Sean McBride, who serves as IFPTE Local 196 President, Atlantic Area Vice President, and New Jersey AFL-CIO Vice President, joined New Jersey public sector union Brothers and Sisters calling for an immediate solution to the slated 20% increase in healthcare premiums for New Jersey municipal workers.
Read MoreThe Society of United Professionals’ (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) Coalition of Racialized Professionals hosted their last Lunch and Learn virtual meeting of the year, focusing on “Christmas in Canada and Around the World”.
Read MoreIFPTE signed onto an AFL-CIO executive council letter urging Congress to finally, once and for all, increase the funding for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
Read MoreDecember 14, 2022 marks 10 years since the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy took the lives of 20 children and five staff . IFPTE has mourned these innocent victims each year and is doing so once again on this very sad, ten-year anniversary.
Read MoreAs Congress makes progress on an omnibus federal spending bill for Fiscal Year 2023 and passing a week-long continuing resolution to allow needed time to finalize the omnibus package, IFPTE reminded Members of Congress that IFPTE members and working Americans are counting on them to deliver on union members and workers priorities.
Read MoreIFPTE asked the Biden Administration, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to support Senator Maria Cantwell’s legislative proposal to modify the December 27, 2022 deadline for certification for the flight crew altering system on Boeing MAX-10 and Max-7 passenger airplanes.
Read MoreThis week, IFPTE reached out to members of the House of Representatives and the Senate to urge, in the strongest terms possible, to avoid a government shutdown and pass a fiscal year (FY) 2023 government funding budget that supports the priorities and needs of working Americans and retirees.
Read MoreThe Engineering Association (EA/IFPTE Local 1937) hosted their annual Designated Union Representative (DUR) training in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Read MoreIFPTE President Matthew Biggs and Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson issued the following joint statement congratulating Senator Raphael Warnock (D) on his reelection to the U.S. Senate for Georgia and acknowledging the efforts of former State Senator Stacy Abrams support Georgians’ access to voting.
Read MoreIFPTE joined the Federal Workers Alliance letter to Defense Secretary Austin, Deputy Secretary Hicks, and Under Secretary of Defense Cisneros requesting DoD weigh in with Congress and support inclusion of language in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to prevent “Schedule F” or any similar effort from a presidential administration to weaken and politicize the federal civil service and circumvent merit principles, due process and competitive hiring for federal workers.
Read MoreThe Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) joined the larger labour movement in applauding this week’s Ontario Superior Court of Justice’s ruling striking down the Ford government’s Bill 124.
Read MoreIFPTE 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.
Read MoreIFPTE 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.
Read MoreIFPTE 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.
Read MoreThe IFPTE Executive Council held their Fall meeting on November 17th and 18th in Las Vegas.
Read MoreAs 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).
Read MoreTEAM/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.
Read MoreThe Ford government released the Fall Economic Statement, providing an update to Ontarians about government priorities.
Read MoreIFPTE 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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