"We stand arm-in-arm with those calling for the demilitarization of police forces across the country with the money reallocated not only to support local communities, but also to build new infrastructure and to improve the training, culture, and community engagement of police departments." - IFPTE International President, Paul Shearon
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The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is calling on the Government of Ontario to fund, collect, and publish provincial data on the impacts of COVID-19 on Indigenous, Black, and other racialized Ontarians.
Read MoreIn spite of Society leaders’ and members’ health and safety concerns, earlier this month Ontario Power Generation (OPG) began requiring employees who had been working from home to return to their normal work location.
Read MoreIFPTE is sad to report the passing of longtime IFPTE Local 1 member and officer, Brother Jimmy Blick. Brother Blick was a decades long worker for the United States Navy working at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard.
Read MoreThe Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) delivered a webinar in support of Black Lives Matter. The fight against anti-Black racism and police brutality is based in the long history of slavery, oppression, and colonization of Indigenous communities and Black people in North America.
Read MoreAre you familiar with cybermisogyny? This is your opportunity to learn more about it. The IFPTE Women’s Solidarity Network (WSN) is spotlighting an upcoming online presentation on June 17 at 5:30 EDT hosted by the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) and YWCA Canada on cybermisogyny and COVID-19.
Read MoreAs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee prepares for Bird’s nomination hearing this week, IFPTE signed onto the Federal Workers Alliance letter informing lawmakers that “Ms. Bird is not fit to serve as General Counsel to the FLRA and her confirmation to that position would have deleterious effects on the federal workforce.”
Read MoreIFPTE was one of 17 federal and postal organizations expressing concern with President Trump's nominees to serve on the Thrift Investment Board.
Read MoreThe Society of United Professionals (IFPTE Local 160) joins those around the world mourning the death of George Floyd and, here at home in Canada, Regis Korchinski-Paquet. The murder of George Floyd is shocking, it is saddening, and we join those who call for justice for the family of Mr. Floyd.
Read MoreJoin the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) in calling on the federal government of Canada to ensure human rights are part of the COVID-19 response.
Read MoreDespite the CARES Act’s provisions to support working Americans, implementation of the law has allowed an unaccountable corporate bailout.
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Read MoreThe IFPTE Women’s Solidarity Network is continuing to spotlight resources and publications on Women & COVID-19. This week, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) released a study entitled “Black workers face two of the most lethal preexisting conditions for coronavirus—racism and economic inequality”.
Read MoreAs the Trump Administration moves toward re-opening government, IFPTE was one of 24 FWA unions sending a letter to the president that includes comprehensive worker safety criteria, writing that “we hope you recognize that it is paramount that workers be protected while performing their duties.”
Read MoreHigh-skill guestworker visa reform is urgently needed as IFPTE members at TVA face losing jobs to H-1B dependent outsourcing firms
Read MoreOn Monday, May 25, George Floyd, a Black man, was murdered by an officer of the Minneapolis Police Department. Our sadness is eclipsed only by our outrage that once again a Black man has fallen victim to the homicidal actions of a police officer. Mr. Floyd's tragic death serves as another reminder of the brutality, racial profiling, and systematic oppression inflicted upon Black men and women, and upon people of color in the United States every day.
Read MoreIFPTE's Women’s Solidarity Network (WSN) has come across several noteworthy publications, statistics, articles and webinars and we wanted to share some of the interesting info we found! This Feature or spotlight highlights conversations on women's roles during this pandemic and the impact it's had on their lives.
Read MoreIFPTE is proud to announce our endorsement of SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001 member and recently elected IFPTE SPEEA Area Vice President Matthew Joyce for the Kansas legislature where he is running to represent the state's 81st House District.
Read MoreThe Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) will be holding an online rally on June 1 from 11:00am - 1:00pm to recognize Injured Workers Day. Since 1983, the OFL has commemorated this day with a gathering to celebrate our collective strength and push for a better future.
Read MoreAs the House is set to consider a bill aimed at allowing employers to shift taxpayer funded Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) resources from preserving jobs elsewhere, IFPTE signed onto a UNITE-HERE crafted letter to Congressional leadership urging them to "hold firm and not negotiate away incentives to retain, re-hire, pay or continue health benefits for workers while getting nothing in return.”
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