IFPTE sent a letter to the Senate providing qualified support for a continuing resolution (CR), the “Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026,” to fund the government to January 30, 2026 and reminded Senators that this CR is not “clean” so long as it does not protect the Legislative Branch’s power as a co-equal branch of government.
Read MorePresident Biggs will join 3 recently terminated federal immigration judges to address the recent dismissal of dozens of immigration judges and its implications for due process at a National Press Club Headliners Newsmaker, Thursday, Nov. 13 at 10 a.m.
Read MoreMembers of TEAM/IFPTE Local 161 gathered in Winnipeg this past week for their Annual General Meeting.
Read MoreMembers of IFPTE’s executive council met this week for their Fall 2025 meeting.
Read MoreThis week’s federal budget lands at a moment of deep uncertainty. Workers are facing rising prices, a growing trade crisis, and public programs stretched to the limit.
Read MoreAt the end of October, the Society of United Professionals/IFPTE Local 160 (SUP) played a leading role in organizing and participating in a consultation with the federal Sustainable Jobs Partnership Council, held at the Darlington Energy Complex.
Read MoreIFPTE Local 12 President, Tiera Beauchamp, will be honored with Leadership Kitsap’s “20 Under 40” award.
Read MoreOn behalf of its 90,000 members throughout North America, including thousands of members employed by the State of New Jersey, IFPTE issued the following statement in response to yesterday’s statewide election results in New Jersey and Virginia and state and local elections across the United States.
Read MoreWith Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) about to expire for 42 million Americans on November 1, IFPTE joined the AFL-CIO’s union letter urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins to disburse SNAP emergency funding.
Read MoreIFPTE renewed the call for Congress to pass a bipartisan Continuing Resolution (CR) to end the shutdown and fund the federal government. The letter reaffirmed IFPTE’s position that. “The common-sense path forward out of the current impasse is a truly clean CR that protects Congressionally approved spending levels and extends funding to provide time for Congress to pass full-year appropriations.”
Read MorePresident Matt Biggs joined legendary radio host Ed 'Flash' Ferenc on America's Workforce Union podcast to discuss IFPTE’s views on the ongoing government shutdown/lockout, and efforts to combat the Trump Administration's unprecedented union-busting.
Read More“This is not only a win for the dedicated federal workforce who make up our nonpartisan civil service, but a victory for the American people and the public services our communities and our economy count on,” said IFPTE President Matt Biggs.
Read MoreIFPTE weighed in with Senate lawmakers this week, urging them to vote in support of bipartisan legislation condemning President Trump’s most recent attack on Canadian working families by imposing yet another tariff on goods and services.
Read MoreThe Society of United Professionals sent a letter to Ontario Attorney General Doug Downey, copied to federal Justice Minister Sean Fraser, following Prime Minister Mark Carney’s announcement of proposed bail and sentencing reforms that could infringe on human rights without improving public safety.
Read MoreLeaders from the Society of United Professionals’ (SUP) Bruce Power Local met this week in Port Elgin, Ontario, as part of their annual Delegates Council.
Read MoreIFPTE was pleased to see a letter authored by sixteen House Republicans calling on House and Senate Armed Services Committee leaders to retain in the final National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) bipartisan legislative language sponsored by New Jersey Representative, Donald Norcross, to restore collective bargaining rights for DOD civilian workers.
Read MoreThis joint action reaffirms two truths: that organized labor is leading the fight against the administration’s unprecedented and unlawful attack on federal workers’ rights, and that the more vicious and outrageous their attacks become, the stronger we stand in solidarity.
Read MoreSenators Van Hollen, Peters, and Johnson offered legislation this week, the Shutdown Fairness Act, to ensure pay for federal workers.
Read MoreLegislative Director Faraz Khan and Assistant to the Executive Officers, Brian Kildee, attended a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on the nominations of Mitch Graves, Jeff Hagood, Randall Jones, and Arthur Graham for the TVA Board of Directors.
Read MoreSUP/IFPTE Local 160 was proud to welcome the Saskatoon Civic Middle Management Association (SCMMA Local 222), which represents 450 City of Saskatoon employees, to the SUP family.
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