Term-Unemployed-Thrown-Under-the-Bus</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Responds to President Obama's Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Proposal</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Responds-to-President-Obama-Fiscal-Year-2013-Budget-Proposal</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Monday, February 13, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ President calls for federal employee pension increases, two new rounds of BRAC, and proposed FY13 NASA budget falls short. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Monday, February 13, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Responds-to-President-Obama-Fiscal-Year-2013-Budget-Proposal</guid>
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<title>Majority of Employees Responsible for Internal Operations at the GAO Vote Yes to Form a Union</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Majority-of-Employees-Responsible-for-Internal-Operations-at-the-GAO-Vote-Yes-to-Form-a-Union</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Thursday, February 09, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Professional support specialists responsible for maintaining the Government Accountability Office’s internal operations at the agency’s Washington headquarters and field offices overwhelmingly voted to form a union. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thursday, February 09, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Majority-of-Employees-Responsible-for-Internal-Operations-at-the-GAO-Vote-Yes-to-Form-a-Union</guid>
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<title>House Surface Transportation Bill Falls Short</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/House-Surface-Transportation-Bill-Falls-Short</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, February 08, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Saying that the legislation, "should be a surface transportation bill aimed at adequately funding our nation’s infrastructure needs", IFPTE President Junemann warns House lawmakers that HR 7 instead, "targets government workers at both the state and federal levels." ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, February 08, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/House-Surface-Transportation-Bill-Falls-Short</guid>
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<title>Rep. Dennis Ross' Bill takes a Sledge Hammer to Federal Pensions</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Rep-Dennis-Ross-Bill-takes-a-Sledge-Hammer-to-Federal-Pensions</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Monday, February 06, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ On the eve of a full committee mark-up, IFPTE President tells House Oversight and Government Reform Committee members that the legislation will, "force federal workers to increase their pension payments with no additional increase in benefit." ]]></description>
<pubDate>Monday, February 06, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Rep-Dennis-Ross-Bill-takes-a-Sledge-Hammer-to-Federal-Pensions</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Endorses the Marketplace Fairness Act</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Endorses-the-Marketplace-Fairness-Act</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, February 01, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Urging Senators to sponsor the bill, IFPTE President Junemann says that it is, "time for the Congress to give states the flexibility and tools necessary to collect the taxes that they are owed." ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, February 01, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Endorses-the-Marketplace-Fairness-Act</guid>
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<title>Union Plus Application Deadline Extended</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Union-Plus-Application-Deadline-Extended</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, February 01, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ The Union Plus Scholarship online application system was unable to handle the high volume of applicants prior to yesterday’s deadline so the deadline has been extended. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, February 01, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Union-Plus-Application-Deadline-Extended</guid>
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<title>State of the Union: Manufacturing a Better Future</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/State-of-the-Union-Manufacturing-a-Better-Future</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, January 25, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ On the heels of President Obama’s SOTU call for rebuilding American manufacturing, Economic Policy Institute Director of Trade and Economic Policy Research, Dr. Robert Scott, gives “Kudos” to the President but also points out, “the main cause of our manufacturing woes in the first place: currency manipulation.” ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, January 25, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/State-of-the-Union-Manufacturing-a-Better-Future</guid>
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<title>Conferees Begin Meeting to Extend Payroll Tax Holiday, Long Term UI</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Conferees-Begin-Meeting-to-Extend-Payroll-Tax-Holiday-Long-Term-UI</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Monday, January 23, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Read the IFPTE letter urging congressional leaders that dedicated public servants, "not be singled out to shoulder the cost of this legislation." ]]></description>
<pubDate>Monday, January 23, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Conferees-Begin-Meeting-to-Extend-Payroll-Tax-Holiday-Long-Term-UI</guid>
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<title>Federal Employees Still Being Targeted</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Federal-Employees-Still-Being-Targeted</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, January 20, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ As Congress returns for 2012, lawmakers are continuing to target additional year(s) of pay freeze, cuts to retirement and arbitrary cuts to the size of the workforce. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, January 20, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Federal-Employees-Still-Being-Targeted</guid>
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<title>KAPL Filing for Union Representation with IFPTE</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/KAPL-Filing-for-Union-Representation-with-IFPTE</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, January 18, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Technicians and Specialists at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory filed with the National Labor Relations Board’s field office for a union election to join their colleagues with the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE), Local 147, in order to gain respect and a voice at KAPL. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, January 18, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/KAPL-Filing-for-Union-Representation-with-IFPTE</guid>
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<title>Labor to Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Executive Order 10988</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Labor-to-Celebrate-the-50th-Anniversary-of-Executive-Order-10988</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, January 13, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ January 17th will mark the 50th anniversary that President John F. Kennedy signed Executive Order 10988, which extended meaningful collective bargaining rights to federal workers. On Tuesday the AFL-CIO will celebrate this historic event. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, January 13, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Labor-to-Celebrate-the-50th-Anniversary-of-Executive-Order-10988</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Honors-Dr-Martin-Luther-King-Jr</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, January 11, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ On Monday, January 16th, America will celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday. The members of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) are honored to join our nation in remembering one of our nation’s greatest Americans. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, January 11, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Honors-Dr-Martin-Luther-King-Jr</guid>
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<title>Administration Recommends 0.5% Pay Raise for Federal Workers</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Administration-Recommends-Pay-Raise-for-Federal-Workers</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, January 06, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Today the Obama Administration instructed budget directors at federal agencies to plan for a 0.5% pay increase for federal workers. This recommendation comes on the heels of the current two year pay freeze, which ends on December 31, 2012. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, January 06, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Administration-Recommends-Pay-Raise-for-Federal-Workers</guid>
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<title>Boeing Reneges on Promise to Wichita</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Boeing-Reneges-on-Promise-to-Wichita</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, January 06, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE is disappointed in the Boeing Company’s decision to move the U.S. Air Force KC-767 tanker program out of Wichita, Kansas, reneging on their commitment to bring 7,500 jobs to the area. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, January 06, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Boeing-Reneges-on-Promise-to-Wichita</guid>
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<title>President Obama Recess Appoints Block, Griffin to the NLRB</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/President-Obama-Recess-Appoints-Block-Griffin-to-the-NLRB</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, January 04, 2012  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE President Junemann says, "IFPTE applauds President Obama for proactively appointing these nominees." ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, January 04, 2012 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/President-Obama-Recess-Appoints-Block-Griffin-to-the-NLRB</guid>
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<title>House GOP Fine with Increasing Taxes on Workers, and Leaving the Unemployed Out in the Cold During the Holidays</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/House-GOP-Fine-with-Increasing-Taxes-on-Workers-and-Leaving-the-Unemployed-Out-in-the-Cold-During-the-Holidays</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, December 21, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Read IFPTE update on the latest involving the extension of the payroll tax holiday and the long term unemployment insurance program. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, December 21, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/House-GOP-Fine-with-Increasing-Taxes-on-Workers-and-Leaving-the-Unemployed-Out-in-the-Cold-During-the-Holidays</guid>
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<title>S. 1747, the so-called "Computer Professionals Update Act" Would Remove OT Protections for IT Workers</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/S-1747-the-so-called-Computer-Professionals-Update-Act-Would-Remove-OT-Protections-for-IT-Workers</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, December 21, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Read the December 22nd IFPTE letter to the Senate, warning lawmakers that, “this legislation will remove overtime protection, and the compensation that comes with it, for just about any worker directly employed in the IT industry.” ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, December 21, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/S-1747-the-so-called-Computer-Professionals-Update-Act-Would-Remove-OT-Protections-for-IT-Workers</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Applauds the President for His "Stellar" Nominations to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Applauds-the-President-for-His-Stellar-Nominations-to-the-National-Labor-Relations-Board</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, December 16, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Among several important Administration nominations announced Wednesday by President Obama was that of Sharon Block and Richard Griffin to fill two of the five slots on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, December 16, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Applauds-the-President-for-His-Stellar-Nominations-to-the-National-Labor-Relations-Board</guid>
