During Black History Month, the AFL-CIO is recognizing some of the labor movement’s trailblazing African-American leaders, including IFPTE’s own, Tim Rudolph, who was honored on Monday, February 7th.
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IFPTE Sec.-Treasurer Gay Henson remarked that Patrick Schmidt is a strong supporter of unions and working Kansans and “comes from a background of service, and he continues to show his passion for serving his nation and his community as a Navy Reserve officer and as a candidate to represent Kansans in Congress.”
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IFPTE made it clear this week that all professional workers throughout the United States should have the right to organize, including Congressional staff.
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Remarking on the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment’s report, IFPTE President Biggs thanked Pres. Biden and VP Harris “for continuing to make good on their commitment to working Americans by using the power of the Executive Branch to support the right to organize and bargain collectively.”
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Newsweek article “Biden's Infrastructure Bill Could Change Rural America's Alliance With GOP” shared the perspectives of IFPTE Local 561 steward Michael Arendt, an Army Corps lock and dam operator in Alabama, and IFPTE President Matthew Biggs.
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The staff union at the Center for American Progress (CAP) announced its membership voted to reject CAP management’s most recent offer on starting salaries and annual raises and to allow their collective bargaining agreement to expire.
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With our public health systems facing a crisis point, the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is demanding that increases to federal health transfers must be tied to delivering better health care to Canadian families.
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The Society of United Professionals/IFPTE Local 160’s Coalition of Racialized Professionals (CORP) celebrated Lunar New Year by organizing a cultural presentation for members.
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Over 50 members attended the 7th Women & Unions International Speaker Series organized by the IFPTE Women’s Solidarity Network (WSN). The program featured women on IFPTE’s Executive Council.
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IFPTE remarked on the introduction of the Real Courts, Rule of Law Act of 2022, which proposes to create an independent Article 1 immigration court, a long-held legislative priority for NAIJ-IFPTE Judicial Council 2.
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IFPTE issued the following statement after the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee reported favorably the nomination of Susan T. Grundmann for Member of the FLRA.
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The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) issued the following statement on the announcement that Qatar Airways will be the launch customer for the Boeing 777X Freighter.
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Tuesday, February 1st marks the beginning of Black History Month in Canada and the United States, a time to honor the contributions and sacrifices of Black Canadians and Americans across North America.
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Just weeks into 2022, Ontarians are witnessing the collapse of our health care system. Health care workers are burnt out, demoralized, and getting sick in the thousands. Women and racialized workers are among the hardest hit.
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The Society of United Professionals’ (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) Coalition of Racialized Professionals is celebrating Lunar New Year 2022.
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Canada’s unions are welcoming today’s child care agreement between the federal government and Nunavut. With today’s agreement, Ontario is now the lone province or territory that has failed to agree on a deal to bring affordable child care to families.
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Join us this Saturday for the 7th Women & Unions International Speaker Series organized by the IFPTE Women’s Solidarity Network (WSN). Meet the incredible women who lead our union on the IFPTE Executive Council!
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The Association of Administration Law Judges (AALJ/IFPTE Judicial Council 1) held its hybrid meeting in Washington, DC. The meeting, chaired by AALJ President Judge Som Ramrup, focused on the internal business of the union, while also including discussions on bargaining, representational, legislative and communications plans moving forward.
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In a cynical attempt to bust the union that has represented and given voice to the nation’s immigration judges for nearly half a century, two anti-union board members of the three-member Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) have voted to strip collective bargaining rights from judges and their union.
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Throughout her three decades of service to the people of Maryland, Katie Curran O'Malley has proven herself as an advocate for working families and those who often get lost within the criminal justice system.
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