IFPTE’s Executive Officers and staff visited the White House this week to discuss IFPTE’s ongoing efforts to engage in and promote workforce development.
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Earlier this week, the Society of United Professionals’ (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) Hydro One Local held their annual council meeting.
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The Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC/IFPTE Local 20) made history with their recently ratified contract extension with the Pacific Gas and Electric Company by replacing all references in the contract using gender identifying pronouns to gender neutral references.
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The horrific tragedy of the Maui Wildfires and the devastation it has caused to life, families, and property of our Sisters and Brothers in Hawaii has affected us all, and there has been an outpouring of assistance from around the world.
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On Wednesday, the Senate voted to confirm Gwynne Wilcox to serve a full term on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) with bipartisan support
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The 2023 Manitoba Federation of Labour (MFL) Women’s Conference, “Women Belong In All Places Where Union Decisions Are Being Made,” is an intensive two-day conference for union women and non-binary folk to lean and share in a supportive environment.
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Canada’s unions welcome today’s Bank of Canada decision not to raise rates further but warned that with so many struggling to get by the Bank must signal an end to rate hikes while governments must act to help families being left behind.
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The Canadian Council of IFPTE Locals (CCL) held its biannual meeting in late August in Winnipeg, Canada, and featured reports from all IFPTE Canadian Locals and a planning discussion around the scheduling/focus of the annual IFPTE legislative conference in Manitoba next year.
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To mark the Labor Day weekend and the efforts and dedication of union members-activists and union leaders, Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Julie Su sent the following message to America’s labor unions.
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Read the Labour Day message from President Matt Biggs and Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson highlighting the historic alliance between the Civil Rights Movement and the Labor Movement.
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This week, IFPTE requested Members of the House of Representatives cosponsor the Pay Compression Relief Act, H.R. 5171, sponsored by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
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Over 4.500 workers employed by the City of San Jose, California, and collectively represented by IFPTE Local 21 and AFSCME Local 101 are sending a clear and strong message to their employer that they will not back down from demands for better wages, benefits, and working conditions.
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IFPTE officers responded to Friday’s directive by White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients to “aggressively” reduce telework.
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Despite IFPTE’s urging Congress over the last two years to put a stop to efforts by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to replace on-site workers at hydroelectric and navigational lock and dam facilities with remote operation, the USACE doubled down in mid-July by issuing a directive that stipulates that, “USACE will establish a unified, consistent, national lock & dam remote operation program.”
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IFPTE responded to the comments of Florida Governor and Presidential candidate, Ron DeSantis, who said that on day one of his hypothetical stint as President he would "start slitting throats" of federal workers.
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President Biden signed an Executive Order last Friday in Maine which directs federal government agencies leverage federal government resources towards policies and programs laser focused at increasing domestic manufacturing.
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As Congress adjourns and begins a month-long recess, IFPTE shared deep concerns about the appropriations bills that the House is considering and the extreme cuts to federal agencies and programs proposed in the House appropriations bills.
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IFPTE President Matt Biggs and Legislative Director Faraz Khan attended a press conference at the Capitol this week in support of worker-friendly legislation authored by Representatives Brendan Boyle (D, PA) and Donald Norcross (D, NJ).
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By a strong bipartisan vote of 86 to 11, the Senate passed a National Defense Authorization Act that paves the way for a 5.2% pay increase for federal employees and supports IFPTE members working in the private sector aerospace industry, and continues infrastructure investments at DoD facilities where IFPTE members work and support our national defense.
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As he enters a well-deserved retirement, the IFPTE family across North America thanks Brother Bill Dugovich for his more than two decades of service to SPEEA-Local 2001, the IFPTE International, and Locals across the United States and Canada.
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