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<title>HR 3630 Passes House</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/HR-3630-Passes-House</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, December 14, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ While HR 3630 passed the House of Representatives, it will be rejected by the Senate. However, negotiations are ongoing for the final compromise - and federal employee cuts to retirement and/or an extension of the pay freeze remain very much on the table. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, December 14, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/HR-3630-Passes-House</guid>
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<title>House GOP UI and Payroll Tax Extension Bill Once Again Targets Federal Workers and the Unemployed</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/House-GOP-UI-and-Payroll-Tax-Extension-Bill-Once-Again-Targets-Federal-Workers-and-the-Unemployed</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, December 13, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Leaving millionaires and billionaires untouched, the House GOP leadership is again taking aim at federal workers and the unemployed. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, December 13, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/House-GOP-UI-and-Payroll-Tax-Extension-Bill-Once-Again-Targets-Federal-Workers-and-the-Unemployed</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Joins Public Sector Unions in Support of State and Local Government Streamlined Sales Tax Legislation</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Joins-Public-Sector-Unions-in-Support-of-State-and-Local-Government-Streamlined-Sales-Tax-Legislation</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, December 09, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ As a part of IFPTE’s efforts to protect State and Local government taxing authority from being pre-empted by Congress, IFPTE, along with seven other labor organizations, signed a December 7th letter to the House of Representatives in support of State-Local streamlined sales tax legislation. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, December 09, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Joins-Public-Sector-Unions-in-Support-of-State-and-Local-Government-Streamlined-Sales-Tax-Legislation</guid>
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<title>Payroll Tax Extension at the Expense of Federal Employees? The Federal-Postal Coalition Says "No".</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Payroll-Tax-Extension-at-the-Expense-of-Federal-Employees</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, December 09, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE Joined with 25 other organizations that comprise the Federal-Postal coalition in urging Speaker Boehner and Minority Leader Pelosi in urging them to, “reject federal freezes and staffing reductions to finance the extension of a reduction in the Social Security payroll tax.” ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, December 09, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Payroll-Tax-Extension-at-the-Expense-of-Federal-Employees</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Thanks Senator Mikulski</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Thanks-Senator-Mikulski</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, December 02, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ "In these greatly uncertain times, NASA’s employees can rest easier knowing that you have been and will continue to be there for them." ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, December 02, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Thanks-Senator-Mikulski</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Opposes Senate Bill 1931</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Opposes-Senate-Bill-1931</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Thursday, December 01, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ In a letter staunchly opposing passage of S. 1931, IFPTE urged Senators to oppose this bill which attempts to fund the social security payroll tax cut extension on the backs of our nation’s federal employees. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thursday, December 01, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Opposes-Senate-Bill-1931</guid>
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<title>Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act – Neither democratic nor fair</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Workforce-Democracy-and-Fairness-Act-Neither-democratic-nor-fair</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, November 29, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ HR 3094 is a misleading bill intended to make an already difficult and titled process for employees to unionize nearly impossible. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, November 29, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Workforce-Democracy-and-Fairness-Act-Neither-democratic-nor-fair</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Joins Union Coalition in Opposing Another House Bill to Preempt State Taxing Authority</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Joins-Union-Coalition-in-Opposing-Another-House-Bill-to-Preempt-State-Taxing-Authority</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, November 29, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ This week IFPTE joined forces with other Public Sector unions in writing to members of the House urging them to oppose HR 1864, the "Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act". ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, November 29, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Joins-Union-Coalition-in-Opposing-Another-House-Bill-to-Preempt-State-Taxing-Authority</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Weighs-In with Lawmakers on Final Fiscal Year 2012 (FY12) NASA Funding Bill</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Weighs-In-with-Lawmakers-on-FY12-NASA-Funding-Bill</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, November 09, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ As Senate and House appropriators meet to determine the final FY12 funding levels for NASA, IFPTE President warns that NASA’s “top-line must remain sufficiently robust to keep America the world leader in all things aerospace.” ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, November 09, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Weighs-In-with-Lawmakers-on-FY12-NASA-Funding-Bill</guid>
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<title>Ohio Voters Reject Ohio Union Busting Senate Bill 5</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Ohio-Voters-Reject-Ohio-Union-Busting-Senate-Bill-5</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, November 09, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE President Calls Vote Results a “Shellacking”. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, November 09, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Ohio-Voters-Reject-Ohio-Union-Busting-Senate-Bill-5</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Applauds Senate FY12 NASA Appropriation</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Applauds-Senate-FY12-NASA-Appropriation</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, November 04, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ In a letter sent to all Senate offices, IFPTE applauded the NASA numbers included in the Senate Fiscal Year 2012 CJS bill. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, November 04, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Applauds-Senate-FY12-NASA-Appropriation</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Calls for Collective Bargaining Rights, Pension Protections, for Local 1937 Members</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Calls-for-Collective-Bargaining-Rights-Pension-Protections-for-Local-1937-Members</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, November 04, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ While Endorsing TVA Debt Ceiling Increase, IFPTE Calls for Collective Bargaining Rights, Pension Protections, for EA/Local 1937 Members ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, November 04, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Calls-for-Collective-Bargaining-Rights-Pension-Protections-for-Local-1937-Members</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Enthusiastically Endorses Bill to Tax Wall Street Traders and Speculators</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Enthusiastically-Endorses-Bill-to-Tax-Wall-Street-Traders-and-Speculators</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, November 02, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Consistent with our recommendations to the Super Committee, IFPTE authored a letter to Senator Harkin and Congressman DeFazio endorsing their legislation, Wall Street Trading and Speculators Tax Act. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, November 02, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Enthusiastically-Endorses-Bill-to-Tax-Wall-Street-Traders-and-Speculators</guid>
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<title>TEAM Opposes Foreign Ownership in Telecommunications Industry</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/TEAM-Opposes-Foreign-Ownership-in-Telecommunications-Industry</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, November 02, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ TEAM/IFPTE Local 161, strongly opposes unregulated foreign ownership in the telecommunications industry. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, November 02, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/TEAM-Opposes-Foreign-Ownership-in-Telecommunications-Industry</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Joins with Public Sector Unions in Opposing the “Wireless Tax Fairness Act"</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Joins-with-Public-Sector-Unions-in-Opposing-the-Wireless-Tax-Fairness-Act</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Monday, October 31, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE joined forces with six other unions that represent State workers urging House members to reject HR 1002, the Wireless Tax Fairness Act. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Monday, October 31, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Joins-with-Public-Sector-Unions-in-Opposing-the-Wireless-Tax-Fairness-Act</guid>
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<title>Chairman Issa Recommends Slash and Burn Federal Employee Policy to Super Committee: IFPTE Says "No"</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Chairman-Issa-Recommends-Slash-and-Burn-Federal-Employee-Policy-to-Super-Committee</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, October 28, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE joined with our Sister and Brother unions in sending a response to House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Issa's Super Committee proposal. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, October 28, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Chairman-Issa-Recommends-Slash-and-Burn-Federal-Employee-Policy-to-Super-Committee</guid>
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<title>House of Representatives Continues to Attack American Workers</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/House-of-Representatives-Continues-to-Attack-American-Workers</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, October 26, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Another union busting bill, which will make an already very tilted NLRB private sector union election process even more impossible, is being considered today in the House Education and Workforce Committee. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, October 26, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/House-of-Representatives-Continues-to-Attack-American-Workers</guid>
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<title>Super Committee Co-chair Patty Murray Sends Reply to IFPTE</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Super-Committee-Co-chair-Patty-Murray-Sends-Reply-to-IFPTE</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, October 26, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Senator Murray replies to IFPTE’s letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, October 26, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Super-Committee-Co-chair-Patty-Murray-Sends-Reply-to-IFPTE</guid>
