Congressional Republicans were barely able to scrape together enough votes from their own party to pass their bill that contains the broad policy agenda of their own president. This political win for a handful of out-of-touch Washington insiders represents a devastating loss for American families living paycheck to paycheck.
Read MoreIFPTE wishes all members and their families throughout the United States a festive, fun, rewarding, and safe 4th of July.
Read MoreIFPTE is proud to report that Local 21 Field Director, Kat General, was elected as the First Vice President to the national board of the AFL-CIO’s Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA).
Read MoreDespite the best efforts of IFPTE and IFPTE Locals nationwide, including Local 21, the Senate passed, by a single vote, their version of the budget reconciliation bill that will go down in history as one of the cruelest pieces of legislation that has passed in Congress in recent history, if not ever.
Read MoreOn this first day of July 2025, the 90,000 members of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) across North America honour Canada Day.
Read MoreSCMMA/IFPTE Local 222 partnered with ESA once again for a member golf tournament on June 6, 2025, with a record high participation of 144 golfers.
Read MoreThe 49th Annual Civic Pancake Breakfast raised more than $10,000 for the City of Saskatoon's community partner, the United Way Saskatoon & Area.
Read MoreThe executive officers of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) commented on the Senate’s passage of the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” H.R. 1, budget reconciliation, which extends President Trump’s tax cuts for billionaires and corporations and offsets some of the costs through cutting nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) while adding over $4 trillion to the national debt through 2034. Republican leadership in the House of Representatives is considering amendments and racing to pass this bill before July 4.
Read MoreAs the Senate began debating a partisan budget reconciliation bill that will increase the national debt by $4.5 billion over 10 years to deliver tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the very wealthy and corporation, IFPTE told Senators to oppose this bill on the grounds that it “will deprive millions of Americans of health coverage, increase the cost of living and lower the standard of living for working Americans, hurt our nation’s health systems and health insurance coverage, burden on state and local governments with budget deficits.”
Read MoreCongress has not passed cuts to NASA’s budget, but the Trump Administration and NASA leadership is moving forward as if they have the authority to unilaterally dismantle NASA’s missions and workforce, and the fundamentally diminish the agency!
Read MoreToday, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that in a 562 - 351 vote, over 1,100 planners, designers, and field technicians at Southern California Edison have won their election for a union. A total of 83% of the unit voted in the election. The bargaining unit is represented by Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC/IFPTE Local 20).
Read MoreThis week IFPTE joined a letter led by the AFL-CIO to strongly oppose the nomination of Jonathan Berry to serve as the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Solicitor of Labor.
Read MoreA total of 10 SPEEA officers, staff, and retirees took part in the June 25 informational picket outside the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building in Seattle.
Read MoreThis week, IFPTE sent a letter requesting the House Appropriations Committee and the Legislative Branch Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee provide funding for the Government Accountability Office and the Congressional Research Service at adequate levels that allow these agencies “to provide nonpartisan, objective, and authoritative research and analysis that Members of Congress from across the political spectrum can trust.”
Read MoreMembers of Local 777 after a successful informational picket and oath re-affirmation at Federal Plaza in Chicago on June 25, 2025.
Read MoreSCMMA/IFPTE Local 222 board members were proud to attend the 2025 Saskatoon Pride Parade on Sunday, June 22, and walk alongside coworkers as part of the City of Saskatoon's float.
Read MoreIFPTE Locals in Winnipeg hosted lunch events this week and last for members working throughout the city.
Read MoreRepresentatives from the IFPTE, Richard Mahé, Canadian Area Vice-President and WAPSO Local 162 President, and Erin Spencer, International Representative, attended a meeting yesterday at the Manitoba Legislative Building to meet the province’s newly appointed Provincial Trade Representative to the US, Richard Madan, who will be working out of Washington, D.C.
Read MoreIFPTE was invited this week to take part in a ‘Presidents Panel’ discussion at the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance’s (APALA) 18th biennial convention in Los Angeles. The convention’s theme is “Solidarity, Resistance, Unity”, and includes workshops and presentations geared towards combating the unprecedented attacks of the Trump Administration against Unions and Union members, communities of color, and immigrants.
Read MorePresident Biggs joined radio legend and host of America’s Workforce Podcase, Ed “Flash” Ferenc, this week to discuss the Senate Republican majority’s efforts to ram through a budget reconciliation package.
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