Over 75 workers at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace are joining Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU/IFPTE Local 70) and have been fighting for voluntary recognition of their union since June 17!
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IFPTE Secretary-Treasurer, Gay Henson, along with Assistant to the Executive Officers, Brian Kildee, were in attendance this week at the annual AFL-CIO’s Secretary-Treasurers’ meeting in Washington, DC. The annual meeting is an opportunity for AFL-CIO affiliated Secretary-Treasurers to meet and discuss the major issues impacting working families, as well as to complete internal business matters.
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The executive officers of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) joined with Congressman Jared Golden (D-ME), Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Congressional Labor Caucus Co-Chairs Donald Norcross (D-NJ) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI), and Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar (D-TX) to announce the discharge petition to bring the Protect America’s Workforce Act, H.R. 2550, to a House floor vote.
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Last week, the Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) visited the picket line of CUPE Local 5525 to offer our support and solidarity to the striking frontline care workers at Villa Colombo Homes for the Aged Inc.
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Led by AFL-CIO President, Liz Shuler, Secretary-Treasurer, Fred Redmond, and several labor leaders across sectors, including IFPTE President, Matt Biggs, the American labor movement kicked off the “It’s Better In a Union” Bus Tour this week in Washington, DC.
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IFPTE President, Matt Biggs, Secretary-Treasurer, Gay Henson, and Assistant to the Executive Officers, Brian Kildee, attended the biannual AFL-CIO executive council meeting this week in Washington, DC.
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IFPTE wishes all members and their families throughout the United States a festive, fun, rewarding, and safe 4th of July.
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IFPTE is proud to report that Local 21 Field Director, Kat General, was elected as the First Vice President to the national board of the AFL-CIO’s Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA).
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On this first day of July 2025, the 90,000 members of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) across North America honour Canada Day.
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The executive officers of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) commented on the Senate’s passage of the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” H.R. 1, budget reconciliation, which extends President Trump’s tax cuts for billionaires and corporations and offsets some of the costs through cutting nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) while adding over $4 trillion to the national debt through 2034. Republican leadership in the House of Representatives is considering amendments and racing to pass this bill before July 4.
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Today, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that in a 562 - 351 vote, over 1,100 planners, designers, and field technicians at Southern California Edison have won their election for a union. A total of 83% of the unit voted in the election. The bargaining unit is represented by Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC/IFPTE Local 20).
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This week IFPTE joined a letter led by the AFL-CIO to strongly oppose the nomination of Jonathan Berry to serve as the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Solicitor of Labor.
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Members of Local 777 after a successful informational picket and oath re-affirmation at Federal Plaza in Chicago on June 25, 2025.
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IFPTE was invited this week to take part in a ‘Presidents Panel’ discussion at the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance’s (APALA) 18th biennial convention in Los Angeles. The convention’s theme is “Solidarity, Resistance, Unity”, and includes workshops and presentations geared towards combating the unprecedented attacks of the Trump Administration against Unions and Union members, communities of color, and immigrants.
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President Biggs joined radio legend and host of America’s Workforce Podcase, Ed “Flash” Ferenc, this week to discuss the Senate Republican majority’s efforts to ram through a budget reconciliation package.
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IFPTE Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson joined AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond, NFFE President Randy Irwin, and the Presidents of the Illinois State Federation and Chicago Central Labor Council to kick off the AFL-CIO's Central Region Organizing Meeting this week.
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IFPTE Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson, Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) President Rebecca Caron, SUP/IFPTE Local 160 External Relations Director, Mike Belmore, and IFPTE Assistant to Executive Officers, Brian Kildee, joined hundreds of young professionals and industry leaders from Canada and the United States at the North American Young Generation Nuclear (NAYGN) 2025 Continental Conference in Denver.
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IFPTE leaders in New Jersey attended the New Jersey State AFL-CIO Endorsement Conference held in Atlantic City on June 16-18, 2025. Members from Locals 18, 194, 195, 196, and 200 were in attendance.
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SPEEA recently achieved an agreement that requires the return to employment of 58 individuals who were laid off earlier this year. In addition to their jobs, they were also made whole for lost wages and benefits. And the returned employees will have the layoff removed from their employment record.
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The Senate Parliamentarian has ruled that several anti-federal worker and anti-government provisions in the Senate's budget reconciliation bill violate procedural rules and must be removed.
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