In honour of International Women’s Day (IWD), the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is hosting a powerful conversation on how union women are defending pay equity, health and safety, collective bargaining, and human rights at this year’s UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Read MoreSPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001’s Bargaining Unit Councils of the Northwest Prof and Tech bargaining units recently elected the teams that will represent SPEEA members in negotiations with Boeing later this year.
Read MorePresident Matt Biggs and Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson participated in the biannual AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting this week at the AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, DC.
Read MoreLongtime friend to IFPTE, Mark Dimondstein, recently retired from the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) after serving 12 years as President and 42 years of membership.
Read MoreIFPTE members from TEAM/IFPTE Local 161, and WAPSO/IFPTE Local 162, along with guests from the Regina Civic Middle Management Association (RCMMA), gathered this week in Winnipeg for a full day of discussion and action at the 2026 IFPTE Professional Workers Symposium.
Read MoreJoin the Winnipeg Labour Council, Manitoba Federation of Labour, and the Canadian Labour Congress to celebrate International Women’s Day with a pancake breakfast and silent auction on March 9 in the Union Centre Auditorium.
Read MoreIFPTE legislative director, Faraz Khan, participated this week in meetings in Washington, DC hosted by Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI) and with other stakeholder groups to discuss oversight recommendations involving Artificial Intelligence (AI) that protects jobs, unions, and communities.
Read MoreRutgers University Civil Rights Committee recognized IFPTE international representative, Karen Bellamy-Lewis this week as part of their Black History Month Spotlight series.
Read MoreApplications for the Canadian Labour Congress’ Labour College of Canada leadership certificate program are open until March 16.
Read MoreOn March 6, the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is celebrating International Women’s Day with women from across Ontario at a hybrid craft‑in rooted in the long tradition of women gathering to create, strategize, and build power together.
Read MoreThe Department for Professional Employee (DPE), of which IFPTE is an affiliate, reported this week that nearly 170,000 professionals joined unions in 2025, pushing total professional union membership to more than 6.6 million, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ annual union membership report.
Read MoreIFPTE is proud to endorse New York Assemblymember Claire Valdez for the United States House of Representatives, running to serve the constituents of New York’s 7th Congressional District.
Read MoreNearly 100 IFPTE leaders and members from across the United States and Canada traveled to Washington, DC for IFPTE’s annual legislative advocacy conference.
Read MoreUnion leaders from across Canada sent one clear message to Parliament: No more trade deals and economic decisions that leave workers behind.
Read MoreSPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001’s February 2026 newsletter, The Spotlight, was published this week.
Read MoreMembers and staff of TEAM/IFPTE Local 161 and WAPSO/IFPTE Local 162 attended the Manitoba Federation of Labour’s (MFL) annual Health and Safety Conference last week in Winnipeg.
Read MoreSenator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD), and Congressman James Walkinshaw (D-VA) launched the Federal Workforce Caucus, a Congressional caucus committed to protecting and strengthening America’s civil service workforce.
Read MoreIn response to the Office of Personnel Management issuing the Schedule P/C final rule, IFPTE President Matt Biggs commented that Schedule P/C "jeopardizes the stability and effectiveness of the federal agencies the public depends on every day and undermines the data and evidence-based missions that federal employees perform.”
Read MoreMembers of TEAM/IFPTE Local 161 can breathe a sigh of relief, with Bell Canada announcing this week that its plans to eliminate 46 more jobs from the bargaining unit have been cancelled.
Read MoreThe failure of the company to honor its contractual obligation to notify us of such decisions is profoundly disappointing. Worse yet, the company has not yet answered basic questions about timing and process of the move.
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