The much-anticipated arbitrator’s decision involving the unjust termination of EA/IFPTE Local 1937 member, Timothy Hubbard, was released earlier this week. The decision, which comes nearly five years after TVA fired Brother Hubbard, was both convincing and sweeping in Hubbard’s defense, finding that, “The Grievant's termination is to be set aside and the Grievant is to be returned to work with back pay and no loss of seniority or benefits.”
Read MoreIFPTE’s Executive Officers and staff visited the White House this week to discuss IFPTE’s ongoing efforts to engage in and promote workforce development.
Read MoreBefore the 117th Congress adjourned in late December, IFPTE and OPEIU joined forces in calling on the Senate to confirm President Biden’s nominations to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Board.
Read MoreIFPTE applauds President Biden’s signing of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, particularly the provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 that allow TVA the ability to receive federal incentives to expand its investment in green energy with additional nuclear energy power plants and other advanced energy generation and infrastructure.
Read MoreAs the House of Representatives prepares to take up consideration of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, IFTPE urged Representatives to pass this important legislation that supports IFPTE priorities, including energy investments that will significantly reduce carbon emissions, support union jobs in energy and manufacturing, and make sure corporations pay their fair share of taxes.
Read MoreThis week, Local 1937 Engineering Association President Mike Cavote joined IFPTE Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson and IFPTE President Matt Biggs for a virtual meeting with representatives from the newly established Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
Read MoreThis week representatives and leaders from the Society of United Professionals (SUP)-Local 160, Engineers and Scientists of California(ESC)-Local 20, and the Engineering Association (EA)-Local 1937 attended the 2022 Nuclear Energy Assembly in Washington, DC.
Read MoreThis week , AFL-CIO unions joined together to call for expanding clean energy union jobs and committing to advanced technology to combat climate change in the Tennessee Valley by passing a convention resolution titled “TVA Eligibility for Department of Energy Grants.”
Read MoreThis week IFPTE sent a 13-member delegation to the AFL-CIO convention. IFPTE delegates spoke in favor of and helped pass several significant AFL-CIO resolutions, including resolutions that strengthen labor unions and support IFPTE members.
Read MoreAt a labor briefing for Senate staff, Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson shared the experiences of the TVA Engineering Association-Local 1937 members who successfully blocked their employer’s efforts to privatize their work to offshore-outsourcing firms replying on the H-1B work visa program.
Read MoreThis week in Chattanooga was a time to celebrate Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson’s 17 years of service as President of the Engineering Association (EA/IFPTE Local 1937), and over 37 years of service to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
Read More“Any national agenda that seeks to empower American workers and remove barriers to good-paying jobs in STEM occupations must include reforming the H-1B program so that it does not continue to harm American workers nor take advantage of H-1B workers.”
Read MoreThe EPI report, “New Evidence of Widespread Wage Theft in the H-1B Visa Program,” analyses an internal document from India-based IT staffing firm HCL Technologies and reveals an offshore-outsourcing model that abuses the H-1B program to hire foreign guestworkers at wages below what U.S. workers are paid. The HCL document shows H-1B workers at the firm were underpaid at least $95 million in just one year.
Read MoreThis week IFPTE President Matt Biggs, Secretary-Treasurer/TVA EA Local 1937 President Gay Henson, Eastern Federal Area VP Renae McKenzie, and Legislative Director Faraz Khan met with Tennessee Valley Authority leaders in Washington, D.C.
Read MoreAfter tough negotiations throughout the summer, the Engineering Association/Local 1937 (EA) finalized a three-year contract with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) this week.
Read MoreThe article quotes former IFPTE President Paul Shearon remarking on Henson’s record as a labor leader who “has organized and rallied workers in the deep South and proven that she can take on the big bosses and win.”
Read MoreEA/Local 1937 President Gay Henson was notified that the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has renewed the recognition agreement between the union and TVA through May 8, 2032. The recognition, which is required in the TVA Act, comes at a time when the union and TVA have been working together to reverse management’s misguided decision to outsource over 200 EA represented TVA IT jobs.
Read MoreAfter nearly a year long fight to prevent 220 EA, Local 1937 represented IT jobs from being privatized and sent overseas, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) management has finally seen the error in their ways and agreed to the union’s request to sack the four IT offshoring contractors they intended to do business with.
Read MoreStatement from IFPTE Leaders Regarding President Trump's Executive Orders on TVA
Read MoreIFPTE notified key Senators that TVA notified another 38 workers that they will be losing their jobs to IT offshoring firms.
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