In a letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee leadership, IFPTE requested that lawmakers deny funding for the Trump Administration’s 50% tariffs on certain Canadian imports.
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This approach toward our Canadian siblings, along with the Trump Administration’s continued attacks on Canada are detrimental to working families on both sides of the border.
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO President, Patrick Crowley, alerted his senior Senator, Jack Reed, that the entire labor movement in his state stands strong behind bipartisan legislative language authored by New Jersey Congressman, Donald Norcross, to restore collective bargaining rights for DOD workers.
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On Saturday, August 1 over 50 Society Members participated and volunteered in the 59th annual Toronto Caribbean Carnival (TCC).
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IFPTE was proud to lend our support to the members and leaders of one of Chile’s largest public sector Unions, and fellow affiliate of Public Services International (PSI), the National Association of Fiscal Employees (Agrupacion Nacional de Emploeados [ANEF]), who testified before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), an autonomous affiliate of the Organization of American States (OAS).
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After months of work and weeks of negotiations with Boeing, the SPEEA Prof and Tech Negotiation Team unanimously endorsed the offers to both bargaining units. Details on voting are still being finalized.
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Bell Canada continues to add to the huge number of job reductions they have undertaken since their acquisition of Manitoba Telecom Services (MTS), recently announcing yet another 19 unionized telecommunications jobs represented by TEAM/IFPTE Local 161.
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IFPTE Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson, Engineering Association/IFPTE Local 1937 President Anthony Chorney, and IFPTE Assistant to the Executive Officers Brian Kildee attended the East Tennessee Economic Council's annual Nuclear Opportunities Workshop in Knoxville this week.
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This week IFPTE weighed-in against the Trump Administration’s latest attack on federal workers through the Promoting Employee Accountability proposed rule.
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The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), of which IFPTE is affiliated, honoured Emancipation Day on August 1st, marking the day in 1834 when Canada and other British Colonies abolished slavery.
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The Federal Workers Alliance (FWA) resent a letter signed by 19 labor unions, including IFPTE, to all Senate offices urging Senators to reject the nomination of Charlton Allen, the Trump Administration's nominee for General Counsel for the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA).
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SPEEA’s Negotiation Team has received offers from Boeing on proposed four-year collective bargaining agreements for some 17,000 aerospace professionals. There are two agreements, one for the Professional unit, made up of some 13,000 engineers and scientists, and one for roughly 4,000 technicians, analysts and planners in the Technical unit.
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This week IFPTE met with Maine Senate candidate, Troy Jackson, to discuss his candidacy and priorities if elected to represent the citizens of Maine in the United States Senate.
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CLC President, Bea Bruske, strongly condemned the Bank of Canada’s repeated violation of Canada’s anti-scab law by blatantly ignoring rulings by the Industrial Relations Board to adhere to the law.
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IFPTE Local 195 recently scored a victory for members when they reached a settlement with the state of New Jersey to guarantee reimbursements to impacted workers for their Clothing Maintenance Allowance (CMA).
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Last week, the SPEEA Northwest Council passed a motion of support to stand in Solidarity with 300 Boeing cafeteria workers represented by UNITE HERE Local 8 in Puget Sound and Portland who are facing difficult contract talks with Eurest/Compass, the company Boeing contracts with for their cafeteria services.
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The Saskatchewan Federation of Labour (SFL) will be holding its annual Occupational Health and Safety Conference this year in Regina, from September 17-18.
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As artificial intelligence continues to reshape workplaces, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) examines what Canadian unions can learn from recent bargaining victories and why workers should have a stronger voice in how AI is introduced and governed in the workplace.
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President Biggs talked this week with radio legend and host of America’s Union Podcast, Ed ‘Flash’ Ferenc, about IFPTE’s efforts to fight to restore federal employee bargaining rights, organizing workers across America, and the voter suppression bill dubbed the Save Act.
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The IFPTE International issued their latest endorsement this week in support of our longtime friend, Elaine Luria, who is seeking to again represent the constituents of Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District.
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