IFPTE International President Matt Biggs joined President Joe Biden in marking the passage and enactment of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Also attending the ceremony were Local 195 President Timothy Rudolph and Womens Committee Chair Sherry Thomas, both of New Jersey, and Local 561 steward Michael Arendt of Mississippi.
Read MoreIFPTE officers applaud the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and provided comments regarding this historic infrastructure commitment as well as on the progress of the Build Back Better Act.
Read MoreIFPTE urged Representatives to vote yes on the Build Back Better Act and the Senate-passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, “complementary bills that meet the needs of working people, support good-paying union jobs, strengthen our economy’s competitiveness and resiliency, and address immediate and future challenges that climate change presents.”
Read MoreThis week, after a breakthrough on the Build Back Better Act, IFPTE told Members of the House of Representatives “[t]he time to pass the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is now.”
Read MoreIFPTE responded to President Biden's announcement of the "Build Back Better Framework" with statements in support of the legislative proposal and a call for Congress to urgently pass the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Build Back Better Act.
Read MoreThis week, IFPTE joined other labor unions and and national organizations representing a cross-section of American people and communities in requesting lawmakers and President Biden maintain key priorities in the Build Back Better Act budget reconciliation bill.
Read MoreAs Congressional negotiators continue to work out the provisions to be included in the Build Back Better Act budget reconciliation package, IFPTE joined energy sector, building trades, and industrial unions in urging lawmakers to ensure that no energy worker is negatively impacted by the ongoing transition from fossil-linked energy production to a decarbonized economy
Read MoreThis week, just before the House began consideration of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which was crafted and passed by the Senate with bipartisan support, IFPTE reiterated our support for the bill .
Read MoreThis week, IFPTE sent letters to Senators highlighting the union’s policy priorities for the proposed $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework and the $3.5 trillion budget resolution.
Read MoreIFPTE Pres. Shearon called the framework “a good first step toward significant infrastructure investment to support millions of good paying, union represented jobs,” adding that Congress must work on adding “progressive offsets to pay for the larger package such as raising the minimum corporate tax, closing corporate tax loopholes that allow multi-nationals like Amazon to pay no taxes at all, and ensuring that our wealthiest wage earners finally pay their fair share in taxes, to help pay for the full scope of our infrastructure needs.”
Read MoreDubbed as the “Build Back Better” plan, Joe Biden’s jobs and economic recovery plan relies heavily on, “passing the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, providing public service and federal government workers with bargaining rights, and taking other steps to make it easier for workers to organize unions and collectively bargain.
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