President of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers,, Matt Biggs, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the proposed federal budget cuts for the 2024 Fiscal Year and its potential impact on many programs.
Read MoreIFPTE Local 195 Vice President, Melvin Dwyer, got approval from the City of East Orange, New Jersey for Local 195 to participate in the city’s annual Memorial Day Parade taking place on Monday, May 29.
Read MoreLast week, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R, CA) and House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington (R, TX) unveiled legislation they call the “Limit, Save, Grow Act,” which seeks to extend the debt ceiling but also defunds essential services that working Americans, retirees, veterans, and communities across the country count on. With Majority Leader McCarthy intending this bring this bill to a floor vote this week, IFPTE sent a letter telling Members of the House that this bill will hurt Americans in every Congressional district.
Read MoreOn Tax Day, April 18, IFPTE joined hundreds of national and state-based organizations and several unions, including the AFL-CIO, to request Congress support tax increases on large corporations and the wealthiest Americans in order to raise close to $5 trillion over 10 years.
Read MoreIFPTE’s executive officers sent a letter to all Senators reinforcing their endorsement of Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su to serve as Secretary of Labor.
Read MoreIFPTE sent a letter to all Members of the House of Representatives requesting additional cosponsors for H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act, and asking Representatives to urge House leadership to advance and pass the bill.
Read MoreFor the third year in a row, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) placed number one among mid-size federal agencies in the Partnership for Public Service’s Best Places to Work rankings. This success is due in part to the excellent work of the GAO Employees Organization, IFPTE Local 1921.
Read MoreIFPTE President Matt Biggs commented, “Senators Schumer and Gillibrand and Representative Tonko know full well the importance of good union jobs at KAPL and the importance of this work to national security and the economic prosperity of the Capitol Region” of New York.
Read MoreIFPTE officers, staff and Local leaders were honored this week to attend an AFL-CIO reception in honor of outgoing Labor Secretary, Marty Walsh. The reception was an opportunity for the American Labor Movement to come together and not only honor Secretary Walsh, but thank him for his steadfast leadership and support for working families.
Read MoreIFPTE Local 18 President Roy McCormick who represents workers at the South Jersey Port Corporation attended a check presentation event at the berth situated on the Delaware River waterfront.
Read MoreMembers and leaders from the Association of Administrative Law Judges (AALJ/IFPTE Judicial Council 1) and IFPTE Local 1 traveled to Washington, DC this week to attend the annual Society of Federal Labor Relations Professionals (SFLERP) annual symposium. President Biggs provided the keynote address to attendees on Thursday.
Read MoreAALJ/IFPTE Judicial Council 1 President Judge Som Ramrup and Secretary Judge Kimberly Schiro were joined on Capitol Hill this week by IFPTE Legislative Director Faraz Khan.
Read MoreIFPTE sent letters to Senators asking they cosponsor legislation that repairs the federal tax code to support American workers and union members and end public subsidies for union busting.
Read MoreThis week, Local 400 President/Northeastern Area Vice President Denise Robinson hosted her Local’s annual steward appreciation dinner this week in Providence, Rhode Island.
Read MoreIFPTE President Matt Biggs, Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson, Assistant to the Executive Officers Brian Kildee, and Legislative Director Faraz Khan met this week with John Podesta, President Biden’s top adviser on clean energy technologies and investments.
Read MoreMembers of Newark Council 21, an affiliate of IFPTE representing more than 1100 white collar and professional employees in the City of Newark, New Jersey, have elected several new union officers to serve alongside Newark Council 21 President Sean Small.
Read MoreIn anticipation of a March 9th hearing in the House Oversight and Accountability Committee to provide oversight of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), IFPTE provided a detailed statement to Committee lawmakers in support of OPM’s federal worker telework policy.
Read MoreIFPTE President Biggs commented that President Joe Biden has “lived up to his pledge once again by putting forward a budget that will decrease the national deficit, and do so while protecting and strengthening the programs that working families and retirees across the nation depend so heavily on. “
Read MoreIFPTE urged Members of the House to reject this misguided and confused Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act, legislation that would harm the federal government’s ability to protect Americans from fraud, misinformation, and disinformation while also unfairly threatening federal employees for doing their jobs.
Read MoreIFPTE endorsed George Whitesides for California’s 27th Congressional District with IFPTE President Matt Biggs noting that Whitesides “led by example” when he was chief of staff for the NASA during the Obama Administration, “something that IFPTE has not forgotten, and something that we know he will bring with him to the halls of Congress.”
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