As the House of Representatives considered amendments to the Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill, IFPTE requested Representatives oppose two amendments that would harm federal employees’ unions and the federal civil service. Both anti-union amendments were defeated with bipartisan support.
Read MoreIFPTE President Matt Biggs and Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson issued the following joint statement on behalf of IFPTE in response to last night’s election results.
Read MoreIFPTE’s Executive Council met this week in San Francisco at the Union’s biannual board meeting. The meeting was hosted by and held at the offices of IFPTE Local 21 in San Francisco.
Read MoreThe Society of United Professionals are proud of their Local leadership at the Bruce Power, who were just honoured with the 2023 Grey Bruce Activist of the Year Award for their member mobilizing during the last round of bargaining with their employer.
Read MoreLast weekend, the Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) kicked off its annual council which took place over two days. The theme of this year’s gathering focused on “Building the Future of our Union”.
Read MoreSCMMA/IFPTE Local 222 held their annual general meeting. Almost 200 members and guests attended the meeting in person and virtually. Several Executive Board positions were up for election, which included President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Director of Pensions and Benefits.
Read MoreIn a legislative proposal to realign incentives so that companies curb excess CEO pay, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-CT) and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) have introduced the CEO Act
Read MoreIFPTE joined other unions and consumer, health, human rights, faith, and human rights organizations in a letter today to President Biden supporting his stated position against Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) and urging him to eliminate ISDS terms in existing free trade agreements and bilateral investment treaties.
Read MoreThe IFPTE family mourns for the families, loved ones, and friends of all of those who were tragically killed in Maine on Wednesday evening.
Read MoreThe Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) joined the Toronto & York Region Labour Council, Labour Community Services, and other union affiliates for the 3rd annual President's Breakfast.
Read MoreIFPTE President Matthew Biggs and Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson issued a full-throated endorsement for Bob Ferguson, current Washington Attorney General, to serve as Governor of Washington State.
Read MoreIn response to this unprecedented situation, IFPTE sent a letter to House Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and asked them to, “work together to come to an acceptable path forward to allow for an Interim Speaker.”
Read MoreAhead of the Senate vote to confirm a new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA )Administrator, IFPTE sent Senators a letter supporting Michael G. Whitaker, President Biden’s nominee for the role.
Read MoreJudge Mimi Tsankov testified this week before the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship and Border Security on the myriad problems “in the current Immigration Court system, which has led us to today’s untenable court system, with 2.6 million cases now waiting to be heard.”
Read MoreIFPTE is sad to report the passing of longtime IFPTE Local 195 leader and activist, Sherry Thomas. Sister Sherry Thomas was a Local 195 Trustee and President of the New Jersey City University Chapter.
Read MoreTracy Schmidt, former staffer for WAPSO/IFPTE Local 162, who won a seat in the recent Manitoba election, was named to the Government cabinet.
Read MoreESC/IFPTE Local 20 members joined fellow Union Siblings employed by Kaiser Permanente in walking the picket line last week to bring to light the bad faith bargaining practices of Kaiser Permanente.
Read MoreNearly 200 members and leaders from the Association of Administrative Law Judges (AALJ/IFPTE Judicial Council 1) gathered in New Orleans, Louisiana to attend the union’s 2023 Education Conference.
Read MoreOn October 3, Manitobans elected the New Democratic Party (NDP) —the labor party— to form the next provincial government.
Read MoreThe striking Society/IFPTE Local 160-represented safety professionals at the Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) have reached an agreement with the employer after 13 days on the picket line. The members and the employer have now both voted to ratify the agreement.
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