SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001’s director of strategic development, Rich Plunkett, was named to the United States Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Aerospace Supply Chain Resilience (ASCR) task force this week.
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IFPTE President, Matt Biggs; Secretary-Treasurer, Gay Henson; Legislative Director, Faraz Khan, and; Assistant to the Executive Officers, Brian Kildee, attended a holiday gathering this week in Washington, DC with colleagues and top federal officials tasked with moving forward President Biden’s pro-worker, pro-union agenda.
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The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) welcomes the next phase of the Canadian Dental Care Plan – a much needed program to help address the ongoing affordability crisis many workers and their families are confronted with.
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A new report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Manitoba highlights the growing gap between Manitoba’s minimum wage and the hourly wage that workers need to earn to meet their basic needs.
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Matthew Joyce, SPEEA Council Chair/IFPTE Area Vice President, has served his Derby County community for 14 years as a member of the Derby School Board of Education. This week marked his last meeting as a Board member after announcing earlier this year that he was not going to run for another term.
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In response to the House and Senate’s passage of the bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24), IFPTE applauded the inclusion of pro-worker provisions that the union supported and requested Congress include in the bill.
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The much-anticipated arbitrator’s decision involving the unjust termination of EA/IFPTE Local 1937 member, Timothy Hubbard, was released earlier this week. The decision, which comes nearly five years after TVA fired Brother Hubbard, was both convincing and sweeping in Hubbard’s defense, finding that, “The Grievant's termination is to be set aside and the Grievant is to be returned to work with back pay and no loss of seniority or benefits.”
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The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is pleased to see the federal government launch a union-led Advisory Table to help workers succeed in Canada’s economic future, announced today.
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The Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) is participating in the United Nations climate change conference in Dubai.
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IFPTE President, Matt Biggs, was one of twenty-one panelists who participated in a bipartisan forum this week hosted by Senate Majority Leader, Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Senators Mike Rounds (R-SD), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and Todd Young (R-IN). The forum is the ninth of a series of Senate forums held this year to examine Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on all facets of society.
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IFPTE Local 196 announced major wins for their members at the bargaining table.
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Members of the Executive Board and Northwest Legislative & Political Affairs Committee from the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001), attended the kick-off luncheon for Washington state gubernatorial candidate Bob Ferguson on Dec. 5 in Seattle.
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Secretary-Treasurer, Gay Henson, and Legislative Director, Faraz Khan, were panelists at the AFL-CIO’s virtual Workers’ Voice State and Local Legislative Conference.
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Ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, IFPTE sent a formal request to Senators and Representatives on the conference committee for the National Defense Authorization Act of 2024 (NDAA).
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Ninety-six percent of IFPTE Local 195 dues-paying members voted last week to approve a historically worker-friendly contract to run to July 1, 2026.
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The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) welcomed progress on housing affordability in the federal Fall Economic Statement last week.
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After seven years of PC cuts, chaos in health care, and disrespect for working people, it is refreshing to hear the new tone coming from the provincial government, said Manitoba Federation of Labour president Kevin Rebeck.
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The Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) attended the Ontario Federation of Labour’s (OFL) biennial Convention last week.
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The Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) held its 22nd biennial convention, November 9-13, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The theme for the convention was “Hear Us Roar…Ready For 2024” with a focus on the 2024 elections.
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Former IFPTE president, Paul Shearon, took to the picket lines with Macy’s workers in Washington State on Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year.
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