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<title>Senator Akaka Sends Recommendations Letter to Super Committee</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Senator-Akaka-Sends-Recommendations-Letter-to-Super-Committee</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Monday, October 17, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Senator Akaka submitted his recommendations to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. In it, Chairman Akaka urges that the legislation “not include additional measures directed at Federal employee pay and benefits.” ]]></description>
<pubDate>Monday, October 17, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Senator-Akaka-Sends-Recommendations-Letter-to-Super-Committee</guid>
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<title>OMB Recommends Increases in TVA Worker Pension Contributions</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/OMB-Recommends-Increases-in-TVA-Worker-Pension-Contributions</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, October 14, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE authored a letter to the Super Committee urging them to reject a recommendation from the Office of Management and Budget to increase Tennessee Valley Authority worker pension contributions. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, October 14, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/OMB-Recommends-Increases-in-TVA-Worker-Pension-Contributions</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Urges Congress to Protect American Jobs by Rejecting South Korea, Panama and Colombia Trade Deals</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Urges-Congress-to-Protect-American-Jobs</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, October 12, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE President tells Hill lawmakers that, “IFPTE finds it cruelly ironic that in order to pass a much needed long-term extension of the TAA program - American workers will have to swallow hard and accept three more trade agreements that will lead to even more job losses.” ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, October 12, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Urges-Congress-to-Protect-American-Jobs</guid>
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<title>Governmental Accounting Standards Board Proposed Accounting Changes Will Weaken Public Sector Pensions</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Governmental-Accounting-Standards-Board-Proposed-Accounting-Changes-Will-Weaken-Public-Sector-Pensions</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, October 12, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE Secretary Treasurer, Paul Shearon, provides the union’s comments on proposed accounting changes to GASB Director of Research. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, October 12, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Governmental-Accounting-Standards-Board-Proposed-Accounting-Changes-Will-Weaken-Public-Sector-Pensions</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Testifies on Benefits of Federal Government Partnerships</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Testifies-on-Benefits-of-Federal-Government-Partnerships</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, October 11, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ In testimony today before a Senate subcommittee, IFPTE reaffirms that labor management partnerships "create an environment in which meaningful and positive change can occur to the benefit of not only the American taxpayer, but also to the benefit of dedicated federal workers." ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, October 11, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Testifies-on-Benefits-of-Federal-Government-Partnerships</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Weighs In on Chinese Currency Manipulation</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Weighs-In-on-Chinese-Currency-Manipulation</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Monday, October 03, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ As the Senate prepares to tackle Chinese currency manipulation issue, IFPTE Urges Senators to support S. 1619, the Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2011. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Monday, October 03, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Weighs-In-on-Chinese-Currency-Manipulation</guid>
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<title>Senate Marks Up NASA Funding Bill</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Senate-Marks-Up-NASA-Funding-Bill</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Thursday, September 15, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Realizing tight budgetary constraints, IFPTE President urges Chairperson Mikulski and Ranking Senator Hutchison to “fund NASA at or near $18 billion”. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thursday, September 15, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Senate-Marks-Up-NASA-Funding-Bill</guid>
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<title>President Obama's Jobs Now Site is Now Live</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/President-Obamas-Jobs-Now-Site-is-Now-Live</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Thursday, September 15, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ See the President's speech on the American Jobs Act as well as other features like state-by-state fact sheets and information about the President's proposal.  It's a very useful resource to learn more about the bill. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thursday, September 15, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/President-Obamas-Jobs-Now-Site-is-Now-Live</guid>
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<title>Coalition of Federal Unions Weighs in with 'Super Committee' to Defend Federal Workforce</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Coalition-of-Federal-Unions-Weighs-in-with-Super-Committee-to-Defend-Federal-Workforce</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, September 14, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ The Federal Workers Alliance is working to defend the federal workforce from irresponsible cuts in the forthcoming congressional super committee negotiations. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, September 14, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Coalition-of-Federal-Unions-Weighs-in-with-Super-Committee-to-Defend-Federal-Workforce</guid>
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<title>Bill Aimed at Gutting the National Labor Relations Board to Hit House Floor on Thursday</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Bill-Aimed-at-Gutting-the-National-Labor-Relations-Board-to-Hit-House-Floor-on-Thursday</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, September 13, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE President warns House members that the legislation, “takes away the enforcement mechanism of the NLRB, thereby rendering it useless to remedy rouge actions by employers against their workers.” ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, September 13, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Bill-Aimed-at-Gutting-the-National-Labor-Relations-Board-to-Hit-House-Floor-on-Thursday</guid>
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<title>96% of WTPU Members Reject Spirit Contract Offer, SPEEA Reviewing Latest Offer</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/WTPU-Members-Reject-Spirit-Contract-Offer-SPEEA-Reviewing-Latest-Offer</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, September 09, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ After 96.5% of the members of Wichita Technical and Professional Unit (WTPU) rejected Spirit AeroSystems contract offer, the company and WTPU returned to the table yesterday. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, September 09, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/WTPU-Members-Reject-Spirit-Contract-Offer-SPEEA-Reviewing-Latest-Offer</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Urges 'Swift' Passage of the American Jobs Act</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Urges-%27Swift%27-Passage-of-the-American-Jobs-Act</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, September 09, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE President Gregory Junemann urged for swift passage of President Obama's American Jobs Act. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, September 09, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Urges-%27Swift%27-Passage-of-the-American-Jobs-Act</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Letter to the Congressional 'Super Committee'</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Letter-to-the-Congressional-Super-Committee</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, September 02, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE writes letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, September 02, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Letter-to-the-Congressional-Super-Committee</guid>
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<title>Nurses to Converge on 60 Congressional Offices in 21 States Sept. 1</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Nurses-to-Converge-on-60-Congressional-Offices-in-21-States-Sept-1</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, August 31, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ RNs to sponsor soup kitchens, food pantries, speak outs on the need for jobs, healthcare, education, housing – and outline the RN plan on how to pay for it. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, August 31, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Nurses-to-Converge-on-60-Congressional-Offices-in-21-States-Sept-1</guid>
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<title>The AFL-CIO Civil Rights News is Available</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/The-AFL-CIO-Civil-Rights-News-is-Available</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, August 31, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ The Civil Rights News and its website provide a host of news, resources and links that are useful and informative. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, August 31, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/The-AFL-CIO-Civil-Rights-News-is-Available</guid>
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<title>Support HR 1489, The Return to Prudent Banking Act</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Support-HR-1489-The-Return-to-Prudent-Banking-Act</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, August 31, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ President Junemann authored a letter to the House of Representatives urging them to co-sponsor HR 1489, The Return to Prudent Banking Act. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, August 31, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Support-HR-1489-The-Return-to-Prudent-Banking-Act</guid>
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<item>
<title>DOMA Trumps Federal Agency Non-Discrimination Statements</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/DOMA-Trumps-Federal-Agency-Non-Discrimination-Statements</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Monday, August 29, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE Urges Federal Government to Reconcile DOMA, Agency EEO Statements. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Monday, August 29, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/DOMA-Trumps-Federal-Agency-Non-Discrimination-Statements</guid>
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<item>
<title>IFPTE Responds to the Passing of Jack Layton</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Responds-to-the-Passing-of-Jack-Layton</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, August 23, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Canadian NDP Leader was a "fierce advocate for Canadian workers". ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, August 23, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Responds-to-the-Passing-of-Jack-Layton</guid>
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<item>
<title>UFCW Canada campaign for Mexican farm workers supported by the CNC</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/UFCW-Canada-campaign-for-Mexican-farm-workers-supported-by-the-CNC</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Monday, August 22, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Mexico’s largest farm workers union denounces the violation of migrant workers’ labour rights. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Monday, August 22, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/UFCW-Canada-campaign-for-Mexican-farm-workers-supported-by-the-CNC</guid>
