The SocietyFPTE Local 160 President and IFPTE Canadian Area Vice President Michelle Johnston and External Relations Director Mike Belmore were in Washington, D.C. to attend the signing of a historic joint agreement between Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization and the U.S. Department of Energy.
Read MoreIFPTE met with AFL-CIO President, Liz Shuler, to discuss the major legislative issues impacting IFPTE’s diverse membership, including but not limited to the labor movement’s continued support for federal investment in green nuclear energy technologies such as Small Modular Reactors, and the importance of restoring a Biden majority of the Federal Labor Relations Authority.
Read MoreIFPTE President Matt Biggs, Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson, Assistant to the Executive Officers Brian Kildee, and Legislative Director Faraz Khan met this week with John Podesta, President Biden’s top adviser on clean energy technologies and investments.
Read MoreThe Society of United Professionals/IFPTE L160 is celebrating the Ontario government’s decision to seek regulatory approval for a life extension of Pickering Nuclear Generating Station to 2026.
Read MoreThis week representatives and leaders from the Society of United Professionals (SUP)-Local 160, Engineers and Scientists of California(ESC)-Local 20, and the Engineering Association (EA)-Local 1937 attended the 2022 Nuclear Energy Assembly in Washington, DC.
Read MoreThis week , AFL-CIO unions joined together to call for expanding clean energy union jobs and committing to advanced technology to combat climate change in the Tennessee Valley by passing a convention resolution titled “TVA Eligibility for Department of Energy Grants.”
Read MoreThe Society of United Professionals/IFPTE Local 160 is supporting a petition calling on the federal Liberal government to reverse its anti-science position and include nuclear energy in the Canada Green Bond Framework.
Read MoreThis week Society of United Professionals/Local 160 leaders brought together government officials, SUP union members, and leaders from the larger Canadian labour movement to tour the world’s largest nuclear power plant, the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station.
Read MorePresident Biden’s proposal commits to addressing the long-neglected physical infrastructure deficit as well as recommitting to federal policy that supports R&D, manufacturing and innovation, and workers rights.
Read MoreIFPTE attends the Canadian Nuclear Workers' Council Annual Conference. The Council was structured to update Unionized Nuclear Industry Workers on the current events in their industry and to provide input into the Council's activities.
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