The executive officers of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers proudly announced the union’s endorsement of Sherrod Brown to represent the state of Ohio by serving once more in the U.S. Senate.
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After a long bought with cancer, our Union Brother and former IFPTE Local 3 President, John Garrity, sadly passed away on August 19 at his home in Delaware. The members of IFPTE offer our deepest condolences to his wife, MaryJo, their three children, the entire Garrity family, and the Local 3 family.
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It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Heather Murch, beloved wife of Scott Travers, past president of the Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) and former IFPTE Canadian Area Vice President.
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This past weekend, IFPTE Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson talked IFPTE and other Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) unions efforts to defend the TVA as a public utility that works for the people to the region, provides good jobs for the Valley, and keeps electricity rates affordable.
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IFPTE executive officers commented on President Trump’s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Commissioner Erika McEntarfer after BLS released its Employment Situation Report for July. The report indicated the unemployment rate rose to 4.2% and the total number of workers in the U.S. economy, excluding farm labor, has remained flat since April 2025.
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IFPTE asked labor allies to request that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer reject any agreement to move a package of “extremist nominees” and to block any attempt by the Trump Administration to make “recess appointments” without Senate approval while the Senate is on break in August.
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Join IFPTE and AFGE at a lunchtime rally as we take action to tell Congress to fund NASA and stop budget cuts that will destroy America’s scientific and aerospace leadership. Respect NASA’s Past, Protect NASA’s Future!
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IFPTE and dozens of other civil society organizations and unions joined the Project on Government Oversight’s (POGO) letter telling Senators to oppose Paul Ingrassia’s nomination for U.S. Special Counsel because he is “unlikely to fulfill his duty of safeguarding the merit system.”
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On Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Canada’s premiers met to discuss the impact of Trump’s trade war on Canada. Workers should be front and centre for Canada’s leaders, according to Bea Bruske, President of the Canadian Labour Congress.
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The “It’s Better in a Union” bus tour stopped in Nashville, Tennessee, on Friday for a worker roundtable and press conference on how President Trump’s cuts to vital job-building programs and services are harming working Tennesseans.
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Federal unions, including IFPTE, sponsored and supported an event in honor of a great friend of labor, Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick from Pennsylvania.
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Union leaders from across the state of Washington, including IFPTE Local 12 President Tiera Beauchamp, gathered in Solidarity this week in Vancouver, Washington, at the Washington State AFL-CIO’s 2025 Convention. The Convention theme was Our Voice, Our Power, Our Movement, and included several workshops ranging from how to build strong Union-driven campaigns to legislative advocacy to organizing.
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Retired IFPTE President, Brother Paul Shearon, joined a protest last week at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, in support of Union organizer, Lelo Juarez, where he and other immigrants are being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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IFPTE filed Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charges against the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of the Army after identifying over 30 instances where both the DoD and the Army have failed to honor IFPTE’s National Consultation Rights (NCR).
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Over 75 workers at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace are joining Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU/IFPTE Local 70) and have been fighting for voluntary recognition of their union since June 17!
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IFPTE Secretary-Treasurer, Gay Henson, along with Assistant to the Executive Officers, Brian Kildee, were in attendance this week at the annual AFL-CIO’s Secretary-Treasurers’ meeting in Washington, DC. The annual meeting is an opportunity for AFL-CIO affiliated Secretary-Treasurers to meet and discuss the major issues impacting working families, as well as to complete internal business matters.
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The executive officers of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) joined with Congressman Jared Golden (D-ME), Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Congressional Labor Caucus Co-Chairs Donald Norcross (D-NJ) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI), and Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar (D-TX) to announce the discharge petition to bring the Protect America’s Workforce Act, H.R. 2550, to a House floor vote.
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IFPTE and the New Jersey AFL-CIO were among the more than a dozen unions representing well over 140,000 workers in New Jersey calling on state lawmakers to return to the state capitol in Trenton and pass legislation mitigating Governor Murphy’s proposed 37% hike in healthcare costs for state workers.
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Join with fellow union members across America to tell President Donald Trump that TVA is perfectly capable of meeting the demands of new technology like AI.
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Ahead of the Senate vote to proceed to consideration of the rescission package, IFPTE sent a letter to Senators warning them that, “Not only are the current rescission requests and upcoming rescission requests certain to dismantle federal government services that working Americans and our economy count on and surrender our national security and global leadership on science and innovation, but these rescissions, if enacted, threaten the bipartisanship needed for Congress to exercise its constitutional authority to fund the government.”
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