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<item>
<title>POTUS Remarks On Labor Unions and Government Workers</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/POTUS-Remarks-On-Labor-Unions-and-Government-Workers</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, August 16, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ At a town hall meeting in Decorah, Iowa, President Obama spoke candidly about labor unions and government workers. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, August 16, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/POTUS-Remarks-On-Labor-Unions-and-Government-Workers</guid>
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<item>
<title>'Essential' and 'Excepted' Federal Workers Should Be Inherently Governmental</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Essential-and-Excepted-Federal-Workers-Should-Be-Inherently-Governmental</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, August 12, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ With the recent government debacles that hurt federal workers, IFPTE urges OMB and OFPP to make these positions deemed 'essential' and 'excepted' inherently governmental. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, August 12, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Essential-and-Excepted-Federal-Workers-Should-Be-Inherently-Governmental</guid>
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<item>
<title>Can Big Companies Pick Which Laws to Obey?</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Can-Big-Companies-Pick-Which-Laws-to-Obey</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, August 12, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Stan Sorscher, Labor Representative for SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001, writes about the ongoing issue between The Boeing Company and their blatant disregard for labor law. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, August 12, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Can-Big-Companies-Pick-Which-Laws-to-Obey</guid>
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<item>
<title>Union Busting Fuels FAA Shutdown</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Union-Busting-Fuels-FAA-Shutdown</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Thursday, August 04, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Republicans Continue ‘Hostage’ Negotiations Instead of Passing a Clean Bill ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thursday, August 04, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Union-Busting-Fuels-FAA-Shutdown</guid>
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<item>
<title>IFPTE Responds - Debt Ceiling Deal Reached</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Responds-Debt-Ceiling-Deal-Reached</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Monday, August 01, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Social Security, Medicare, Federal Pensions Spared - for now. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Monday, August 01, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Responds-Debt-Ceiling-Deal-Reached</guid>
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<item>
<title>Spirit Contract Offer Overwhelmingly Rejected</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Spirit-Contract-Offer-Overwhelmingly-Rejected</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Saturday, July 30, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Spirit contract offer overwhelmingly rejected by 96.5% of SPEEA members. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Saturday, July 30, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Spirit-Contract-Offer-Overwhelmingly-Rejected</guid>
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<item>
<title>House Bill Aims to Gut National Labor Relations Board Power</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/House-Bill-Aims-to-Gut-National-Labor-Relations-Board-Power</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, July 27, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ In a letter to all House member, IFPTE President says that HR 2587 "will essentially gut the NLRB's ability to enforce worker protections". ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, July 27, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/House-Bill-Aims-to-Gut-National-Labor-Relations-Board-Power</guid>
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<title>House Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill Guts NASA Funding</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/House-Commerce-Justice-Science-and-Related-Agencies-Appropriations-Bill-Guts-NASA-Funding</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, July 13, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE opposes House FY12 NASA funding bill, telling lawmakers that, “Your NO vote is a vote for continued American exceptionalism in all things Aerospace.” ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, July 13, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/House-Commerce-Justice-Science-and-Related-Agencies-Appropriations-Bill-Guts-NASA-Funding</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Calls on Congress to Protect Taxpayer Dollars by Maintaining a Ban on Army Corps Contracting</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Calls-on-Congress-to-Protect-Taxpayer-Dollars-by-Maintaining-a-Ban-on-Army-Corps-Contracting</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, July 12, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE urges lawmakers to oppose an amendment aimed at striking Sec. 102, the contracting ban language, from the House Fiscal Year 2012 Energy and Water Appropriations bill. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, July 12, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Calls-on-Congress-to-Protect-Taxpayer-Dollars-by-Maintaining-a-Ban-on-Army-Corps-Contracting</guid>
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<title>IFPTE, AFGE Respond to House's Release of FY12 NASA Spending Allocations</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-AFGE-Respond-to-Houses-Release-of-FY12-NASA-Spending-Allocations</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, July 08, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Joint statement by NASA’s two largest unions say that House allocations for NASA will, "surrender America’s leadership in aerospace." ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, July 08, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-AFGE-Respond-to-Houses-Release-of-FY12-NASA-Spending-Allocations</guid>
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<item>
<title>2011 Dominick D. Critelli, Jr. Scholarship Award Winners</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/2011-Dominick-D-Critelli-Jr-Scholarship-Award-Winners</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Thursday, July 07, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE is honored to announce the winners of the 2011 Dominick D. Critelli, Jr. Scholarship Awards Program. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thursday, July 07, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/2011-Dominick-D-Critelli-Jr-Scholarship-Award-Winners</guid>
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<item>
<title>Congress, Administration Set to Make TAA Extension Contingent on Approval of South Korea, Colombia, and Panama Trade Deals</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Congress-Administration-Set-to-Make-TAA-Extension-Contingent-on-Approval-of-South-Korea-Colombia-and-Panama-Trade-Deals</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, June 29, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ American workers will have to swallow hard and accept three more trade agreements that will lead to even more job losses. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, June 29, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Congress-Administration-Set-to-Make-TAA-Extension-Contingent-on-Approval-of-South-Korea-Colombia-and-Panama-Trade-Deals</guid>
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<item>
<title>IFPTE Mourns the Loss of Salvatore Baglieri</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Mourns-the-Loss-of-Salvatore-Baglieri</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, June 28, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Local 195 Trustee Chair Passed Away on June 26, 2011. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, June 28, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Mourns-the-Loss-of-Salvatore-Baglieri</guid>
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<item>
<title>Democratic Controlled NJ Legislature Signs Off on Union Busting Legislation</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Democratic-Controlled-NJ-Legislature-Signs-Off-on-Union-Busting-Legislation</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Monday, June 27, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ The New Jersey Assembly approved Assembly Bill 4133 (A-4133) eroding the collective bargaining rights of New Jersey public sector workers. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Monday, June 27, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Democratic-Controlled-NJ-Legislature-Signs-Off-on-Union-Busting-Legislation</guid>
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<item>
<title>The Struggle in New Jersey Continues</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/The-Struggle-in-New-Jersey-Continues</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, June 22, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ As the attacks continue, public sector workers in New Jersey are fighting to save their benefits and pensions. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, June 22, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/The-Struggle-in-New-Jersey-Continues</guid>
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<item>
<title>Maryland Senator, Barbara Mikulski, Says "NO" to Attacks on Federal Pensions</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Maryland-Senator-Barbara-Mikulski-Says-NO-to-Attacks-on-Federal-Pensions</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, June 21, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Senator Mikulski says that, “we must not put federal employee pensions on the chopping block in budget reduction negotiations." ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, June 21, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Maryland-Senator-Barbara-Mikulski-Says-NO-to-Attacks-on-Federal-Pensions</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Tells New Jersey Assembly Members to Kill the Bill</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Tells-New-Jersey-Assembly-Members-to-Kill-the-Bill</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, June 21, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE President Junemann tells lawmakers that if they allow this bill to pass it will be "a direct attack against middle-class families". ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, June 21, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Tells-New-Jersey-Assembly-Members-to-Kill-the-Bill</guid>
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<item>
<title>IFPTE Calls on Obama Administration to Reject Federal Employee only Tax on Pensions</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Calls-on-Obama-Administration-to-Reject-Federal-Employee-only-Tax-on-Pensions</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, June 17, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE, Sixteen Other Unions, Call on Obama Administration to Live Up To Campaign Promise by Rejecting Federal Employee only Tax on Pensions. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, June 17, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Calls-on-Obama-Administration-to-Reject-Federal-Employee-only-Tax-on-Pensions</guid>
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<item>
<title>Not All New Jersey Democrats Are Union Busters</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Not-All-New-Jersey-Democrats-Are-Union-Busters</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, June 17, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE thanked four New Jersey Senate Democrats who sit on the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee for, "not kowtowing to the arm twisting pressure from party leaders." ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, June 17, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Not-All-New-Jersey-Democrats-Are-Union-Busters</guid>
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<item>
