The Society of United Professionals (SUP), Local 160 Pride and Society Committee has developed a learning module to provide a basic overview and understanding of some of the issues facing 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals, and how Society members can be allies within their locals to help move equity and diversity conversations forward.
Read MoreThe International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers’ (IFPTE) campaign to halt the Trump-era effort to decertify the National Association of Immigration Judges-IFPTE Judicial Council 2 (NAIJ) received a helpful boost today with the House Labor Caucus’ letter to Attorney General Garland requesting the Department of Justice withdraw the petition to decertify NAIJ.
Read MoreIFPTE 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.”
Read MoreIFPTE 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.
Read MoreIFPTE Sec.-Treas./Legislative Director Matt Biggs commented that, “IFPTE applauds and thanks SPEEA for continuing to be one of IFPTE’s leading locals in stepping up strong in support of the IFPTE PAC program.“
Read MoreAhead of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Committee’s consideration of Jennifer Abruzzo’s nomination for General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), IFPTE sent a letter urging Senators on the Committee to advance Abruzzo’s nomination to a confirmation vote.
Read MoreIFPTE stands in solidarity with the courageous auto workers in Mexico and Susana Prieto Terrazas, a labor lawyer and champion for workers who herself has been jailed by Mexican authorities for advocating for workers’ rights, and who also represents the workers who have been denied basic labor protections promised by the three countries covered by USMCA.
Read MoreThe Association of Administrative Law Judges (AALJ/IFPTE Judicial Council 1) has been in an ongoing labor dispute with the Social Security Administration (SSA). The union reports that it is extremely disappointed with the agency’s latest rejection of its contract offer. AALJ offered to resume negotiations if the agency would withdraw what it called a Trump-era union-busting order from the Federal Service Impasses Panel to impose nine disputed articles of the contract. SSA and AALJ-IFPTE have reached agreement on another 20 articles.
Read MoreSPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001 is leading the way within the IFPTE family in urging Congress to move quickly in passing historic labor law reform to bring fairness back to the private sector organizing process.
Read MoreThe organizing committees of Brookings United and the Urban Institute Employees’ Union has issued a joint statement calling “on the management of the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute to respect the right of staff to form a union and to refrain from any actions that could be construed as discouraging us from exercising this right.” The statement comes as the staff of these respective non-profits are organizing with NPEU/IFPTE Local 70.
Read MoreAnimal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) staffers have unionized! In late March, a super majority of staffers voted in an NLRB election to join the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU/IFPTE Local 70).
Read MorePresident Biden’s proposal commits to addressing the long-neglected physical infrastructure deficit as well as recommitting to federal policy that supports R&D, manufacturing and innovation, and workers rights.
Read MoreThis 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.
Read MoreIFPTE President Paul Shearon commented, “It is appalling that a corporation worth upwards of 1 trillion dollars, and owned by the richest person on the face of the earth, is going to extraordinary lengths to intimidate and threaten their workers in order to prevent them from forming a union.”
Read MoreThis week marked the 110th anniversary of the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York’s Greenwich Village in which 146 garment workers – most of them young women, many who were teenagers and immigrants – died in the span of 15 minutes.
Read MoreIFPTE reminded Senators that Marty Walsh has been a steadfast advocate for working people and understands workers’ issues throughout his career as a labor leader and in public service in the Massachusetts State House and as Mayor of Boston.
Read MoreIFPTE and a number of labor unions and civil rights groups joined the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights’ letter to Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and Ranking Member Richard Burr (R-NC) in support of Julie Su’s confirmation as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Labor.
Read MoreThis week , the House of Representatives will vote on one of highest and longest held priorities for the U.S. labor movement: private sector labor law reform.
Read MoreThe Equality Act is an important and commonsense update to federal civil rights laws that prohibits discrimination against people based on sexual orientation or gender identity. IFPTE will continue to advocate for it’s passage in the Senate.
Read MoreIFPTE urged Congress to pass this long-overdue legislation to level the playing field between workers who want to form unions and employers who exploit weaknesses in the current law to frustrate union organizing drives and deny workers' legal union rights.
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