Ahead of the House of Representative’s vote on H.R. 1834, a bipartisan three-year extension of Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits, which expired at the end of 2025, IFPTE called on lawmakers to pass the bill to prevent some 5 million Americans from being uninsured and raising costs of health care for ACA policy holders and all people in the U.S. health care system.
Read MoreOn Thursday, an overwhelming bipartisan majority in the U.S. House of Representatives passed a “minibus” legislative package that includes three Fiscal Year 2026 funding bills that reject the extreme cuts in the Trump Administration's budget.
Read MoreRegistration for the Manitoba Federation of Labour Health and Safety Conference is open.
Read MoreIn its recent report, Living the High Life: A Record-Breaking Year for CEO Pay in Canada, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) reveals that pay for Canada’s 100 top-earning CEOs climbed to record levels in 2024, averaging $16.2 million and further accelerating the growing gap between executive compensation and what most workers earn.
Read MoreEarlier this week, Bell initiated another round of workforce reductions impacting TEAM Local 161 members.
Read MoreIFPTE Union Council 8 teamed up with the United Way of Greater Union County, the City of Elizabeth, New Jersey, and Phillips 66 in support of a toy distribution to serve children and families in Union County, New Jersey, during the Holiday Season.
Read MoreIFPTE is proud to salute and honor Brother George Gammad as he retires this week from federal government service.
Read MoreIFPTE President Matt Biggs and Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson issued the following joint statement in response to the Trump Administration’s intervention in Venezuela, and threats of intervention and challenges to national sovereignty elsewhere.
Read MoreIFPTE President Matt Biggs: “I want to chalk up NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman misguided explanation for the closing of NASA’s research library at the Goddard Space Center to his being new to the job and to the poor advice that he has received from his staff. His public statement regarding the library, released on X, is patently false and must be challenged.”
Read MoreIFPTE announced its endorsement of longtime Essex County Commissioner, Brendan Gill, to represent New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives.
Read MoreThis week, the Senate passed the final compromise National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), S. 1071, and President has signed and enacted the bill.
Read MoreAfter the successful effort to pass the bipartisan Protect America’s Workforce Act (PAWA) in the House last week, IFPTE turned its sights to the Senate urging Senate Appropriations Committee Chair, Susan Collins, and Vice Chair, Patty Murray, to add PAWA to the remaining Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Senate funding bills.
Read MoreSPEEA has agreed to Boeing’s request to pause negotiations on a new contract for the more than 1,500 workers represented by its Wichita Technical & Professional Unit.
Read MoreAs a part of IFPTE’s Federal Caucus Zoom meeting held today, IFPTE hosted New Jersey Congressman Donald Norcross to address our federal membership and the larger membership overall.
Read MoreNearly 200 members from across Ontario and Saskatchewan gathered in Toronto on December 6 for the Society of United Professionals/IFPTE Local 160’s annual Empowerment Conference.
Read MoreSUP/IFPTE Local 160’s Hydro One Local held a rally on Monday at Trinity Square in Toronto. IFPTE President Matt Biggs and Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson joined members on the ground, demanding a fair contract and reaffirming the International’s full support.
Read MoreIFPTE Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson was joined by Legislative/Political Director Faraz Khan and Assistant to the Executive Officers Brian Kildee this week for a labor-sponsored event in support of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner.
Read MoreIFPTE issued the following statement in response to the House of Representatives passing H.R. 2550, the Protect America’s Workforce Act (PAWA), nullifying Executive Order 14251, which strips union rights from over 1 million federal workers and is the greatest single union-busting effort in U.S. history.
Read Moreshared its disappointment regarding the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, which allows the Trump Administration’s Executive Order 14251, issued on March 27, to weaken the mission of the Department of Defense (DOD) by ending collective bargaining rights for DOD workers.
Read MoreThis week, the House of Representatives passed the House-Senate compromise text of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026. The legislation does not include the language originally in the House-passed NDAA that protects Department of Defense workers’ collective bargaining rights from being revoked by the Trump Administration’s Executive Order 14251 (EO).
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