IFPTE teamed with the Philadelphia AFL-CIO and IATSE Local 8 for the final GOTV effort. IFPTE International Representative David LaFemina participated in Labor Walks and leaflet drops in support of John Fetterman for US Senate and Josh Shapiro for Governor.
Read MoreIFPTE hosted the 2022 Fall Veterans Committee meeting this past Wednesday. The meeting, held virtually focused on the major legislative issues facing IFPTE represented Veterans.
Read MoreIFPTE president, Matt Biggs, and Secretary-Treasurer, Gay Henson, attended the AFL-CIO post-election executive council meeting in Washington, DC.
Read MoreThe Mercer County Central Labor Council celebrated the 34th Annual Knights of Labor Dinner. Former IFPTE Local 195 President, Timothy Rudolph, was the first ever to recieve the “Knights of Labor” Award posthumously, in honor of his life in labor.
Read MoreThe Society of United Professionals/IFPTE Local 160 held their annual Council this week under the theme of “United Today and Tomorrow”. The meeting was held in-person providing Local 160 delegates with updates on the union’s activities over the last year.
Read MoreLess than a week after the introduction of Bill 28, which launched a full-frontal attack on workers’ rights, it was defeated by the collective power of the labour movement.
Read MoreThe Ford government is set to pass a law, Keeping Students in Class Act, that overrides Ontarians’ constitutional rights all because they refuse to negotiate a fair contract with education workers.
Read MoreThe Winnipeg Association of Public Service Officers (WAPSO/IFPTE Local 162) held their annual general meeting this week.
Read MoreIFPTE continued to push Congress to pass legislation that protects "the federal civil service so that it cannot be undermined by a presidential administration that seeks to replace nonpartisan career federal employees... with political operatives who are hired and fired at the whim of the administration." This is urgent and high priority for IFPTE, for federal unions, and for organizations that support good governance, democracy and accountability, and quality public services.
Read MoreAs the Senate and House Armed Services Committees continue to work on the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2023 (NDAA), IFPTE shared the union's list of Senate amendments to the NDAA that advance good governance and protect merit system and competitive hiring, improve DoD personnel policies and federal employee benefits, and support good union jobs in the defense industrial base.
Read MoreDoug Ford’s government is launching a full-frontal attack on basic labour freedoms in Ontario, specifically Education Minister Stephen Lecce’s efforts to pull the plug on bargaining with CUPE while it’s still underway, and use legislation to forcibly impose a contract on education workers.
Read MoreDozens of leaders from International unions representing a broad swath of jobs across the metal trades industry convened in Las Vegas to develop a plan to ensure that private and public investments in the sector create reliable, good-paying union jobs.
Read MoreWith the deadline for the Department of Education's waiver on the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) just days away, IFPTE and NPEU/IFPTE Local 70 signed onto a union letter to Education Secretary Cardona requesting the deadline for the waiver be extended through July 1, 2023. The waiver allows PSLF to forgive student loan debt in instances where borrowers were not previously on an eligible repayment plan, did not pay the full amount due, or did not pay on time.
Read MoreAs Congress continues to work on the National Defense Authorization Act, IFPTE reached out to House and Senate leadership and the Armed Services Committees to urge them to include the Preventing a Patronage System Act (H.R. 302/S. 4702) in the legislation. IFPTE also joined a coalition letter led by NARFE to House and Senate leadership advocating passage of the Preventing a Patronage System Act.
Read MoreThe Ontario Association of Senior Crown Attorneys (OASCA) and the Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) announced this week that they have reached a shared services agreement that will see the two organizations work together to advance the interests of 70 Senior Crown Attorneys across Ontario.
Read MoreRecognizing the importance of opening SPEEA to professionals outside The Boeing Company and Spirit AeroSystems, SPEEA union members overwhelmingly approved a Constitutional Referendum to ease that process.
Read MoreThe IFPTE Women’s Solidarity Network (WSN) held an event recognizing Disability Employment Awareness Month which takes place every October to acknowledge and promote the contributions and inclusion of people with disabilities in the workplace.
Read MoreThe Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) President Michelle Johnston applauded this week’s announcement by the the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) that it will invest $970 million in Ontario Power Generation (OPG) to finance the construction of Canada’s first small modular reactor (SMR).
Read MoreOver 160 members and leaders from the Association of Administrative Law Judges (AALJ/Judicial Council 1) gathered in Atlanta to attend the union’s 2022 Education Conference.
Read MoreIFPTE Secretary-Treasurer, and Tennessee native, Gay Henson authored a strongly worded opinion column in the Chattanooga Times Free Press last Friday in opposition to the state’s ballot initiative aimed at enshrining the deplorable ‘right-to-work for less’ laws into Tennessee’s constitution.
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