This week, the Senate passed the final compromise National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), S. 1071, and President has signed and enacted the bill.
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After the successful effort to pass the bipartisan Protect America’s Workforce Act (PAWA) in the House last week, IFPTE turned its sights to the Senate urging Senate Appropriations Committee Chair, Susan Collins, and Vice Chair, Patty Murray, to add PAWA to the remaining Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Senate funding bills.
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SPEEA has agreed to Boeing’s request to pause negotiations on a new contract for the more than 1,500 workers represented by its Wichita Technical & Professional Unit.
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As a part of IFPTE’s Federal Caucus Zoom meeting held today, IFPTE hosted New Jersey Congressman Donald Norcross to address our federal membership and the larger membership overall.
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Nearly 200 members from across Ontario and Saskatchewan gathered in Toronto on December 6 for the Society of United Professionals/IFPTE Local 160’s annual Empowerment Conference.
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SUP/IFPTE Local 160’s Hydro One Local held a rally on Monday at Trinity Square in Toronto. IFPTE President Matt Biggs and Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson joined members on the ground, demanding a fair contract and reaffirming the International’s full support.
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IFPTE Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson was joined by Legislative/Political Director Faraz Khan and Assistant to the Executive Officers Brian Kildee this week for a labor-sponsored event in support of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner.
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IFPTE issued the following statement in response to the House of Representatives passing H.R. 2550, the Protect America’s Workforce Act (PAWA), nullifying Executive Order 14251, which strips union rights from over 1 million federal workers and is the greatest single union-busting effort in U.S. history.
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This week, the House of Representatives passed the House-Senate compromise text of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026. The legislation does not include the language originally in the House-passed NDAA that protects Department of Defense workers’ collective bargaining rights from being revoked by the Trump Administration’s Executive Order 14251 (EO).
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TAKE ACTION: Congressional Leadership Must Protect DOD Workers Union Rights in Final NDAA.
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Manitoba Minister of Labour Malaya Marcelino announced major new workplace health and safety rules that will literally save lives.
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At the Ontario Federation of Labour’s 18th Biennial Convention, the Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) were well represented at the convention with over 30 delegates.
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IFPTE weighed in this week on several bills impacting federal workers and their Unions that were considered by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
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SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001’s Wichita Technical and Professional Unit (WTPU) Contact Action Team, tasked with increasing WTPU membership through internal organizing, successfully surpassed the 50% mark this week, up from 28% before the campaign launched.
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Despite the actions of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to cancel the DOD wage survey committee, IFPTE learned last week that pressure from labor, including IFPTE, and Congress, most notably Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman and the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (HSGAC) staff, wage-grade workers employed by DOD will finally receive their long-awaited raises.
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Congratulations to the Society's (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) Pride and Solidarity Chair and Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) member, Morgan Koch, who this week was awarded the Ontario Federation of Labour's (OFL) Solidarity and Pride Champion Award.
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IFPTE responded to the Trump Administration’s upcoming release of its final rule aimed at large-scale politicization of the United States government’s federal workforce, as well as to eliminate employee whistleblower protections.
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IFPTE applauded the bipartisan support that has lifted Discharge Petition #6 for floor consideration of H.R. 2550, the Protect America’s Workforce Act (PAWA), in the House of Representatives to the 218-vote threshold.
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IFPTE issued the following statement in response to Discharge Petition No. 6, which would provide floor consideration of H.R. 2550, the Protection America’s Workforce Act (PAWA), in the House of Representatives.
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The 2025 Manitoba Federation of Labour (MFL) Mid Term Conference – EmPOWERing Workers – aims to keep building a strong labour movement through ramped-up union organizing and meaningful membership engagement, and activism.
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