After the initial State of Emergency declaration by the Province of Saskatchewan two weeks ago, the Saskatoon Civic Middle Management Association (SCMMA/IFPTE Local 222), other civic unions, and civic administration have sprung into action by forming a Pandemic Committee that includes political, administrative, and labour leadership.
Read MoreA host of organizations signed a joint letter urging America's top 10 private health insurance companies to commit immediately to waiving all cost-sharing for patients, including all co-payments, deductibles and coinsurance, for any and all care associated with preventing, diagnosing, and treating COVID-19 and its symptoms.
Read MoreHassan Yussuff, president of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), issued a statement in regards to the COVID pandemic that provides an outline of the work that the CLC has been doing to respond to the pandemic on behalf of workers and their families.
Read MoreHealthcare workers, union and nonunion, are at the center of the response to the global pandemic and their voices are critical in this crisis.
Read MoreRep. Jayapal and Washington State Dems, Chairman Nadler, and Senators Feinstein, Warren and Markey join attorneys, civil rights group, NAIJ/JC 2, AFGE Local 511, and American Immigration Lawyers Assoc. in requesting immediate of suspension of hearings in the name of public safety.
Read MoreSPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001 Legislative Director Brandon Anderson updated staff this week on the union’s legislative progress on the latest COVID relief package moving through Capitol Hill, noting “SPEEA and IFPTE worked closely together over the last week to ensure that our priorities of protecting jobs, CBAs and worker safety were included in the final version passed by the Senate.”
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Read MoreManitoba Labour Federation President, Kevin Rebeck, continues to urge Provincial leaders to approve 14 days of paid sick leave, saying that, “This protection needs to be available to all workers…”, while the Saskatchewan Labour Federation has called their government’s response, “boutique benefits that apply for narrow groups of people.”
Read MoreIFPTE President Paul Shearon released the following statement applauding last night’s unanimous passage in the Senate of HR 748, a bill funding a wide range of federal initiatives in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MorePreparations were already underway when at the urging of the Canadian government two weeks ago, the TEAM staff vacated their office and setup operations from home.
Read MoreKey officers of IFPTE issued a statement applauding the Kilmer/Fitzpatrick bill to repeal the Trump Administration's Executive Orders aimed at eliminating collective bargaining rights in the federal sector rendering federal workers as at-will employees into the Houses COVID3 relief bill.
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Read MoreThe AFL-CIO Executive Council, which IFPTE President Paul Shearon serves on, approved a comprehensive statement this week demanding “action at the scale and with the urgency that this pandemic demands,” while the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), which Canadian Area VP/Local 160 President Scott Travers serves on, is “calling on all levels of government to provide adequate supports for workers and their families as the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic reverberate in communities and throughout the economy.
Read MoreThe Saskatchewan Federation of Labour (SFL) is calling on the provincial government to implement a sweeping COVID-19 response focused on workers.
Read MoreAs Congress continues to negotiate the latest coronavirus relief package, IFPTE urges Congressional leaders that, “The COVID-19 relief legislation should focus first, second, third, and last on working people…”.
Read MoreSupporting Docs for Aerospace Fed Financial Assistance
Read MoreIn a letter to Senator Maria Cantwell and the Washington delegation, the leadership of SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001 and IFPTE outlined our list of priorities for workers in the aerospace industry impacted by our current public health crisis.
Read MoreThese protocols came on the same day as the province of Manitoba declared a State of Emergency in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More“Because this coronavirus does not respect state lines, we strongly believe that private and public sector workers at high risk of exposure must be protected regardless of whether they live in a state with federal OSHA jurisdiction. The effective slowing and containing of the spread of COVID-19 depends on these workers being protected.”
Read MoreIFPTE urged congressional leaders to support the aerospace industry workforce as they consider the upcoming $60 billion aid package saying, "We urge Congress to ensure that the economic security of workers in this strategic industry be prioritized."
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