IFPTE shall never forget December 4, 2019 when our Local 121 and Hawaii Federal Employees Metal Trades Council Brothers, Ronald Agustinand and Vincent Kapoi, Jr, were tragically killed while on the job at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. We also pay tribute to Local 136-13 member, Anne Marie Murphy, who was one of 26 people killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012.
Read MoreDecember 3rd was International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Awareness days are a time to celebrate our achievements and remind us of the work still to do as we strive for equity and inclusion in all aspects of our lives.
Read MoreSPEEA associate member and former IFPTE Vice President, Donna Lehane, was sworn in last month as a Vice President for the Kansas AFL-CIO.
Read MoreToday’s announcement of a settlement between the Department of Justice and IFPTE’s affiliate, the National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ/IFPTE Judicial Council 2), restores basic rights to the nation’s immigration judges and helps to protect judicial independence.
Read MoreWith the House and Senate Armed Services Committees working to craft a compromise bill, IFPTE urged the Committees’ chairs and ranking members to maintain the union’s priorities that were included in NDAA bill passed by the House in late September, H.R. 4350.
Read MoreWinners in the 2021 International Labor Communicators Awards (ILCA) include SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001 Publications Editor Karen McLean and Graphic & Web Designer Lori Dupuis. The awards are all in the "National" category which puts SPEEA in competition with the largest labor unions in the U.S.
Read MoreMembers of IFPTE were represented at yesterday's White House tree lighting ceremony by Daniel Perez, Vice President for Organizing of the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU/IFPTE Local 70). Brother Perez and other attendees were treated to a star-studded musical performance that included the great Patti LaBelle.
Read MoreIn what will become an annual event, IFPTE hosted its first legislative conference in Western Canada earlier this week. The conference, which was held virtually and included virtual visits with lawmakers, was attended by leaders and members from TEAM/IFPTE Local 161 and WAPSO/IFPTE Local 162.
Read MoreThe Manitoba Federation of Labour (MFL), on behalf of the Partnership to Defend Public Services, welcomes the repeal of the Public Services Sustainability Act (Bill 28) as an important and long overdue step announced earlier this week under the new Progressive Conservative leadership of Heather Stefanson.
Read MoreDuring this week’s Hawaii AFL-CIO Convention, IFPTE Local 121 President/Western Federal Area Vice President, Jamie Uyeunten, was re-elected to serve a two year term on the State Federation’s executive council.
Read MoreThe Ontario government has passed new rules that will change work-life balance for employees. Ontario businesses with 25 or more workers will have to have a written policy about employees' rights when it comes to disconnecting from their job at the end of the day.
Read MoreThe Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is excited to endorse a commitment by Andrea Horwath and the New Democratic Party (NDP) to raise Ontario’s minimum wage to $20.
Read MoreThis week we received a progress update on the work that Liz Shuler and her leadership team have accomplished at the AFL-CIO in their first 100 days.
Read MoreDoorDash workers in San Francisco will receive restitution from $5.13 million dollar settlement.
Read MoreESC/IFPTE Local 20 struck Kaiser Permanente in sympathy with colleagues from Local 39, alongside 40,000 other SEIU-UHW and OPEIU Local 29 union members. The sympathy strike was held on November 18.
Read MoreThe GAO Employees Organization/IFPTE Local 1921, held its annual membership meeting on Tuesday, November 16th. The main speaker was IFPTE Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson, who reported on IFPTE's recent work with federal workers' issues and IFPTE's recent virtual Convention in August.
Read MoreNovember 29 to December 3 is a week of action at the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC)! Join thousands scheduling virtual meetings with Member of Parliaments’ around the country. The time is now! If we want a progressive plan that puts people first in this recovery, we need the government to listen.
Read MoreTEAM/IFPTE Local 161’s Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce that all applicants were awarded a scholarship this year.
Read MoreOn Wednesday, November 17, 2021, the Annual General Meeting (AGM) for TEAM/IFPTE Local 161 took place virtually, once again taking full advantage of the products and services offered by Local members at Bell Canada. The membership has been dealing with the extensive workload the COVID-19 pandemic has added to the telecommunications industry.
Read MoreThis week, IFPTE shared the union’s list of endorsed amendments to the Senate National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022.
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