IFPTE President Biggs said, “We have long endorsed the Durbin-Grassley H-1B and L-1 reform bill and the Keep STEM Talent Act and we welcome serious efforts by the Administration to award H-1B visas based on the highest pay and skill levels, raise wage levels, and require employers to only recruit outside of the U.S. when they have proven they cannot find qualified workers in the U.S.”
Read MoreSeveral IFPTE NASA Locals were in Washington, DC, this week to meet with congressional lawmakers, particularly appropriators. During the meetings, IFPTE discussed legislative items urging lawmakers to reject the Trump Administration’s budget request to cut NASA’s overall budget by 25%, with a whopping 48% cut to NASA science work and another 39% cut to aeronautics research.
Read MoreU.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), and Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced the Protect America’s Workforce Act – bipartisan legislation to repeal two union-busting executive orders and restore collective bargaining rights and workplace protections for federal workers.
Read MoreOn behalf of its 90,000 members throughout North America, as well as the thousands of workers it represents at Maine’s Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers endorses Graham Platner for United States Senate.
Read MoreThis week, the House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act with language that prevents the Department of Defense (DOD) from implementing the March 27 Executive Order that revokes collective bargaining agreements and bargain rights for at DOD and 17 other agencies.
Read MoreIFPTE Local 21 is urging the city of Oakland to allow police officers to do police work by replacing front desk functions performed by rank-and-file police officers with civilian city of Oakland employees, “to save money and put more cops on the street.”
Read MorePresident Biggs authored a letter to Defense Secretary Hegseth, urging the suspension of Section 1-402 of Executive Order 12171 as it applies to all IFPTE-represented bargaining units.
Read MoreSUP President Rebecca Caron signs a joint letter in response to the tragic and fatal shooting that occurred on July 31st at the youth centre on Wapekaka First Nation during court proceedings, urging Attorney General Doug Downey to take immediate action.
Read MoreAs the nation prepares to honor and thank working families across the country this Labor Day weekend, the Trump Administration has issued another Executive Order (EO) attempting to strip collective bargaining rights from federal employees, including workers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). IFPTE’s Executive Officers responded to today’s news.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreIFPTE 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.
Read MoreIFPTE 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.
Read MoreJoin 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!
Read MoreIFPTE 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.”
Read MoreOn 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.
Read MoreRetired 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).
Read MoreIFPTE 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).
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreIFPTE 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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