IFPTE 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 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 MoreIFPTE met with AFL-CIO President, Liz Shuler, to discuss the major legislative issues impacting IFPTE’s diverse membership, including but not limited to the labor movement’s continued support for federal investment in green nuclear energy technologies such as Small Modular Reactors, and the importance of restoring a Biden majority of the Federal Labor Relations Authority.
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 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 executive officers applauded President Biden’s nomination of Julie Su to be Secretary of Labor, noting that, “She understands firsthand the benefits that come with a union card and will no doubt work hard toward leveling the playing field for workers seeking to organize unions.”
Read MoreIFPTE welcomed the reintroduction of the Richard L. Trumka PRO Act, sponsored in the House by Education and Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Chair
Read MoreAlthough the Americans’ approval of labor unions is at the highest point since 1965 and union organizing is surging across the country, our broken labor laws desperately need to be updated to support workers’ democratic right to form and join unions and bargain collectively. To that end, IFPTE is asking Members of Congress to cosponor the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO ACT),which is expected to be introduced in the coming days.
Read More184 Members of Congress joined a comment letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce requesting that federal investments flowing from the CHIPS and Science Act require strong labor standards, commitments to workforce development, support good paying union jobs, and benefit American workers.
Read MoreIFPTE joined the AFGE members from across the nation this week in calling on Congress to pass the Federal Adjustments of Income Rates (FAIR) Act granting the nation’s over 2 million federal workers a 8.7% pay raise.
Read MoreThe Society of Union Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) and Canadian Area Vice President, Michelle Johnston and External Relations Director, Mike Belmore, joined unions from across Canada to meet with national lawmakers on Parliament Hill Ottawa this week.
Read MoreIFPTE International President Matt Biggs and Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson sent Clayola Brown, a longtime fighter for economic justice and civil rights within the labor movement, a letter recognizing her recent promotion at the AFL-CIO.
Read MoreAhead of the House of Representatives floor vote on the SHOW UP Act (H.R. 139), legislation sponsored by House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) that would revert federal agencies’ telework policies back to December 2019 and undermine negotiated agreements, IFPTE requested Representatives vote against passing this costly and ill-considered bill.
Read MoreTEAM/IFPTE Local 161 board members gathered together in Winnipeg for training and strategic planning.
Read MoreThe AFL-CIO held a series of Executive Council committee meetings this week. The meetings, which are a precursor to the AFL-CIO executive council meetings in February, were held at the AFL-CIO’s headquarters in Washington, DC.
Read MoreIFPTE Locals from across Canada gathered in Winnipeg to participate in the Federation’s annual legislative conference. The conference is in its second year and is intended to give IFPTE’s Locals in Western Canada an opportunity to work in coalition to advocate on the major legislative issues impacting their membership.
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