Despite the actions of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to cancel the DOD wage survey committee, IFPTE learned last week that pressure from labor, including IFPTE, and Congress, most notably Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman and the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (HSGAC) staff, wage-grade workers employed by DOD will finally receive their long-awaited raises.
Read MoreCongratulations to the Society's (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) Pride and Solidarity Chair and Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) member, Morgan Koch, who this week was awarded the Ontario Federation of Labour's (OFL) Solidarity and Pride Champion Award.
Read MoreIFPTE responded to the Trump Administration’s upcoming release of its final rule aimed at large-scale politicization of the United States government’s federal workforce, as well as to eliminate employee whistleblower protections.
Read MoreIFPTE applauded the bipartisan support that has lifted Discharge Petition #6 for floor consideration of H.R. 2550, the Protect America’s Workforce Act (PAWA), in the House of Representatives to the 218-vote threshold.
Read MoreIFPTE issued the following statement in response to Discharge Petition No. 6, which would provide floor consideration of H.R. 2550, the Protection America’s Workforce Act (PAWA), in the House of Representatives.
Read MoreThe 2025 Manitoba Federation of Labour (MFL) Mid Term Conference – EmPOWERing Workers – aims to keep building a strong labour movement through ramped-up union organizing and meaningful membership engagement, and activism.
Read MoreTEAM/IFPTE Local 161 is pleased to announce that Carrie Sanderson has been confirmed as permanent as TEAM’s next Executive Director.
Read MoreFormer National Association of Immigration Judges Emmett Soper, Anan Petit, and Ted Doolittle, along with IFPTE International President Matt Biggs, addressed the recent dismissal of dozens of immigration judges and its implications for due process at a National Press Club’s Headliners Newsmaker.
Read MoreMembers of TEAM/IFPTE Local 161 gathered in Winnipeg this past week for their Annual General Meeting.
Read MoreThis week’s federal budget lands at a moment of deep uncertainty. Workers are facing rising prices, a growing trade crisis, and public programs stretched to the limit.
Read MorePresident Matt Biggs joined legendary radio host Ed 'Flash' Ferenc on America's Workforce Union podcast to discuss IFPTE’s views on the ongoing government shutdown/lockout, and efforts to combat the Trump Administration's unprecedented union-busting.
Read More“This is not only a win for the dedicated federal workforce who make up our nonpartisan civil service, but a victory for the American people and the public services our communities and our economy count on,” said IFPTE President Matt Biggs.
Read MoreIFPTE was pleased to see a letter authored by sixteen House Republicans calling on House and Senate Armed Services Committee leaders to retain in the final National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) bipartisan legislative language sponsored by New Jersey Representative, Donald Norcross, to restore collective bargaining rights for DOD civilian workers.
Read MoreThis joint action reaffirms two truths: that organized labor is leading the fight against the administration’s unprecedented and unlawful attack on federal workers’ rights, and that the more vicious and outrageous their attacks become, the stronger we stand in solidarity.
Read MoreSenators Van Hollen, Peters, and Johnson offered legislation this week, the Shutdown Fairness Act, to ensure pay for federal workers.
Read MoreLegislative Director Faraz Khan and Assistant to the Executive Officers, Brian Kildee, attended a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on the nominations of Mitch Graves, Jeff Hagood, Randall Jones, and Arthur Graham for the TVA Board of Directors.
Read MoreIFPTE sent an updated letter to Congressional leaders this week calling for “a bipartisan solution to this shutdown that funds the priorities and programs relied upon by the public, including those provided by IFPTE members.
Read MoreIFPTE is honored and humbled to report that International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) International President, Robert Olvera, offered his Union’s SOLIDARITY and support for IFPTE-represented federal sector members as we fight to preserve our jobs and our collective bargaining rights.
Read MoreIFPTE has endorsed the Fair Access to Swift and Timely (FAST) Justice Act, legislation that would give federal workers a private right of action and allow them to take their cases to federal court if the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) fails to act on an appeal within 120 days.
Read MoreIFPTE issued the following response to the Trump Administration’s announcement today that they are issuing RIF notices to furloughed federal workers.
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