On behalf of its 90,000 members throughout North America, including thousands of members employed by the State of New Jersey, IFPTE issued the following statement in response to yesterday’s statewide election results in New Jersey and Virginia and state and local elections across the United States.
Read MoreWith Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) about to expire for 42 million Americans on November 1, IFPTE joined the AFL-CIO’s union letter urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins to disburse SNAP emergency funding.
Read MoreIFPTE renewed the call for Congress to pass a bipartisan Continuing Resolution (CR) to end the shutdown and fund the federal government. The letter reaffirmed IFPTE’s position that. “The common-sense path forward out of the current impasse is a truly clean CR that protects Congressionally approved spending levels and extends funding to provide time for Congress to pass full-year appropriations.”
Read MorePresident Matt Biggs joined legendary radio host Ed 'Flash' Ferenc on America's Workforce Union podcast to discuss IFPTE’s views on the ongoing government shutdown/lockout, and efforts to combat the Trump Administration's unprecedented union-busting.
Read More“This is not only a win for the dedicated federal workforce who make up our nonpartisan civil service, but a victory for the American people and the public services our communities and our economy count on,” said IFPTE President Matt Biggs.
Read MoreIFPTE weighed in with Senate lawmakers this week, urging them to vote in support of bipartisan legislation condemning President Trump’s most recent attack on Canadian working families by imposing yet another tariff on goods and services.
Read MoreThe Society of United Professionals sent a letter to Ontario Attorney General Doug Downey, copied to federal Justice Minister Sean Fraser, following Prime Minister Mark Carney’s announcement of proposed bail and sentencing reforms that could infringe on human rights without improving public safety.
Read MoreIFPTE was pleased to see a letter authored by sixteen House Republicans calling on House and Senate Armed Services Committee leaders to retain in the final National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) bipartisan legislative language sponsored by New Jersey Representative, Donald Norcross, to restore collective bargaining rights for DOD civilian workers.
Read MoreThis joint action reaffirms two truths: that organized labor is leading the fight against the administration’s unprecedented and unlawful attack on federal workers’ rights, and that the more vicious and outrageous their attacks become, the stronger we stand in solidarity.
Read MoreSenators Van Hollen, Peters, and Johnson offered legislation this week, the Shutdown Fairness Act, to ensure pay for federal workers.
Read MoreSUP/IFPTE Local 160 was proud to welcome the Saskatoon Civic Middle Management Association (SCMMA Local 222), which represents 450 City of Saskatoon employees, to the SUP family.
Read MoreThe Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160), representing approximately 400 Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) lawyers, weighed in with concerns of SUP members with the Ontario government's repeated calls to further restrict access to bail for accused persons.
Read MoreFederal Workers Legal Defense Network General Counsel, Suzanne Summerlin, authored her latest “Solidarity Docket” this week, updating federal workers on the latest legal activity from the labor movement to combat the Trump Administration’s attacks on civil servants.
Read MoreIFPTE sent an updated letter to Congressional leaders this week calling for “a bipartisan solution to this shutdown that funds the priorities and programs relied upon by the public, including those provided by IFPTE members.
Read MoreIFPTE was proud to issue another endorsement last week for our friend, Maine Congressman Jared Golden, who is seeking his 5th term in the United States House of Representatives.
Read MoreIFPTE is honored and humbled to report that International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) International President, Robert Olvera, offered his Union’s SOLIDARITY and support for IFPTE-represented federal sector members as we fight to preserve our jobs and our collective bargaining rights.
Read MoreIFPTE Local 777’s Chicago District Chapter participated in a rally on October 8 calling for a just end to the shutdown on Federal Plaza in Chicago.
Read MoreIFPTE has endorsed the Fair Access to Swift and Timely (FAST) Justice Act, legislation that would give federal workers a private right of action and allow them to take their cases to federal court if the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) fails to act on an appeal within 120 days.
Read MoreIFPTE issued the following response to the Trump Administration’s announcement today that they are issuing RIF notices to furloughed federal workers.
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