Toronto City Council voted to join the Society of United Professionals/IFPTE Local 160 and other groups in calling on the provincial government to halt courthouse closures in 3 Ontario cities: North York, Etobicoke, and Scarborough.
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IFPTE Secretary-Treasurer/Legislative Director Matt Biggs expressed the union’s appreciation for the Senators, saying, "Chairman Richard Durbin, Chairman Alex Padilla and the Senate Judiciary Democrats have shown true leadership by standing up for immigration judges' union rights by urging Attorney General Garland to halt the previous Administration's assault on the NAIJ.”
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Among the many policies that the Society has called for is approving at least two weeks of permanent paid sick days to ensure every worker can afford to stay home if they are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, get tested, and improved access vaccines for essential workers.
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IFPTE locals throughout Manitoba, along with the Manitoba Federation of Labour, continue the fight against Bill 16, legislation championed by Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister that is aimed at eroding collective bargaining protections for Manitoba workers.
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Finding that the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) conduct during contract negotiations with the Association of Administrative Law Judges (AALJ), Judicial Council 1 was “tantamount to saying, ‘I’m taking my ball and going home,’” an arbitrator issued a ruling this week slamming the agency.
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This week, IFPTE requested that Senators vote to confirm Kiran Ahuja, President Biden’s nominee for the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
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The letter, organized by the NEA, requests Secretary Cardona conduct an audit of PSLF, involve workers impacted by the program’s failures to have a seat at the table, and forgive student debt for all workers who have 10 years of public service.
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The Society of United Professionals (SUP), IFPTE Local 160 is pressing the Ontario provincial and federal governments for pandemic recovery, decarbonization of transportation and energy systems, and access to justice measures in their respective budgets. These priorities were outlined in the Society’s budget consultation submission to each government.
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This week, 25 organizations, including IFPTE, sent a letter urging the Biden Administration to move toward nominating board members for the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), a small but critically important federal agency that hears and decides cases impacting the jobs of millions of federal workers.
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IFPTE “looks forward to a productive working relationship” with Administrator-designate Nelson.
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IFPTE and AFGE sent a joint request the Biden Administration today, alerting the President that, “under the leadership of Commissioner Saul and Deputy Commissioner Black, SSA has achieved the distinction of being one of the most anti-labor agencies in the entire federal government.”
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IFPTE Urges Congress to Approve Federal Employee Emergency Paid Sick Leave
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President Biden continued to scrub the federal government of anti-union ideologues by requesting the resignations of all ten members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel (FSIP)
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The letter to Attorney General-designate Merrick Garland urges him to “take all necessary actions to ensure that immigration judges can continue to be represented by their union.”
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IFPTE applauds the Biden Administration for wasting “no time in standing up for our nation’s civil service.”
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IFPTE President, Paul Shearon, commented that “instead of pushing legislation to gut Manitoba’s public sector labour law, the Pallister government should instead be proud that Provincial workers have strong collective bargaining and due process protections, and urge Canadian jurisdictions elsewhere to emulate them, not the other way around. IFPTE urges members to join the Manitoba Federation of Labour’s campaign to defeat Bill 16.”
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IFPTE continued to urge Congress to approve a robust federal aid package for State and Local governments
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AALJ-IFPTE Judicial Council 1 President, Judge Melissa McIntosh, and Secretary-Treasurer/Legislative Director, Matt Biggs, participated in an act.tv panel discussion this week highlighting the need for President-Elect Biden to replace the leadership at the Social Security Administration (SSA) on day one of his administration.
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Following the Association of Administration Law Judges and AFGE Council 220’s overwhelming votes of no confidence in the SSA leaders, IFPTE and AFGE issued a joint statement regarding the SSA Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner.
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The letter emphasized the urgent need for Congress to pass a relief bill that includes federal aid for state and local governments as well as payroll support for aircraft manufacturing industry.
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