SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001 Director of Strategic Development, Rich Plunkett, along with Matt Biggs, Faraz Khan, and Brian Kildee from the International, met this week with Transportation Secretary, Pete Buttigieg, and National Transportation Safety Board Chair, Jennifer Homendy.
Read MoreFred Stafford writes for The Nation regarding TVA’s nuclear program and the need for public funding saying "However the TVA manages to secure funding for a new nuclear plant, and no matter whether it’s a small modular reactor or a modern large nuclear plant, it would be a tremendous achievement for clean energy and public power.
Read MoreThe Manitoba Federation of Labour (MFL) will be hosting two info sessions on Sept 13 & 19 for affiliates to help understand what the government’s new anti-scab/essential services legislation means for how unions bargain and how strikes take place.
Read MoreIFPTE sent a letter to Senate Armed Services Committee leadership and members urging them to support the critical work that Navy civil service employees do at public shipyards and oppose efforts to grant the U.S. Navy the ability to use non-U.S. private shipyards for Navy ship repairs.
Read MoreThis week, among the 4,695 delegates to the Democratic National Convention, held in Chicago, are three IFPTE members.
Read MoreAn administrative law judge for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled that the American Civil Liberties Union illegally terminated Kate Oh, a rank-and-file NPEU/IFPTE Local 70 member who was punished for raising concerns about managers' mistreatment of staff and poor working conditions at the ACLU.
Read MoreOn behalf of the 90,000 members and their families throughout North America, IFPTE issued statements of support for Vice President Kamala Harris’ selection of Tim Walz to be her vice-presidential running mate for the upcoming November presidential elections.
Read MoreOn Wednesday night, IFPTE participated in a Zoom call hosted by the AFL-CIO in support of Vice President Kamala Harris’ candidacy for president of the United States.
Read MoreIFPTE Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) Council joined officers joined IFPTE international officers and legislative director for a Zoom meeting last week to strategize around IFPTE’s continued legislative efforts to counter the Corps efforts to implement remote operations at our U.S. federal locks and dams.
Read MoreThe House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted on Monday to pass H.R. 8812, the Water Resources Development Act of 2024, legislation that includes IFPTE-backed language to bring oversight to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ ability to unilaterally and recklessly implement remote operation at navigational locks and dams and hydroelectric facilities.
Read MoreOn behalf of 90,000 members and their families throughout North America, the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers released the following statement today in support of Vice President Kamala Harris for President of the United States.
Read MoreIFPTE applauds the Seante’s confirmation of Anne Wagner for Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) Member. IFPTE leadership and union delegates learned of the successful cloture vote for Wagner at the union’s 61st Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, and greeted the news with cheers. Wagner was confirmed with bipartisan support by a vote of 55 to 37, with eight Republican Senators supporting her confirmation. Her term as Member of the FLRA ends on July 1, 202
Read MoreThe House of Representatives considered the Defense Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2025 with floor amendments that seek to limit telework for some Department of Defense employees and defund President Biden’s Executive Order 14019, “Promoting Access to Voting,” which provides federal employees with needed time (up to four hours) to vote and engage in nonpartisan voter registration activities, as well as improve voting access for uniformed service members.
Read MoreThe House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee marked up their version of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) with a version of IFPTE-requested language that protects lock and dam operations and hydroelectric operations from being performed and controlled through remote offsite operations.
Read MoreIFPTE Local 121 sponsored Hawaii’s Salt Lake Elementary School’s Robotics Team at the First Lego League Invitational Robotics Competition on June 19th - 22nd in Daytona Beach Florida.
Read Morea Federal Workers Alliance (FWA) delegation of federal sector local union leaders, including leaders from IFPTE Local 3, met with Biden-Harris Administration policy staff who focus on federal workforce and labor issues, including those responsible for developing and following up on the recommendations in the White House’s Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment report.
Read MoreSenator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced legislation to reauthorize Trade Adjustment Assistance, a support program for American workers impacted by trade.
Read MoreOver the last several weeks, IFPTE has been engaging with House and Senate Armed Services Committees to stop Congress from granting the U.S. Navy the ability to use non-U.S. private shipyards for Navy ship repairs.
Read MoreWith several key amendments set to be debated and included in the House National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25 NDAA), IFPTE asked House Rules Committee members to support key amendments that protect the civil service, support veterans benefits, protect domestic supply chains, and labor standards for federal government contracting firms.
Read MoreAs the Senate considers reauthorizing federal workforce development authorities and works on drafting the next version of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, IFPTE sent a letter to Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee leadership to request the Committee ensure employer fees from the H-1B visa program continue to support the Department of Labor’s (DOL) H-1B Skills Training Grants for domestic recruitment in STEM and STEM-related occupations.
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