Organized by the IFPTE Women’s Solidarity Network, over 30 members from Canada and US took part in a workshop focused on building a culture of consent within our union and workplaces.
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Dr. Lee Stone, who has led IFPTE and helped build union power in countless roles, shared a farewell message with the IFPTE Federal Caucus as he stepped down from the IFPTE Executive Council.
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On Thursday, July 29, the Winnipeg Association of Public Service Officers-Local 162 (WAPSO) took a historic step in becoming the first labour organization in Manitoba to become a partner to the City of Winnipeg’s Indigenous Accord.
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IFPTE was one of sixty unions signing onto a letter this week to the three Democratic Senators who have yet to cosponsor labor’s number one legislative priority, the PRO Act.
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With the release of the legislative text for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal, IFPTE requested Senators pass the “$1.2 trillion legislation which adds a significant $550 billion in new infrastructure funding and includes necessary reauthorizations for surface transportation, water, and energy infrastructure.
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This week IFPTE signed onto a Federal Workers Alliance (FWA) letter imploring the Biden Administration to nominate members to the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), which continues to employ 2 appointees from former President Trump out of the 3 members.
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The Federation is sad to report the passing of long-time SPEEA and IFPTE activist, Brother Tom McCarty. Tom served SPEEA for many years, and in many roles, including as SPEEA President and as IFPTE Vice President.
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IFPTE fully supports a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for workers in the federal sector. This country is in the middle of a terrible pandemic, more than 627,000 Americans are dead, and we don’t want any more of our members dying.
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As the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee was preparing to consider the ALJ Competitive Service Restoration Act (HR 4448), to overturn the Trump Administration’s Executive Order politicizing the hiring of federal Administrative Law Judges (ALJs), IFPTE was one of 24 Federal Workers Alliance (FWA) unions signing a letter to Chairs Maloney and Connolly endorsing the bill.
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As the House and Senate deliberate on a budget reconciliation infrastructure bill that includes President Biden's American Families, IFPTE was among 17 labor unions asking Congress to include robust Medicare drug price negotiation, expansion of Medicare benefits, and lowering the Medicare eligibility age.
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SPEEA union members and allies across the U.S. participated in actions to demand the U.S. Senate pass the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act). This bill is a comprehensive and urgently needed labor law reform that restores workers' democratic right to form and join a union and bargain collectively.
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In a letter to Senator Diane Feinstein, IFPTE outlined concerns with NASA’s new policy for reviewing and approving human research.
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The Saskatoon Civic Middle Management Association-Local 222 (SCMMA) completed its most recent round of bargaining with the City of Saskatoon.
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This week the Council of Canadian Locals met to discuss key issues impacting IFPTE members throughout Canada.
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This week, IFPTE sent letters to Senators highlighting the union’s policy priorities for the proposed $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework and the $3.5 trillion budget resolution.
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Officers of IFPTE issued statements to accompany the union’s endorsement of Phil Murphy for New Jersey Governor.
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Just weeks after being elected President of the CLC, Bea Bruske took time last week to sit down with IFPTE International Representative David Sauer and discuss her vision for the future of Canada’s labour movement, share her take on the key Canadian industries that employ thousands of IFPTE members, and discuss how she see’s Canada’s unions working more cohesively together.
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President Biden fired Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul and Deputy Commissioner David Black. The Biden Administration’s decision to change comes after calls for their removal by IFPTE and the Association of Administrative Law Judges-Judicial Council 1.
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In a letter to the chairs of the House Committees with jurisdiction over NASA and federal civil servants, IFPTE shared concerns about the NASA provisions in S.1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competitiveness Act — which recently passed the Senate with bipartisan support. IFPTE urged the Committee leaders to build on the advantages of the civil service to make NASA careers more attractive to STEM graduates and federal workers.
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On this Canada Day, IFPTE Locals joined with communities, unions, and civil society groups across Canadians in a call to acknowledge the nation’s injustices to Indigenous peoples and commit to working toward reconciliation.
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