On Tax Day, April 18, IFPTE joined hundreds of national and state-based organizations and several unions, including the AFL-CIO, to request Congress support tax increases on large corporations and the wealthiest Americans in order to raise close to $5 trillion over 10 years.
Read More155,000 federal civil servants represented by the Public Service Alliance of Canada union walked off their jobs and went on Canada’s largest strike in history.
Read MoreThe climate and environmental movement is one of the most rapidly unionized spaces in the U.S., and at Friends of the Earth Workers United, a bargaining unit under NPEU/IFPTE Local 70, we believe a sustainable workforce is key to saving our planet.
Read MoreThe IFPTE Veterans Committee held their Spring 2023 committee meeting this past Thursday via Zoom.
Read MoreIFPTE Local 195's Secretary, Diane Moore, is running for a seat on the New Jersey State Pension Board (PERS). Help Diane get nominated to ensure that IFPTE-represented public sector workers in New Jersey have a voice.
Read MoreIFPTE’s executive officers sent a letter to all Senators reinforcing their endorsement of Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su to serve as Secretary of Labor.
Read MoreHelp nominate Diane Moore, Local 195 Secretary, get a seat on the State Pension Board (PERS).
Read MoreThe Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) has joined the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) campaign to maintain and strengthen pensions for Canadian current and future retirees.
Read MoreThe GAO Employees Organization (IFPTE Local 1921) recently issued their Spring member newsletter.
Read MoreIFPTE sent a letter to all Members of the House of Representatives requesting additional cosponsors for H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act, and asking Representatives to urge House leadership to advance and pass the bill.
Read MoreApplications are now open for the Canadian Labour Congress’ Labour College of Canada. Apply today to the Labour College of Canada’s certificate program. Classes begin June/July 2023. Application deadline: April 30, 2023.
Read MoreOn the 55th anniversary of the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike, AFSCME invites union members and all those interested in the American labor movement, civil rights, and the fight for racial and economic justice to hear the stories of working people at the center of the the monumental events that marked the last days of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life.
Read MoreFormer IFPTE President Paul Shearon joined Starbucks workers in a protest last week at the company’s corporate headquarters in Seattle. This latest worker-led action protesting Starbuck’s ongoing union-busting efforts against their employees seeking to organize unions came a day prior to the company’s annual shareholder meeting.
Read MoreFor the third year in a row, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) placed number one among mid-size federal agencies in the Partnership for Public Service’s Best Places to Work rankings. This success is due in part to the excellent work of the GAO Employees Organization, IFPTE Local 1921.
Read MoreIFPTE international and Engineering Association, (EA/IFPTE Local 1937) leaders sent a joint letter this week to TVA CEO Jeff Lyash in support of the Southeast Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub’s request for a Department of Energy grant to support the building and operation of regional clean hydrogen hubs.
Read MoreIFPTE Secretary Treasurer Gay Henson joined colleagues and volunteers the last two weeks to sponsor two giveaways to children in the greater Chattanooga region as a part of the annual Sequoyah Spirit Fund Easter and Book Fair events.
Read MoreIFPTE applauded the introduction of the H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act, sponsored by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Senate Judiciary Committee Member Charles Grassley (R-IA), and cosponsored by Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Senate HELP Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
Read MoreIFPTE President Matt Biggs commented, “Senators Schumer and Gillibrand and Representative Tonko know full well the importance of good union jobs at KAPL and the importance of this work to national security and the economic prosperity of the Capitol Region” of New York.
Read MoreAfter hearing from IFPTE Local 147 leaders during IFPTE's legislative week about the unjust movement of work from the Local's bargaining unit to non-represented workers elsewhere, New York Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, along with Congressman Paul Tonko, issued a strong letter to the Department of Energy (DOE), with a statement of support for the union and their members.
Read MoreIFPTE officers, staff and Local leaders were honored this week to attend an AFL-CIO reception in honor of outgoing Labor Secretary, Marty Walsh. The reception was an opportunity for the American Labor Movement to come together and not only honor Secretary Walsh, but thank him for his steadfast leadership and support for working families.
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