<title>Rep. Tim Scott Union Busting Bill Aims to End Federal Dues Deduction</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Rep-Tim-Scott-Union-Busting-Bill-Aims-to-End-Federal-Dues-Deduction</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Monday, June 06, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ In letter to House lawmakers, IFPTE President Junemann calls the bill, “a cynical attack against Americans that participate in their unions.” ]]></description>
<pubDate>Monday, June 06, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Rep-Tim-Scott-Union-Busting-Bill-Aims-to-End-Federal-Dues-Deduction</guid>
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<item>
<title>IFPTE Warns Harper Government Against Lifting the Foreign Ownership Cap on Telecommunications Industry</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Warns-Harper-Government-Against-Lifting-the-Foreign-Ownership-Cap-on-Telecommunications-Industry</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, June 01, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Junemann letter to Industry Minister Paradis urges Government to “rethink its position on foreign ownership”. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, June 01, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Warns-Harper-Government-Against-Lifting-the-Foreign-Ownership-Cap-on-Telecommunications-Industry</guid>
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<title>House to Consider HR 1540, the National Defense Authorization Act</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/House-to-Consider-HR-1540-the-National-Defense-Authorization-Act</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, May 25, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Several amendments impacting IFPTE members could be offered during today’s consideration of the House’s Fiscal Year 2012 NDAA. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, May 25, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/House-to-Consider-HR-1540-the-National-Defense-Authorization-Act</guid>
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<title>Senate Primed to Vote on Anti-Worker Budget Proposals</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Senate-Primed-to-Vote-on-Anti-Worker-Budget-Proposals</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, May 24, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE urges Senators to reject the Ryan budget, and any other proposal that will take aim at Medicare, Social Security, Medicaid, and federal employee retirement and pay. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, May 24, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Senate-Primed-to-Vote-on-Anti-Worker-Budget-Proposals</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Endorses Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) Pension Security Proposal</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Endorses-Canadian-Labour-Congress-CLC-Pension-Security-Proposal</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Monday, May 23, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE President Junemann Urges Canada’s Finance Minister, James Flaherty, to “double future Canadian Pension Plan benefits to provide retirement security to all Canadian worker.” ]]></description>
<pubDate>Monday, May 23, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Endorses-Canadian-Labour-Congress-CLC-Pension-Security-Proposal</guid>
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<title>Comparing Promises - NAFTA's Destruction and the Pending South Korea FTA</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Comparing-Promises-NAFTAs-Destruction-and-the-Pending-South-Korea-FTA</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, May 13, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ In the face of more promises of U.S. jobs and trade surpluses with passage of the Korea FTA, EPI revisits NAFTA’s destruction to American industry and their workers. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, May 13, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Comparing-Promises-NAFTAs-Destruction-and-the-Pending-South-Korea-FTA</guid>
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<item>
<title>NLRB Boeing Decision</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/NLRB-Boeing-Decision</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, May 11, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Some Senators Attempting to Intimidate and Frustrate the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Process. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, May 11, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/NLRB-Boeing-Decision</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Endorses the McDermott/Sanders Single Payer Healthcare Legislation</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Endorses-the-McDermott-Sanders-Single-Payer-Healthcare-Legislation</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Monday, May 09, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE Endorses the American Health Security Act of 2011. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Monday, May 09, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Endorses-the-McDermott-Sanders-Single-Payer-Healthcare-Legislation</guid>
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<item>
<title>Obama Strongly Disapproves of Public Union Limits</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Obama-Strongly-Disapproves-of-Public-Union-Limits</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, April 27, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ In an interview, the President says public employees should not be blamed for a financial crisis they had nothing to do with. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, April 27, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Obama-Strongly-Disapproves-of-Public-Union-Limits</guid>
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<title>Ryan Budget Bill Sets the Table to End Retirement Security for American Workers</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Ryan-Budget-Bill-Sets-the-Table-to-End-Retirement-Security-for-American-Workers</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Monday, April 25, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ House passed legislation will end Medicare, cut Social Security and Medicaid, and takes aim at federal employees. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Monday, April 25, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Ryan-Budget-Bill-Sets-the-Table-to-End-Retirement-Security-for-American-Workers</guid>
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<title>Union Plus Special Offer</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/2011-04-15-Union-Plus-Special-Offer</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, April 15, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Union members can enjoy a $50 credit in addition to the 15% Union Plus discount off monthly rates by switching to AT&amp;T wireless. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, April 15, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/2011-04-15-Union-Plus-Special-Offer</guid>
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<title>IFPTE's Legislative Advocacy Week is a Success!</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/2011-04-12-IFPTE-Legislative-Advocacy-Week-is-a-Success</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, April 12, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE held its 6th Annual Legislative Advocacy Week in Washington, DC. One hundred participants gathered at the CWA Conference Center to discuss issues relevant to IFPTE’s membership. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, April 12, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/2011-04-12-IFPTE-Legislative-Advocacy-Week-is-a-Success</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Calls on Congress to Reject Rep. Paul Ryan's Budget Proposal</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Calls-on-Congress-to-Reject-Rep-Paul-Ryan-Budget-Proposal</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, April 12, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ In a letter calling on House lawmakers to vote against the budget bill, IFPTE President Junemann calls the proposal "purposely regressive" for our nation’s workers and seniors. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, April 12, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Calls-on-Congress-to-Reject-Rep-Paul-Ryan-Budget-Proposal</guid>
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<title>Solidarity for Public Employees</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/2011-04-11-Solidarity-for-Public-Employees</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Monday, April 11, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Thanks to labor’s work, we can recognize the April 4th solidarity mobilization week as the largest and broadest mobilization effort by our movement in a long time. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Monday, April 11, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/2011-04-11-Solidarity-for-Public-Employees</guid>
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<title>Information to IFPTE Locals Regarding Potential Government Lockout</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Information-to-IFPTE-Locals-Regarding-Potential-Government-Lockout</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, April 08, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Latest information in relation to a possible government shutdown. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, April 08, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Information-to-IFPTE-Locals-Regarding-Potential-Government-Lockout</guid>
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<title>Government Shutdown?</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Government-Shutdown</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Monday, April 04, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE Member informational resources can be found here. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Monday, April 04, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Government-Shutdown</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Calls FAA Bill an "Attack on Workers"</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Calls-FAA-Bill-an-Attack-on-Workers</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, March 30, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Read President Junemann's letter calling on House lawmakers to reject an attempt to overturn NMB election process, as well as other attacks on Aviation workers. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, March 30, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Calls-FAA-Bill-an-Attack-on-Workers</guid>
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<title>President Obama Offers Remembrance on the 100th Anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/President-Obama-Offers-Remembrance</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, March 25, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ <em>"…Despite the enormous progress made since the Triangle factory fire, we are still fighting to provide adequate working conditions for all women and men on the job..."</em> ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, March 25, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/President-Obama-Offers-Remembrance</guid>
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<title>What the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Means for Workers Now</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/What-the-Triangle-Shirtwaist-Fire-Means-for-Workers-Now</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Monday, March 21, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Labor Secretary Hilda Solis remembers the tragedy that took the lives of 146 workers 100 years ago. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Monday, March 21, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/What-the-Triangle-Shirtwaist-Fire-Means-for-Workers-Now</guid>
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<title>A Letter to Governor Scott Walker</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/A-Letter-to-Governor-Scott-Walker</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, March 11, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ On the eve of a massive protest rally in Wisconsin, a citizen pens a letter of truth to Gov. Walker. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, March 11, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/A-Letter-to-Governor-Scott-Walker</guid>
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<title>Former IFPTE Secretary-Treasurer John 'Jack' H. Dunne Passes Away</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Former-IFPTE-Secretary-Treasurer-John-Dunne-Passes-Away</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, March 09, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ John ‘Jack’ Dunne served IFPTE as a successful organizer for our Union’s Mid-West area beginning in 1962 until being appointed to the position of Secretary-Treasurer/Director of Organizing by the Executive Council. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, March 09, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Former-IFPTE-Secretary-Treasurer-John-Dunne-Passes-Away</guid>
