This summer, the Biden Administration announced a one-time federal student loan debt relief program that would forgive up to $10,000 for student borrowers or up to $20,000 for Federal Pell Grant recipients who meet income eligibility requirements.
Read MoreIn this year's elections, we have some very clear choices when it comes to supporting pro-worker, pro-union candidates and opposing those who wish to undo the gains that we have made over the years at the ballot box, the negotiating table and the picket line.
Read MoreThe Society of United Professionals/IFPTE Local 160’s Coalition of Racialized Professionals (CORP) held an event last week to celebrate Islamic Heritage Month.
Read MoreNWLC United and the National Women’s Law Center announced the end of negotiations and the ratification of their inaugural collective bargaining agreement (CBA). NWLC United and the National Women’s Law Center are affiliated with NPEU.
Read MoreIFPTE Union Council 8 held 2 days of shop steward training with a focus on member engagement and grievance handling. The training was held at the union office located in downtown Elizabeth NJ.
Read MoreRead the bipartisan list of Congressional candidates that IFPTE is endorsing in the 2022 general elections this November. These candidates have stood with IFPTE on the issues that impact the union’s diverse and growing membership.
Read MoreLocal 400, representing Rhode Island State workers, recently announced the winners of the union 2022 Book and Tool Program award winners.
Read MoreIFPTE Locals 195 and 196 each held board meetings this past Wednesday in New Jersey.
Read MoreMembers of NPEU, which represents workers at dozens of nonprofit organizations nationwide, attended a happy hour to learn more about IFPTE's Legislative Action Education Program (LEAP) PAC.
Read MoreOctober is Disability Employment Awareness Month and the IFPTE Women’s Solidarity Network is devoting our 9th Women and Unions International Speaker Series event on disability rights in the workplace. Join us for this essential discussion with a panel of experts advocating to advance disability awareness and access.
Read MoreThis week, AALJ President Judge Som Ramrup and Treasurer Judge Kim Schiro joined IFPTE President Matt Biggs and Legislative Director Faraz Khan for a meeting at the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C.
Read MoreThe Executive Committee of IFPTE Local 21 recently authorized sending financial support to the International's Political Action Committee, The Legislative Education Action PAC (LEAP). This move will enable IFPTE to support more pro-labor, pro-worker candidates in this year's election.
Read MoreWhile more than 400 U.S. companies have stopped and removed operations in Russia, The Boeing Company has thus far only announced a “suspension” of work in Moscow and elsewhere in Russia.
Read MoreIFPTE’s Fall Veterans Committee meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, November 9th at 2:30pm EST. The Veterans committee is open to IFPTE members who are Veterans, those who are family members of Veterans, and those who have an interest in supporting and advocating for IFPTE Veterans.
Read MoreToday, IFPTE Locals across Canada will be commemorating The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day.
Read MoreThe Society of United Professionals/IFPTE L160 is celebrating the Ontario government’s decision to seek regulatory approval for a life extension of Pickering Nuclear Generating Station to 2026.
Read MoreIFPTE President Matt Biggs and International Representative David LaFemina joined the Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO this week to canvass union households in support of labor’s endorsed candidates, including Josh Shapiro for Governor and John Fetterman for the U.S. Senate.
Read MoreIFPTE executive officers sent to House lawmakers a letter urging them to request that House leadership schedule a floor vote to pass the Social Security Fairness Act, a bipartisan bill that would reverse cuts to the earned social security benefits of nearly two million public sector workers or their surviving spouses and dependents.
Read MorePaul Shearon talked this week directly to his fellow SPEEA/Local 2001 members about the importance of voting to pass a union referendum aimed at broadening the Local’s ability to organize in the aerospace industry.
Read MoreAs Senators continue negotiating an agreement on a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the federal government funded, IFPTE urged the Senate to act swiftly before the start of the 2023 fiscal year, which begins on October 1, 2022.
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