IFPTE Honors and Celebrates Our Veterans

On this Veterans Day and Remembrance Day, on behalf of IFPTE’s Executive Council, international staff, and all of IFPTE’s membership across North America, we are honored to thank and recognize all IFPTE members, retirees and family members who have served. As a Union that was founded by Navy shipyard workers in Norfolk, Virginia in 1918, our very roots are tied to those who have protected our very way of life, and those who have fought to uphold all of our rights, including our right to collectively bargain and organize unions.

IFPTE’s membership is equally divided among the private, public and federal sectors. One of the biggest commonalities among all three are the significant numbers of Veterans that IFPTE Locals are proud to represent. Whether they work in the aerospace sector and are represented by SPEEA, in the public sector represented by IFPTE Locals in California, New Jersey, Ontario, Rhode Island, Manitoba, Connecticut, and Saskatchewan, or work for a federal government agency, IFPTE-represented Veterans bring the same dedication to fellow citizens, devotion to their families and Unions, and an unwavering commitment to service to their workplaces and their Unions that they carried with them throughout their military careers.

IFPTE is proud to represent all of these Veterans and will continue to fight for them in the public arena on restoring hard earned rights and benefits, including collective bargaining rights, that have been eroded or stripped from them in recent years by hostile lawmakers, their Veterans preference, and their VA military health and pension benefits. Indeed, honoring our Veterans also means prioritizing their post-military needs and benefits as a part of our legislative and legal advocacy.  

We thank all of our Veterans in the United States and Canada, and we commit to continuing to advocate for their best interests and honor their service.

In Solidarity,

Matt and Gay