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<title>Wisconsin</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Wisconsin</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Monday, March 07, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ A short film shot entirely on the top of State Street at The Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Monday, March 07, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Wisconsin</guid>
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<title>We Want a Voice Too</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/We-Want-a-Voice-Too</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, March 04, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Majority of Employees Responsible for Internal Operations at the Government Accountability Office File Union Election Authorization Cards. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, March 04, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/We-Want-a-Voice-Too</guid>
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<title>Federal Government Shutdown?</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Federal-Government-Shutdown</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, March 01, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ As Congress and the Obama Administration decide on the amount of agency funding for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2011, federal workers are left with the uncertainty of a posssible lockout. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, March 01, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Federal-Government-Shutdown</guid>
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<title>Junemann on Wisconsin Protests "Labor Must Work in Tandem"</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Junemann-on-Wisconsin-Protests-Labor-Must-Work-in-Tandem</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, March 01, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ As the pro-labor protests move into the third week, labor strategizes to keep the pressure and numbers high. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, March 01, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Junemann-on-Wisconsin-Protests-Labor-Must-Work-in-Tandem</guid>
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<title>CPP - A Better Bet than Private Plans</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/CPP-A-Better-Bet-than-Private-Plans</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, March 01, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ CLC President Ken Georgetti urges citizens to speak out in support of expansion of the Canadian Pension Plan. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, March 01, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/CPP-A-Better-Bet-than-Private-Plans</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Responds to DOD's Tanker Decision and its Impact on Jobs</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Responds-to-DODs-Tanker-Decision-and-Its-Impact-on-Jobs</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Thursday, February 24, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ The Department of Defense has awarded the much anticipated tanker contract to The Boeing Company creating a much-needed shot in the arm for our economy. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thursday, February 24, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Responds-to-DODs-Tanker-Decision-and-Its-Impact-on-Jobs</guid>
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<title>What You Can Do to Help the Public Sector Workers in Wisconsin</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/What-You-Can-Do-to-Help-the-Public-Sector-Workers-in-Wisconsin</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, February 23, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE has heard from many of you who wish to personally help the workers. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, February 23, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/What-You-Can-Do-to-Help-the-Public-Sector-Workers-in-Wisconsin</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Stands In Solidarity with Wisconsin Public Sector Workers</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Stands-In-Solidarity-with-Wisconsin-Public-Sector-Workers</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, February 22, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE President Junemann Says that Union Busting is Alive and Well. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, February 22, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Stands-In-Solidarity-with-Wisconsin-Public-Sector-Workers</guid>
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<title>Weiner Amendment to HR 1 Would Cause NASA Job Losses</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Weiner-Amendment-to-HR-1-Would-Cause-NASA-Job-Losses</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, February 18, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Weiner Amendment to cut $298 from NASA passes.  See how your Representative voted. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, February 18, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Weiner-Amendment-to-HR-1-Would-Cause-NASA-Job-Losses</guid>
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<title>Rooney Amendment to HR 1 Would End the JSF Alternate Engine Program</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Rooney-Amendment-to-HR-1-Would-End-the-JSF-Alternate-Engine-Program</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, February 18, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Rooney Amendment to kill funding for F136 Alternative Engine Passes House. See how your Representative voted. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, February 18, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Rooney-Amendment-to-HR-1-Would-End-the-JSF-Alternate-Engine-Program</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Supports HR 658, the FAA Reauthorization Measure</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Supports-HR-658-the-FAA-Reauthorization-Measure</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, February 18, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE throws its support behind Rep. Michaud and Rep. Lipinski’s amendments. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, February 18, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Supports-HR-658-the-FAA-Reauthorization-Measure</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Defends NASA Exploration Program</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Defends-NASA-Exploration-Program</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Thursday, February 17, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Read President Greg Junemann’s letter in opposition to Rep. DeFazio’s amendment to kill the NASA exploration program. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thursday, February 17, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Defends-NASA-Exploration-Program</guid>
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<title>Issa, Rokita Amendments to HR 1 Aim to Further Cut Federal Employee Salaries</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Issa-Rokita-Amendments-to-HR-1-Aim-to-Further-Cut-Federal-Employee-Salaries</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Thursday, February 17, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Read President Junemann’s letter to House members in opposition to the amendments. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thursday, February 17, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Issa-Rokita-Amendments-to-HR-1-Aim-to-Further-Cut-Federal-Employee-Salaries</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Opposes HR1, the Fiscal Year 2011 Continuing Resolution</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Opposes-HR1-the-Fiscal-Year-2011-Continuing-Resolution</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, February 15, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE believes that the draconian reductions called for by the House Majority unnecessarily target America’s workers. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, February 15, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Opposes-HR1-the-Fiscal-Year-2011-Continuing-Resolution</guid>
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<title>House Lawmakers Take Aim at Eroding Federal Efficiencies and Union Representation</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/House-Lawmakers-Take-Aim-at-Eroding-Federal-Efficiencies-and-Union-Representation</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, February 15, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ As a part of the consideration of HR 1, some House lawmakers are attempting to threaten federal labor/management partnerships and taxpayer efficiencies by defunding official time. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, February 15, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/House-Lawmakers-Take-Aim-at-Eroding-Federal-Efficiencies-and-Union-Representation</guid>
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<title>President's Austere FY12 NASA Budget is Workable</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Presidents-Austere-FY12-NASA-Budget-is-Workable</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Monday, February 14, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ President Junemann authors a statement on President Obama’s proposed FY12 NASA budget. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Monday, February 14, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Presidents-Austere-FY12-NASA-Budget-is-Workable</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Seeks to Restore Full NASA Funding in FY11</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Seeks-to-Restore-Full-NASA-Funding-in-FY11</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Monday, February 14, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ HR 1 Would Provide Serious Misalignment between NASA's Appropriations and its Missions Mandated by the NASA Authorization Act of 2010. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Monday, February 14, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Seeks-to-Restore-Full-NASA-Funding-in-FY11</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Calls on Senate to Save NASA Aeronautics Research and Development</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Calls-on-Senate-to-Save-NASA-Aeronautics-Research-and-Development</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, February 08, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Update: Amendment Passes Overwhelmingly (96-1) ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, February 08, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Calls-on-Senate-to-Save-NASA-Aeronautics-Research-and-Development</guid>
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<title>KORUS FTA Still Falls Short on Workers Rights and Will Increase US Trade Deficit</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/KORUS-FTA-Still-Falls-Short-on-Workers-Rights-and-Will-Increase-US-Trade-Deficit</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Monday, February 07, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ In expressing opposition to the KORUS Trade deal, IFPTE President Junemann warned Labor Secretary Solis and Trade Representative, Ambassador Kirk, that “our national experiment with free trade agreements has been negative for workers in America, as well as those around the world.” ]]></description>
<pubDate>Monday, February 07, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/KORUS-FTA-Still-Falls-Short-on-Workers-Rights-and-Will-Increase-US-Trade-Deficit</guid>
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<title>Putting the Cart Before the Horse in Moving Patent Legislation</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Putting-the-Cart-Before-the-Horse-in-Moving-Patent-Legislation</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Thursday, February 03, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Citing concerns about preserving American ingenuity and enhancing U.S. job creation, IFPTE President Junemann was joined by retired Federal Judge, Paul Michel, in urging Congress to move slowly on reforming our nation’s patent system. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thursday, February 03, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Putting-the-Cart-Before-the-Horse-in-Moving-Patent-Legislation</guid>
