SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001 Director of Strategic Development, Rich Plunkett, along with International Legislative Director Faraz Khan, and President Matt Biggs, attended this week’s National Safety Transportation Board (NTSB) meeting in Washington, DC to determine the probable cause of the in-flight separation of a mid-exit door plug on a Boeing 737-9 passenger airplane near Portland, Oregon last year.
Read MoreIFPTE Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson joined AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond, NFFE President Randy Irwin, and the Presidents of the Illinois State Federation and Chicago Central Labor Council to kick off the AFL-CIO's Central Region Organizing Meeting this week.
Read MoreIFPTE Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson, Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) President Rebecca Caron, SUP/IFPTE Local 160 External Relations Director, Mike Belmore, and IFPTE Assistant to Executive Officers, Brian Kildee, joined hundreds of young professionals and industry leaders from Canada and the United States at the North American Young Generation Nuclear (NAYGN) 2025 Continental Conference in Denver.
Read MoreIFPTE leaders in New Jersey attended the New Jersey State AFL-CIO Endorsement Conference held in Atlantic City on June 16-18, 2025. Members from Locals 18, 194, 195, 196, and 200 were in attendance.
Read MoreSPEEA recently achieved an agreement that requires the return to employment of 58 individuals who were laid off earlier this year. In addition to their jobs, they were also made whole for lost wages and benefits. And the returned employees will have the layoff removed from their employment record.
Read MoreThe Senate Parliamentarian has ruled that several anti-federal worker and anti-government provisions in the Senate's budget reconciliation bill violate procedural rules and must be removed.
Read MoreAs Senate Republicans try to hastily assemble their version of a budget reconciliation bill that extends tax cuts for the wealthiest individuals and for large corporations on the backs of working people, IFPTE and our coalition partners sent a letter to Senate Leadership opposing key provisions in the Senate bill.
Read MoreIFPTE Local 196 President, Brother Sean McBride, presented Union Sister Janet Gerhard with the Local 196 First Responder Dedication Award, calling her “our Guardian Angel who gives of herself to help not only turn lives around, but save the lives of Local 196 members who are at the lowest points in their lives.”
Read MoreIFPTE weighed in with key Senators against the Senate budget reconciliation bill, particularly the draconian and ideologically-driven language from the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) aimed at eliminating federal labor unions, turning the federal government into an at-will employer, and abrogating the co-equal branch of government constitutional responsibilities of the legislative branch over to the President.
Read MoreLewis Engineers and Scientists Association (LESA/IFPTE Local 28) President, Dr. John Betterson, and Vice President, Samantha Yousef, hosted an information session this week for NASA workers employed at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.
Read MoreThe Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) held its first annual Bruce Region Golf Tournament — and it was a resounding success.
Read MoreIFPTE is proud to celebrate and remember Juneteenth, the day in 1865 when slaves in the State of Texas were finally freed from the bondage of slavery.
Read MoreIFPTE’s executive offered comments condemning the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s (HSGAC) proposals for the Senate Budget Reconciliation Bill, which includes language that would eliminate official time and attack unions, among other things.
Read MoreThis is our response to Trump's birthday military parade in DC, so let's make it really HUGE!!! Find an event or host one. Organize unions into a labor contingent.
Read MoreIFPTE issued an endorsement for James Walkinshaw, who is running to fill the seat left vacant after the sad passing of Congressman Gerry Connolly on May 21st.
Read MoreNearly 200 Society members from Hydro One joined a solidarity rally in support of striking Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) workers, calling on the Ford government and the WSIB to deliver fair wages, end U.S. outsourcing, and improve workplace health and safety.
Read MoreOn Thursday evening, Senator Josh Hawley and leaders of the House Homeland Security Committee launched an alarming and politically motivated campaign targeting over 200 non-government organizations (NGOs), announcing a sweeping investigation into these organizations' activities related to immigration, protest, and humanitarian support—without any evidence of wrongdoing.
Read MoreThis year’s Society Hydro One Local Annual Council was a resounding success, with 170 Delegates, Communication Action Network (CAN) Representatives, and guests in attendance. Themed “Building Our Future While Celebrating Our Past,” the gathering recognized the strength, resilience, and proud history of Hydro One members, marking in particular the 20th anniversary of the landmark 2005 strike.
Read MoreThe Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO (DPE) held leadership elections at its 2025 Quadrennial General Board Meeting, where IFPTE President Matt Biggs was elected Treasurer.
Read MoreThe House-passed budget reconciliation bill not only slashes Medicaid, but it also reverses energy tax credits for clean energy technologies supported by IFPTE, which were approved by Congress and signed into law by former President Joe Biden as part of the Inflation Reduction Act.
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