IFPTE issued the following statement in response to the news that longtime FLRA member and recent former FLRA Chairman Ernie DuBester has declined another nomination to serve on the FLRA board.
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The Ontario Federation Labour (OFL) blasted the Ford government’s move in late December to appeal the Ontario Superior Court of Justice’s decision to strike down Bill 124, finding that the legislation violated the fundamental constitutional rights to collectively bargain and to strike.
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IFPTE urged Senators to pass the omnibus government funding package which includes several funding and policy priorities that IFPTE advocated for. The current short-term government funding measure expires on December 23.
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IFPTE issued the following statements applauding the Senate’s confirmation of Robert H. Shriver, III, President Biden’s nominee to serve as Deputy Director of the Office of Personnel.
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Ahead of a vote in the House of Representatives to pass the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, IFPTE asked Representatives to vote for the legislation which includes “continued infrastructure investments for Navy shipyards, depots, and other DOD facilities,” the Water Resources Development Act, and other IFPTE priorities.
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Sean McBride, who serves as IFPTE Local 196 President, Atlantic Area Vice President, and New Jersey AFL-CIO Vice President, joined New Jersey public sector union Brothers and Sisters calling for an immediate solution to the slated 20% increase in healthcare premiums for New Jersey municipal workers.
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As Congress makes progress on an omnibus federal spending bill for Fiscal Year 2023 and passing a week-long continuing resolution to allow needed time to finalize the omnibus package, IFPTE reminded Members of Congress that IFPTE members and working Americans are counting on them to deliver on union members and workers priorities.
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This week, IFPTE reached out to members of the House of Representatives and the Senate to urge, in the strongest terms possible, to avoid a government shutdown and pass a fiscal year (FY) 2023 government funding budget that supports the priorities and needs of working Americans and retirees.
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The Engineering Association (EA/IFPTE Local 1937) hosted their annual Designated Union Representative (DUR) training in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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IFPTE joined the Federal Workers Alliance letter to Defense Secretary Austin, Deputy Secretary Hicks, and Under Secretary of Defense Cisneros requesting DoD weigh in with Congress and support inclusion of language in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to prevent “Schedule F” or any similar effort from a presidential administration to weaken and politicize the federal civil service and circumvent merit principles, due process and competitive hiring for federal workers.
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The Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) joined the larger labour movement in applauding this week’s Ontario Superior Court of Justice’s ruling striking down the Ford government’s Bill 124.
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IFPTE Local 196 President/Atlantic Area Vice President Sean McBride and Business Manager Jimmy Robertello joined several board members this week while traveling across New Jersey to meet with the membership.
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IFPTE President Matt Biggs joined AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, Secretary Treasurer Fred Redmond, and other members of the AFL-CIO Executive Council, at a meeting this week with members of the United States Federal Reserve.
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IFPTE issued a strong statement of support last week in support of American Federation of Teachers (AFT) president Randi Weingarten, after she was the subject of a vile verbal attack from former Secretary of State MIke Pompeo.
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The IFPTE Executive Council held their Fall meeting on November 17th and 18th in Las Vegas.
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IFPTE Newark Council 21 reached an agreement with the City of Newark for its’ 900 plus members, employed by the city, after 3 years of contract negotiations.
IFPTE president, Matt Biggs, and Secretary-Treasurer, Gay Henson, attended the AFL-CIO post-election executive council meeting in Washington, DC.
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The Mercer County Central Labor Council celebrated the 34th Annual Knights of Labor Dinner. Former IFPTE Local 195 President, Timothy Rudolph, was the first ever to recieve the “Knights of Labor” Award posthumously, in honor of his life in labor.
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Less than a week after the introduction of Bill 28, which launched a full-frontal attack on workers’ rights, it was defeated by the collective power of the labour movement.
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Doug Ford’s government is launching a full-frontal attack on basic labour freedoms in Ontario, specifically Education Minister Stephen Lecce’s efforts to pull the plug on bargaining with CUPE while it’s still underway, and use legislation to forcibly impose a contract on education workers.
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