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<title>Federal Workers Keeping American Running</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Federal-Workers-Keeping-American-Running-Every-Hour-of-Every-Day</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Thursday, February 03, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Every morning when we get up and throughout the entire day, the critical services that our federal workers provide benefit all Americans. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thursday, February 03, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Federal-Workers-Keeping-American-Running-Every-Hour-of-Every-Day</guid>
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<title>IFPTE, FWA to the White House - "reject the recommendations" made by the Deficit Commission</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-FWA-to-White-House-reject-recommendations-made-by-Deficit-Commission</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, February 01, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE joined with the unions of the Federal Workers Alliance in urging the President to reject draconian cuts to federal workers benefits and pay. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, February 01, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-FWA-to-White-House-reject-recommendations-made-by-Deficit-Commission</guid>
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<title>Why Privatize the New Jersey Turnpike?</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Why-privatize-the-New-Jersey-Turnpike</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Saturday, January 29, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ The Workers of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority know how important the turnpike is to moving goods and people throughout the northeast region. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Saturday, January 29, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Why-privatize-the-New-Jersey-Turnpike</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Works to Ensure Tanker Contract Process does not Unfairly Penalize American Companies and Workers</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Works-to-Ensure-Tanker-Contract-Process</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, January 28, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE Secretary-Treasurer Paul Shearon sent a letter to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman in anticipation of the 01/27 SASC hearing on the impending Air Force aerial refueling tanker decision. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, January 28, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Works-to-Ensure-Tanker-Contract-Process</guid>
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<title>Attack on Government Workers</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Attack-on-Government-Workers</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, January 25, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Since the economic crisis began, federal and public workers have been attacked as the crux of our financial problems.  See what’s really happening in the states and on the national level. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, January 25, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Attack-on-Government-Workers</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Says "NO" to Congressional Attacks on Federal Workers</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Says-NO-to-Congressional-Attacks-on-Federal-Workers</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Thursday, January 20, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ As House Republicans ramp up their efforts to gut the federal workforce, IFPTE President Gregory Junemann warned House lawmakers in a January 20th letter that federal workers have “become on unwitting political football.” ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thursday, January 20, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Says-NO-to-Congressional-Attacks-on-Federal-Workers</guid>
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<title>Canadian Workers in All Sectors Facing "Race to the Bottom" Legislative Efforts</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Canadian-Workers-in-All-Sectors-Facing-Race-to-the-Bottom-Legislative-Efforts</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, January 14, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Whether it be at the Federal, Provincial or City levels of government, elected leaders of all political stripes are taking direct aim at Canadian workers, with members of IFPTE being potential targets. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, January 14, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Canadian-Workers-in-All-Sectors-Facing-Race-to-the-Bottom-Legislative-Efforts</guid>
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<title>President of the Canadian Labour Congress Urges Quick Action on Enhancing CPP</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/President-of-the-Canadian-Labour-Congress-Urges-Quick-Action-on-Enhancing-CPP</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Thursday, January 13, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Finance Ministers should move as quickly as possible to provide enhancements to the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans, says Ken Georgetti, president of the Canadian Labour Congress. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thursday, January 13, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/President-of-the-Canadian-Labour-Congress-Urges-Quick-Action-on-Enhancing-CPP</guid>
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<title>Social Security Administrative Law Judges, Immigration Judges Facing Increasing Threats of Violence</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Social-Security-Administrative-Law-Judges-Immigration-Judges-Facing-Increasing-Threats-of-Violence</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, January 12, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Social Security Administrative Law Judges represented by IFPTE Judicial Council 1, the Association of Administrative Law Judges, and Immigration Judges represented by IFPTE Judicial Council 2, the National Association of Immigration Judges employed by the Executive Office of Immigration Review are facing escalating incidents of violent threats while on the job. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, January 12, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Social-Security-Administrative-Law-Judges-Immigration-Judges-Facing-Increasing-Threats-of-Violence</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Applauds President Obama's Pick for NLRB General Counsel</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Applauds-President-Obama-Pick-for-NLRB-General-Counsel</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, January 07, 2011  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE President Junemann called Lafe Solomon’s nomination to be the next National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel a “stellar” pick. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, January 07, 2011 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Applauds-President-Obama-Pick-for-NLRB-General-Counsel</guid>
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<title>Decision Time for the House</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/12-21-10-Decision-Time-for-the-House</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, December 21, 2010  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ US Defense Contracts to benefit US Companies, or Foreign Companies? ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, December 21, 2010 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/12-21-10-Decision-Time-for-the-House</guid>
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<title>Junemann Invited to Serve Another Term on the LAC</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/12-21-10-Junemann-Invited-to-Serve-Another-Term-on-the-LAC</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, December 21, 2010  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE President Gregory Junemann has been invited to serve another two-year term on the Labor Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations and Trade Policy (LAC). ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, December 21, 2010 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/12-21-10-Junemann-Invited-to-Serve-Another-Term-on-the-LAC</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Urges Senate to Pass DREAM Act</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Urges-Senate-to-Pass-DREAM-Act</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, December 15, 2010  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE President Junemann sent a letter to Senators today asking that they support the legislation. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, December 15, 2010 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Urges-Senate-to-Pass-DREAM-Act</guid>
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<title>In the Heartland, D.C. Looking More Heartless</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/In-the-Heartland-DC-Looking-More-Heartless</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, December 14, 2010  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Here in the heartland, hundreds of thousands of families are struggling to make ends meet. But the political debate in Washington has become increasingly heartless, piling insult after insult upon the already injured middle-class workers who are the real engine of America's economic growth. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, December 14, 2010 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/In-the-Heartland-DC-Looking-More-Heartless</guid>
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<title>Rich are Rich Enough; Help the Middle Class</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Rich-are-Rich-Enough-Help-the-Middle-Class</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Monday, December 13, 2010  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Federal workers are being asked to take a haircut while millionaires and billionaires are getting off without a scratch. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Monday, December 13, 2010 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Rich-are-Rich-Enough-Help-the-Middle-Class</guid>
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<title>Upward Spiral Instead of a Downward One</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Upward-Spiral-Instead-of-a-Downward-One</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, December 08, 2010  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Our current public policies are particularly well-crafted to the goal of making large multinational businesses succeed. Our policies benefit those businesses directly, while workers and small businesses make a leap of faith that boon will trickle our way. Corporate profits are at historic levels. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, December 08, 2010 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Upward-Spiral-Instead-of-a-Downward-One</guid>
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<title>As Congress Works to Finalize FY11 Spending, IFPTE Urges Congress to Reject Federal Pay Freeze Proposal</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Urges-Congress-to-Reject-Federal-Pay-Freeze-Proposal</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, December 07, 2010  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ In a December 7th letter to House and Senate Appropriations Chairmen Obey and Inouye, IFPTE President Junemann urges appropriators to "reject the Obama Administration’s attempt to freeze federal pay over the next two years." ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, December 07, 2010 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Urges-Congress-to-Reject-Federal-Pay-Freeze-Proposal</guid>
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<title>In Waning Hours of 111th Congress, IFPTE Urges for Adequate Funding for NASA</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Urges-for-Adequate-Funding-for-NASA</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, December 07, 2010  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ As NASA’s largest Civil Servant union, IFPTE urged Congress to properly fund key NASA programs as a part of a year-end Continuing Resolution or FY11 Omnibus spending measure. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, December 07, 2010 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Urges-for-Adequate-Funding-for-NASA</guid>
