IFPTE urged Senators “In the strongest possible terms, we urge you to reform the Senate’s filibuster rules and pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act.” The AFL-CIO also sent a letter with Executive Council members, including IFPTE President Biggs, requesting filibuster reform and passage of voting rights legislation.
Read MoreRegistration is open for the 7th Women & Unions International Speaker Series organized by the IFPTE Women’s Solidarity Network (WSN). Join us on January 29th and meet the women on the IFPTE Executive Counci!. We’re taking this opportunity to spotlight the incredible women who lead our union.
Read MoreIFPTE joins the AFL-CIO and Americans throughout the country to demand that Senators take swift action to reform the filibuster, the Senate procedural rule that prevents legislation that is critical to democracy and worker rights from being passed.
Read MoreWe are deeply saddened to learn that Wayne Ash, a former long-time member leader of ESC/IFPTE Local 20 at PG&E, peacefully passed away at his home on January 1st, 2022, surrounded by his wife Nancy, his sons Wayne and Mike, and beloved puppy Sir Isaac Newton.
Read MoreThe inaugural Manitoba Legislative Advocacy Conference was recently held virtually with executive board members of TEAM/IFPTE Local 161 and WAPSO/IFPTE Local 162. The day was filled with information and training focused on developing the political acumen of activists within each Local.
Read MoreSign the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) petition calling on Ottawa to take action to address Canada’s care crisis. We need governments to apply hard-learned pandemic lessons and invest in a system that values care work and care workers, and supports those who need and those who provide care – enabling us all to work and live with dignity.
Read MoreNotably, the administration has suspended a policy instituted under President Donald Trump that effectively required judges to fulfill case quotas. The Trump-era rules required judges "to move cases through so fast that they potentially compromised individuals' due process rights," [NAIJ President Mimi Tsankov] said.
Read MoreThe International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) announced its support of Congressman Andy Levin for a 3rd term in the United States House of Representatives. In doing so, IFPTE’s executive officers issued the following statements.
Read MoreThe executive officers of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) issued the following statements in remembrance of the January 6, 2021 insurrection on Capitol Hill.
Read MoreIn a letter sent to Senator Manchin urging him to rethink his opposition to President Biden’s historic Build Back Better infrastructure plan, IFPTE reminded the West Virginia senator that, “American working families need the BBB now and, after years of neglect, West Virginia is at the forefront of that critical need.”
Read MoreIFPTE Women’s Solidarity Network (WSN) is preparing for our 7th Women & Unions International Speaker Series. Save the date (January 29th) and meet the women on the IFPTE Executive Council! We’re taking this opportunity to spotlight the incredible women who lead our union.
Read MoreIFPTE’s International staff and executive officers pooled together more than $1,200 in donations to deliver to Community Family Life Services (CFLS), a non-profit organization in Washington, DC providing programs and services that include transitional housing, mentoring for individuals and families, employment coaching and placement, case management, family education, and emergency services such as food and clothing distribution.
Read MoreBefore the Senate voted to pass the National Defense Authorization Act, IFPTE sent letter urging lawmakers pass the bill and highlighting key items of importance to IFPTE members included in the bill.
Read MoreStatement by President Joe Biden On Kellogg Collective Bargaining Negotiations
Collective bargaining is an essential tool to protect the rights of workers that should be free from threats and intimidation from employers.
The EPI report, “New Evidence of Widespread Wage Theft in the H-1B Visa Program,” analyses an internal document from India-based IT staffing firm HCL Technologies and reveals an offshore-outsourcing model that abuses the H-1B program to hire foreign guestworkers at wages below what U.S. workers are paid. The HCL document shows H-1B workers at the firm were underpaid at least $95 million in just one year.
Read MoreOntario Power Generation (OPG) announced that it selected GE Hitachi as the contractor to deliver its first small modular reaction (SMR).
Read MoreIFPTE 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.
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