As 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).
Read MoreTAKE ACTION: Congressional Leadership Must Protect DOD Workers Union Rights in Final NDAA.
Read MoreManitoba Minister of Labour Malaya Marcelino announced major new workplace health and safety rules that will literally save lives.
Read MoreThe Ontario government announced that it has approved OPG's plan to refurbish Pickering B Units 5, 6, 7, and 8 - four CANDU nuclear reactors at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station.
Read MoreAt the Ontario Federation of Labour’s 18th Biennial Convention, the Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) were well represented at the convention with over 30 delegates.
Read MoreIFPTE weighed in this week on several bills impacting federal workers and their Unions that were considered by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
Read MoreThe Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) gathered for its 23rd Biennial Convention in San Diego, California, from November 9-11, 2025. This year's theme, “Women Around the World Unite,” brought together over 400 passionate women who came to celebrate and engage with the important work of CLUW.
Read MoreSPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001’s Wichita Technical and Professional Unit (WTPU) Contact Action Team, tasked with increasing WTPU membership through internal organizing, successfully surpassed the 50% mark this week, up from 28% before the campaign launched.
Read MoreDespite the actions of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to cancel the DOD wage survey committee, IFPTE learned last week that pressure from labor, including IFPTE, and Congress, most notably Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman and the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (HSGAC) staff, wage-grade workers employed by DOD will finally receive their long-awaited raises.
Read MoreCongratulations to the Society's (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) Pride and Solidarity Chair and Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) member, Morgan Koch, who this week was awarded the Ontario Federation of Labour's (OFL) Solidarity and Pride Champion Award.
Read MoreIFPTE responded to the Trump Administration’s upcoming release of its final rule aimed at large-scale politicization of the United States government’s federal workforce, as well as to eliminate employee whistleblower protections.
Read MoreIFPTE applauded the bipartisan support that has lifted Discharge Petition #6 for floor consideration of H.R. 2550, the Protect America’s Workforce Act (PAWA), in the House of Representatives to the 218-vote threshold.
Read MoreThe Partnership for Public Service (PPS) is running a federal employee work survey from now until December 19th.
Read MoreIFPTE issued the following statement in response to Discharge Petition No. 6, which would provide floor consideration of H.R. 2550, the Protection America’s Workforce Act (PAWA), in the House of Representatives.
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