IFPTE joined the AFGE members from across the nation this week in calling on Congress to pass the Federal Adjustments of Income Rates (FAIR) Act granting the nation’s over 2 million federal workers a 8.7% pay raise.
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IFPTE executive officers issued a statement supporting the Saving Our Civil Service Act, legislation introduced in the House of Representatives and the Senate that limits a presidential administration’s ability to convert civil service positions into excepted service positions, undermine merit system principles, and fire federal employees without due process or cause.
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The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE), representing 90,000 workers across North America, including upwards of 12,000 public sector workers in New Jersey, has declared their support for Dan Benson to be Mercer County’s next County Executive.
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IFPTE joins the American and Canadian Labour movements in celebrating Black History Month throughout North America. In doing so, we honor black workers worldwide, and recognize their unique and ongoing struggles seeking equality in the workplace, and in our society.
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The Society of Union Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) and Canadian Area Vice President, Michelle Johnston and External Relations Director, Mike Belmore, joined unions from across Canada to meet with national lawmakers on Parliament Hill Ottawa this week.
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SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001 and IAMAW District 751 are partnering again this year to bring aerospace analysts and experts together to look at the vitality and competitiveness of the aerospace industry in Washington state and across the nation.
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The Ford government announced plans in January to expand private, for-profit health care in Ontario, prompting the labour movement, including the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) to call the move, “entirely out of touch with what Ontarians want and need.”
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IFPTE International President Matt Biggs and Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson sent Clayola Brown, a longtime fighter for economic justice and civil rights within the labor movement, a letter recognizing her recent promotion at the AFL-CIO.
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The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001), representing 17,000 workers at Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems, sent a large delegation in order to cover as many Congressional offices as possible.
Read MoreDuring IFPTE’s Legislative Advocacy Conference, IFPTE in conjunction with Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen, hosted a Congressional reception on Capitol Hill to recognize the contributions of the union and its members.
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Leaders from the Federal Caucus held a formal meeting to discuss issues particular to the Federal sector, as well as to exchange insights and best practices regarding recent challenges and changes within the federal workforce.
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Almost 100 IFPTE leaders and activists came together to review the union’s legislative achievements, plot the course for the next year, and lobby key members of Congress on issues important to IFPTE members and their families.
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Ahead of the House of Representatives floor vote on the SHOW UP Act (H.R. 139), legislation sponsored by House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) that would revert federal agencies’ telework policies back to December 2019 and undermine negotiated agreements, IFPTE requested Representatives vote against passing this costly and ill-considered bill.
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TEAM/IFPTE Local 161 board members gathered together in Winnipeg for training and strategic planning.
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IFPTE was disappointed to learn that a fix from the New Jersey legislature and Governor to skyrocketing health insurance premiums for local and municipal workers in the state is not imminent.
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SUP’s Coalition of Racialized Professionals (CORP) celebrated Lunar New Year by organizing a cultural presentation for members.
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The AFL-CIO held a series of Executive Council committee meetings this week. The meetings, which are a precursor to the AFL-CIO executive council meetings in February, were held at the AFL-CIO’s headquarters in Washington, DC.
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IFPTE Locals from across Canada gathered in Winnipeg to participate in the Federation’s annual legislative conference. The conference is in its second year and is intended to give IFPTE’s Locals in Western Canada an opportunity to work in coalition to advocate on the major legislative issues impacting their membership.
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Last Friday, newly elected president, Deborah Spencer, Vice President, Melvin Dwyer and a complete slate of officers were sworn into office at IFPTE Local 195. President Spencer and Vice President Dwyer assume the leadership of the Local after decades of service in the Local’s leadership roles.
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IFPTE issued the following statement in response to the news that longtime FLRA member and recent former FLRA Chairman Ernie DuBester has declined another nomination to serve on the FLRA board.
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