IFPTE acted quickly this week to endorse bipartisan legislation – the NATO Unity Protection Act - introduced by Senators Murkowski and Shaheen to prevent the Trump Administration from invading NATO allied nations.
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We at IFPTE, in solidarity with our Labor Movement and people across the nation, honor and celebrate Dr. King this year, and we hope that you will also take time to listen to that historic speech. And let us, as IFPTE members and Trade Unionists, continue to honor our unfettered partnership with the Civil Rights Movement through our actions while understanding that no fight is too big for us to conquer.
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The union for 1,600 aerospace professionals in Wichita has reached a tentative agreement with Boeing on a new collective bargaining agreement.
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Canada’s unions are sending a clear and urgent message to the federal government ahead of the 2026 review of the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement (CUSMA): workers must come first.
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Employees of the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) have unanimously voted to join the Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160).
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IFPTE Atlantic Area Vice President, Brother Steve Pinto, was officially sworn in as President of IFPTE Local 195 on Thursday. Joining President Pinto was Brother Melvin Dwyer to serve a second term as Local 195 Vice President, along with ten other Local 195 officers.
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IFPTE members and staff attended the “Rally for America’s Workforce: PAWA to the People” on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
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Congress rejected the destructive Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) budget cuts sought by the Trump Administration by passing a package of bipartisan appropriations bills, referred to as a “minibus.”
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President Biggs and Secretary-Treasurer Henson, along with SPEEA Area Vice President Matthew Joyce and former longtime SPEEA Area Vice President Donna Lehane, joined hundreds of Union members for a rally this week in Topeka in support of working families and against both statewide and national attacks on working families.
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As we plan to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, January 19th, as well as recognize Black History Month this February, IFPTE is standing up the Black and Racialized Professionals Committee.
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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.
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On 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.
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Registration for the Manitoba Federation of Labour Health and Safety Conference is open.
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In 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.
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Earlier this week, Bell initiated another round of workforce reductions impacting TEAM Local 161 members.
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IFPTE 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.
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IFPTE is proud to salute and honor Brother George Gammad as he retires this week from federal government service.
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IFPTE 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.
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IFPTE 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.”
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IFPTE 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.
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