IFPTE Local 196 President/Atlantic Area Vice President Sean McBride and Business Manager Jimmy Robertello joined several board members this week while traveling across New Jersey to meet with the membership.
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IFPTE President Matt Biggs joined AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, Secretary Treasurer Fred Redmond, and other members of the AFL-CIO Executive Council, at a meeting this week with members of the United States Federal Reserve.
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IFPTE issued a strong statement of support last week in support of American Federation of Teachers (AFT) president Randi Weingarten, after she was the subject of a vile verbal attack from former Secretary of State MIke Pompeo.
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The IFPTE Executive Council held their Fall meeting on November 17th and 18th in Las Vegas.
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As Georgia voters go to the polls in the last weekend of early voting ahead of election day for the U.S. Senate seat, IFPTE re-released its endorsement for Senator Raphael Warnock (D).
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TEAM/IFPTE Local 161 held their annual general meeting where over 100 members and guests attended in person and virtually. TEAM celebrated their new collective agreement they recently ratified by reminding members of the important changes to the contract.
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The Ford government released the Fall Economic Statement, providing an update to Ontarians about government priorities.
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IFPTE Newark Council 21 reached an agreement with the City of Newark for its’ 900 plus members, employed by the city, after 3 years of contract negotiations.
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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.
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IFPTE hosted the 2022 Fall Veterans Committee meeting this past Wednesday. The meeting, held virtually focused on the major legislative issues facing IFPTE represented Veterans.
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IFPTE president, Matt Biggs, and Secretary-Treasurer, Gay Henson, attended the AFL-CIO post-election executive council meeting in Washington, DC.
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The 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.
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The 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.
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Less 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.
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The 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.
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The Winnipeg Association of Public Service Officers (WAPSO/IFPTE Local 162) held their annual general meeting this week.
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IFPTE 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.
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As 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.
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Doug 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.
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