Newly confirmed Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner, Martin O’Malley, held a virtual Labor Roundtable Meeting this week with the agency’s unions, including the Association of Administrative Law Judges (AALJ/IFPTE Judicial Council 1).
Read MoreBrother Sean McBride, Jr., who is a member of IFPTE Local 196, Chapter 10, was recently sworn in to serve as Captain of the Atlantic Highlands Fire Department.
Read MoreAfter 33 years of service to the United States Army Corps of Engineers, IFPTE Local 561 president, Regina Parker, is set to retire on January 12th.
Read MoreTwenty-six federal employee organizations, mostly unions, including IFPTE, signed a letter this week to Congress asking lawmakers to sign their name onto HR 5995, the bipartisan Federal Retirement Act.
Read MoreIFPTE commends the Biden-Harris Administration for nominating Anne Wagner to serve as a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) and for renominating Suzanne Summerlin to serve as FLRA General Counsel.
Read MoreIn Manitoba this week the new NDP government has taken an important step forward toward establishing a simple one-step unionization process (50%+1 card check) and implementing a long overdue ban on the use of replacement workers (anti-scab).
Read MoreIFPTE Atlantic Area Vice President/Local 196 President, Sean McBride, recently attended the swearing-in ceremony for Hinds County (Jackson), Mississippi District Attorney, Jody E. Owens, II.
Read MoreThe Canadian Labour Congress is outraged by the political games on display in Parliament this week as opposition leader Pierre Poilievre and his Conservative Party use procedural tactics to delay, derail, and ultimately block critical pieces of legislation designed to benefit workers across Canada.
Read MoreWhen management at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth NH, decided to reduce parking space widths to door-ding size and refused to abide by Federal Property Management regulations on how parking spaces should be allocated, IFPTE Local 4 fought back.
Read MoreIFPTE President Matt Biggs remarked, “Governor O’Malley’s swift confirmation and strong bipartisan support serve as a testament to his lifetime of service, putting outcomes and results over political considerations.”
Read MoreIFPTE Local 121 President/Eastern Federal Area Vice President, Jamie Uyeunten, was re-elected to serve on the Hawaii State AFL-CIO executive board’s vice council.
Read MoreWith the Senate wrapping up for the Senate’s 2023 session, IFPTE and the Association of Administrative Law Judges-IFPTE Judicial Council 1 urged Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and all Senators to confirm former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley to be the next Commissioner of the Social Security Administration.
Read MoreSPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001’s director of strategic development, Rich Plunkett, was named to the United States Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Aerospace Supply Chain Resilience (ASCR) task force this week.
Read MoreIn response to the House and Senate’s passage of the bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24), IFPTE applauded the inclusion of pro-worker provisions that the union supported and requested Congress include in the bill.
Read MoreThe Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is pleased to see the federal government launch a union-led Advisory Table to help workers succeed in Canada’s economic future, announced today.
Read MoreIFPTE President, Matt Biggs, was one of twenty-one panelists who participated in a bipartisan forum this week hosted by Senate Majority Leader, Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Senators Mike Rounds (R-SD), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and Todd Young (R-IN). The forum is the ninth of a series of Senate forums held this year to examine Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on all facets of society.
Read MoreMembers of the Executive Board and Northwest Legislative & Political Affairs Committee from the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001), attended the kick-off luncheon for Washington state gubernatorial candidate Bob Ferguson on Dec. 5 in Seattle.
Read MoreSecretary-Treasurer, Gay Henson, and Legislative Director, Faraz Khan, were panelists at the AFL-CIO’s virtual Workers’ Voice State and Local Legislative Conference.
Read MoreAhead of the Thanksgiving holiday, IFPTE sent a formal request to Senators and Representatives on the conference committee for the National Defense Authorization Act of 2024 (NDAA).
Read MoreThe Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) welcomed progress on housing affordability in the federal Fall Economic Statement last week.
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