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<title>Boeing Should Use 787 Delay to Re-Evaluate Outsourcing</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Boeing-Should-Use-787-Delay-to-Re-Evaluate-Outsourcing</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, December 03, 2010  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ The latest 787 delay is an opportunity for The Boeing Company to reevaluate its failed outsourcing strategy and return to the engineering roots that built past success, according to the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA), IFPTE Local 2001. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, December 03, 2010 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Boeing-Should-Use-787-Delay-to-Re-Evaluate-Outsourcing</guid>
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<title>Ron's Rant</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Rons-Rant</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Thursday, December 02, 2010  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Metal Trades Department President's latest, 'Ron's Rant' detailing his views on the attacks on federal and unemployed workers. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thursday, December 02, 2010 </pubDate>
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<title>IFPTE Calls Deficit Commission Report an 'Attack on Working Families'</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Calls-Deficit-Commission-Report-an-Attack-on-Working-Families</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Thursday, December 02, 2010  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform formally unveiled the recommendations that they claim will reduce our nation's escalating deficit. Included in the Commission's guidance are an increase to the Social Security retirement age along with reductions in benefits, increases in Medicare co-pays, cuts to Federal employee retirement, pay and benefits, and many other radical ideas directed at working families. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thursday, December 02, 2010 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Calls-Deficit-Commission-Report-an-Attack-on-Working-Families</guid>
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<title>President Obama to Freeze Federal Employee Pay in 2011, 2012</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/President-Obama-to-Freeze-Federal-Employee-Pay-in-2011-2012</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Monday, November 29, 2010  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ The President’s announcement comes days before the eighteen member national Deficit Commission votes to approve or disapprove other recommended cuts aimed at middle class workers. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Monday, November 29, 2010 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/President-Obama-to-Freeze-Federal-Employee-Pay-in-2011-2012</guid>
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<title>GAO, Union Reach First Collective Bargaining Agreement</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/GAO-Union-Reach-First-Collective-Bargaining-Agreement</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, November 10, 2010  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Government Accountability Office employees soon will be covered by a new collective bargaining agreement, the first since workers elected union representation in 2007. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, November 10, 2010 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/GAO-Union-Reach-First-Collective-Bargaining-Agreement</guid>
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<title>Teachers Under Attack</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/10-28-10-Teachers-Under-Attack</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Thursday, October 28, 2010  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ The recent media attention on the status of U.S. public education, brought on in part by the new documentary “Waiting for Superman,” is a worthy and important topic. Unfortunately, this film and the media are using unionized teachers as scapegoats to explain the inequality in student performance. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thursday, October 28, 2010 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/10-28-10-Teachers-Under-Attack</guid>
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<title>Dissatisfaction in Federal Employee Pay Sign of Disconnect</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Dissatisfaction-in-Federal-Employee-Pay-Sign-of-Disconnect</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Monday, October 18, 2010  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Among those who said they had contact with a federal employee, a whopping 73 percent said the worker did a good job, yet 52 percent of everyone surveyed said federal employees are overpaid. How can that be? ]]></description>
<pubDate>Monday, October 18, 2010 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Dissatisfaction-in-Federal-Employee-Pay-Sign-of-Disconnect</guid>
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<title>EA/Local 1937 Wins Bargaining Rights from TVA</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/EA%2FLocal-1937-Wins-Bargaining-Rights-from-TVA</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Monday, October 04, 2010  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ The Engineering Association (EA)/Local 1937 bargaining unit celebrated after receiving notice from management indicating that the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will not challenge their union recognition agreement. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Monday, October 04, 2010 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/EA%2FLocal-1937-Wins-Bargaining-Rights-from-TVA</guid>
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<title>Chinese Currency Manipulation Bill Passes House</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Chinese-Currency-Manipulation-Bill-Passes-House</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Thursday, September 30, 2010  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ HR 2378, the Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act of 2010, (i.e. the Chinese Currency Manipulation bill), overwhelmingly passed in the House. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thursday, September 30, 2010 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Chinese-Currency-Manipulation-Bill-Passes-House</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Urges Passage of S.3729</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Urges-Passage-of-S3729</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, September 29, 2010  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ In a letter to the Senate, IFPTE urged passage of S.3729, the NASA Re-authorization bill. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, September 29, 2010 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Urges-Passage-of-S3729</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Urges Support for S.3816</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Urges-Support-for-S3816</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, September 28, 2010  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE urges the Senate to support and pass S. 3816, The Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act. Cloture vote on S.3816 fails to get the required 60 votes. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, September 28, 2010 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Urges-Support-for-S3816</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Urges the Dept. of Transportation, NJ Legislature, to Block Privatization of NJ Emergency Service Patrol Program</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Urges-the-Dept-of-Transportation</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, September 17, 2010  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE is aiming to save the highly successful Emergency Service Patrol Program in New Jersey. Read Junemann's letter, and Local 195 President Timothy Rudolph’s testimony. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, September 17, 2010 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Urges-the-Dept-of-Transportation</guid>
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<title>Airbus Is Stealing More Jobs</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Airbus-Is-Stealing-More-Jobs</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, September 08, 2010  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ In an opinion piece in the Silicon Valley Mercury News, IFPTE Secretary-Treasurer Paul Shearon tells how foreign owned Airbus continues to take American jobs. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, September 08, 2010 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Airbus-Is-Stealing-More-Jobs</guid>
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<title>ALJs...Threats to Judges and Courts Require Greater Emphasis on Security and Courtroom Design</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/ALJs-Threats-to-Judges</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Monday, August 30, 2010  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Leaders of the Association of Administrative Law Judges (IFPTE/Judicial Council 1), and the National Association of Immigration Judges (IFPTE/Judicial Council 2), released new data today showing a wave of threats to judges who handle Social Security disability claims and others who hold immigration hearings. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Monday, August 30, 2010 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/ALJs-Threats-to-Judges</guid>
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<title>CBPP Analysis Shows Where the $$$ Goes</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/CBPP-Analysis-Shows-Where-the-Money-Goes</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Friday, August 13, 2010  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ Read the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities analysis providing an itemized runddown of the federal aid going to each state. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Friday, August 13, 2010 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/CBPP-Analysis-Shows-Where-the-Money-Goes</guid>
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<title>IFPTE Provides Input to Federal Transit Administration's New Starts and Small Starts Program</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Provides-Input</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, August 10, 2010  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ IFPTE weighed-in with the FTA with suggestions on the criteria used in awarding "New Starts and Small Starts" projects throughout the country. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, August 10, 2010 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/IFPTE-Provides-Input</guid>
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<title>House to Vote on State Aid Package</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/House-to-Vote-on-State-Aid-Package</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Tuesday, August 10, 2010  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ The House will get their turn to pass HR 1586. IFPTE urges its membership to contact their respective Members in support of this critically important legislation. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tuesday, August 10, 2010 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/House-to-Vote-on-State-Aid-Package</guid>
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<title>The Best Job Training is a Job</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/The-Best-Job-Training-is-a-Job</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, August 04, 2010  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ The House will get their turn to pass HR 1586. IFPTE urges its membership to contact their respective Members in support of this critically important legislation. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, August 04, 2010 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/The-Best-Job-Training-is-a-Job</guid>
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<title>Senate Vote Paves Way for $16.1 Billion in State Aid</title>
<link>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Senate-Vote-Paves-Way-for-16-Billion-in-State-Aid</link>
<description><![CDATA[ <div>Wednesday, August 04, 2010  </div>]]> <![CDATA[ After weeks of failed votes and missed opportunities, the United States Senate today overcame the 60 vote procedural hurdle necessary to lead to the approval of much needed aid to our State governments. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wednesday, August 04, 2010 </pubDate>
<guid>http://www.ifpte.org/news/details/Senate-Vote-Paves-Way-for-16-Billion-in-State-Aid</guid>
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