Read the Labour Day message from President Matt Biggs and Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson highlighting the historic alliance between the Civil Rights Movement and the Labor Movement.
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On the 55th anniversary of the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike, AFSCME invites union members and all those interested in the American labor movement, civil rights, and the fight for racial and economic justice to hear the stories of working people at the center of the the monumental events that marked the last days of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life.
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On the 58th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Justice, Americans will converge in Washington D.C. and throughout the U.S. to continue the call for restoring and updating a key victory for the Civil Rights Movement and for American democracy: federal protections for voting rights.
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This week, IFPTE urged Representatives to pass H.R. 4 and ensure participation in our democracy is available to all American citizens and not constrained by discriminatory election laws and policies.
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Paul Shearon, IFPTE President, commented, “Recalling Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s refrain that “No one is free until we are all free,” we are reminded that the Black experience and the struggle for racial justice and equality is core to the American labor movement and our progress as a nation.”
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The Society of United Professionals-Local 160 (SUP) has spoken out against hateful attacks in the past, but the latest incident on London, Ontario proves particularly close to SUP’s membership, as the victims are close relations of a Society member in the Bruce Power Local.
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After learning of the tragic news that the remains of 215 children were found at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia, WAPSO-Local 162/Canadian Area Vice President Richard Mahe and Canadian Area Vice President Scott Travers sent a joint letter to Prime Minister Trudeau calling on his government to “to leave no stone unturned."
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The Society of United Professionals members mourn with Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation and all Indigenous people as we continue to bear witness to the horror and tragedy that was Canada’s Residential School System.
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IFPTE stands in solidarity with Asian and Pacific Islander communities across Canada and the USA. We call upon our members and their families, our brother and sisters in the labor movement, our elected leader, and our communities to join together for a national day of action and healing on Friday, March 26, 2021 to #StopAsianHate.
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The Equality Act is an important and commonsense update to federal civil rights laws that prohibits discrimination against people based on sexual orientation or gender identity. IFPTE will continue to advocate for it’s passage in the Senate.
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The IFPTE family was saddened to learn of the passing of one of our nation’s most courageous and influential men, Congressman John Robert Lewis. He was an icon of the Civil Rights movement, peacefully marching in the 1960s across the South and in Washington, DC against the racism, bigotry, and hatred that engulfed much of the nation.
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