The Association of Administrative Law Judges (AALJ/IFPTE Judicial Council 1) president, Judge Som Ramrup, and AALJ/JC1 vice president, Judge Bill Ramsey, traveled to Washington, DC this week to participate in meetings on Capitol Hill with key Congressional offices.
Read MoreCongressman Gerry Connolly (D, VA) and Senator Brian Schatz (D, HI) introduced identical House and Senate versions of the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act this week calling on Congress to approve a 7.4% pay raise for federal workers.
Read MoreLeaders and members of TEAM/IFPTE Local 161, WAPSO/IFPTE Local 162, and SUP/IFPTE Local 160 came together this week in Winnipeg, Manitoba to participate in IFPTE’s 3rd annual Western Canada legislative conference.
Read MoreThe Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) applauded the Ontario Provincial government’s announcement this week to pursue the refurbishment of the Pickering B Nuclear Generating Station (PNGS).
Read MoreOfficers and staff from IFPTE, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Jobs with Justice (JWJ), and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) came together for two days of meetings in Chattanooga this week to discuss the coalition’s ongoing efforts to stand up a training center for STEM workers.
Read MoreIFPTE International Representative, David LaFemina, participated in an event in Connecticut with two of IFPTE’s strongest supporters: Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro and Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su.
Read MoreSPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001 sent a strong contingent of members to the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka this week to participate in the Kansas State AFL-CIO's legislative advocacy conference.
Read MoreIFPTE executive offered remarked that Rep. Jayapal, “has distinguished herself as a champion for working people” and “a clear voice for renewing America’s promise to create a more just society.”
Read MoreNewly confirmed Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner, Martin O’Malley, held a virtual Labor Roundtable Meeting this week with the agency’s unions, including the Association of Administrative Law Judges (AALJ/IFPTE Judicial Council 1).
Read MoreBrother Sean McBride, Jr., who is a member of IFPTE Local 196, Chapter 10, was recently sworn in to serve as Captain of the Atlantic Highlands Fire Department.
Read MoreLabor Rights are Civil Rights! IFPTE Honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Read MoreTwenty-six federal employee organizations, mostly unions, including IFPTE, signed a letter this week to Congress asking lawmakers to sign their name onto HR 5995, the bipartisan Federal Retirement Act.
Read MoreIFPTE commends the Biden-Harris Administration for nominating Anne Wagner to serve as a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) and for renominating Suzanne Summerlin to serve as FLRA General Counsel.
Read MoreThe Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU/IFPTE Local 70) Interim-President, Amy Chin-Lai, provided a snapshot to their members this week about the union’s plans for 2024, including continuing to aggressively organize the unorganized.
Read MoreIn Manitoba this week the new NDP government has taken an important step forward toward establishing a simple one-step unionization process (50%+1 card check) and implementing a long overdue ban on the use of replacement workers (anti-scab).
Read MoreIFPTE Atlantic Area Vice President/Local 196 President, Sean McBride, recently attended the swearing-in ceremony for Hinds County (Jackson), Mississippi District Attorney, Jody E. Owens, II.
Read MoreThe Canadian Labour Congress is outraged by the political games on display in Parliament this week as opposition leader Pierre Poilievre and his Conservative Party use procedural tactics to delay, derail, and ultimately block critical pieces of legislation designed to benefit workers across Canada.
Read MoreSCMMA/IFPTE Local 222 Executive Board members came together this week for bargaining training that occurred over two days, which involved learning about the bargaining process, reviewing legal responsibilities, understanding what happens at the bargaining table, mapping out issues, and developing a plan.
Read MoreWhen management at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth NH, decided to reduce parking space widths to door-ding size and refused to abide by Federal Property Management regulations on how parking spaces should be allocated, IFPTE Local 4 fought back.
Read MoreIFPTE Local 121 President/Eastern Federal Area Vice President, Jamie Uyeunten, was re-elected to serve on the Hawaii State AFL-CIO executive board’s vice council.
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