Ahead of next week's vote in the House of Representatives, IFPTE requested the House pass a $3.5 trillion budget resolution along the lines of the resolution passed by the Senate on August 11th.
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IFPTE's 60th Convention, held on August 9th and 10th, marks a pivotal moment as a new generation of leaders step up and join the current IFPTE leaders in recommitting to building union power through organizing, representing IFPTE members through member engagement, and improving the labor, economic, and social conditions of working people.
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IFPTE elected Matthew Biggs as its new president and Gay Henson for secretary-treasurer at its convention held online this week.
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IFPTE is sad to report the passing of former long-serving staffer Omar Latif. Latif passed away peacefully on Tuesday night in Ontario, Canada.
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Liz Shuler, the Acting President of the 11 million-member AFL-CIO, and Bea Bruske, the President of the 3.3 million-member Canadian Labour Congress, addressed the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) convention Tuesday afternoon. Shuler, who had previously served as the AFL-CIO’s secretary-treasurer, became the leader of the U.S. labor federation after the loss of Richard Trumka to a fatal heart attack last week. Bruske was elected president of Canada’s labor federation in June. This is the first time the two top leaders of the North American labor movement are both women.
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IFPTE President Paul Shearon: “The news of Rich Trumka’s passing is a terrible loss to the members of our union and for all workers. He was the leading voice for America’s workers, many of whom, despite their hard work, struggle day in and day out to provide for their families.”
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Are you one of the millions of people struggling to access Public Service Loan Forgiveness? Your story and Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) experience matters! Tell President Biden and Education Secretary Cardona to eliminate student debt for those who have worked a decade or more serving their community. Now is the time to fulfill the promise of the PSLF program.
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In coalition with OPSEU, the Ontario Crown Attorneys Association and the Toronto Lawyers Association, the Society has launched a petition and letter-writing campaign aimed at persuading Premier Doug Ford and Attorney General Doug Downey to reverse the court closure decision initiated by the previous Liberal government.
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IFPTE issued a statement applauding President Biden’s nominations of Susan Grundmann for Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) Member and Kurt Rumsfeld for FLRA General Counsel.
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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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