The IFPTE Executive Council came together this week in Las Vegas as a part of its bi-annual meeting. The meeting, which occurs twice a year, is an opportunity for the Vice Presidents representing IFPTE members throughout North America to review the major work being done by the International, and among the IFPTE Locals.
Read More155,000 federal civil servants represented by the Public Service Alliance of Canada union walked off their jobs and went on Canada’s largest strike in history.
Read MoreThe climate and environmental movement is one of the most rapidly unionized spaces in the U.S., and at Friends of the Earth Workers United, a bargaining unit under NPEU/IFPTE Local 70, we believe a sustainable workforce is key to saving our planet.
Read MoreThe IFPTE Veterans Committee held their Spring 2023 committee meeting this past Thursday via Zoom.
Read MoreIFPTE Local 195's Secretary, Diane Moore, is running for a seat on the New Jersey State Pension Board (PERS). Help Diane get nominated to ensure that IFPTE-represented public sector workers in New Jersey have a voice.
Read MoreIFPTE’s executive officers sent a letter to all Senators reinforcing their endorsement of Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su to serve as Secretary of Labor.
Read MoreHelp nominate Diane Moore, Local 195 Secretary, get a seat on the State Pension Board (PERS).
Read MoreThe Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) has joined the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) campaign to maintain and strengthen pensions for Canadian current and future retirees.
Read MoreThe GAO Employees Organization (IFPTE Local 1921) recently issued their Spring member newsletter.
Read MoreApplications are now open for the Canadian Labour Congress’ Labour College of Canada. Apply today to the Labour College of Canada’s certificate program. Classes begin June/July 2023. Application deadline: April 30, 2023.
Read MoreOn the 55th anniversary of the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike, AFSCME invites union members and all those interested in the American labor movement, civil rights, and the fight for racial and economic justice to hear the stories of working people at the center of the the monumental events that marked the last days of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life.
Read MoreFormer IFPTE President Paul Shearon joined Starbucks workers in a protest last week at the company’s corporate headquarters in Seattle. This latest worker-led action protesting Starbuck’s ongoing union-busting efforts against their employees seeking to organize unions came a day prior to the company’s annual shareholder meeting.
Read MoreIFPTE applauded the introduction of the H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act, sponsored by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Senate Judiciary Committee Member Charles Grassley (R-IA), and cosponsored by Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Senate HELP Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
Read MoreIFPTE President Matt Biggs commented, “Senators Schumer and Gillibrand and Representative Tonko know full well the importance of good union jobs at KAPL and the importance of this work to national security and the economic prosperity of the Capitol Region” of New York.
Read MoreAfter hearing from IFPTE Local 147 leaders during IFPTE's legislative week about the unjust movement of work from the Local's bargaining unit to non-represented workers elsewhere, New York Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, along with Congressman Paul Tonko, issued a strong letter to the Department of Energy (DOE), with a statement of support for the union and their members.
Read MoreIFPTE 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.
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