The Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160), representing approximately 400 Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) lawyers, weighed in with concerns of SUP members with the Ontario government's repeated calls to further restrict access to bail for accused persons.
Read MoreFederal Workers Legal Defense Network General Counsel, Suzanne Summerlin, authored her latest “Solidarity Docket” this week, updating federal workers on the latest legal activity from the labor movement to combat the Trump Administration’s attacks on civil servants.
Read MoreIFPTE sent an updated letter to Congressional leaders this week calling for “a bipartisan solution to this shutdown that funds the priorities and programs relied upon by the public, including those provided by IFPTE members.
Read MoreThe Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) was pleased to attend the launch of the new Nuclear Discovery Centre in Port Hope, Ontario - a learning hub to explore the benefits of Ontario Power Generation's proposed nuclear generation project in Wesleyville.
Read MoreIFPTE was proud to issue another endorsement last week for our friend, Maine Congressman Jared Golden, who is seeking his 5th term in the United States House of Representatives.
Read MoreIFPTE is honored and humbled to report that International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) International President, Robert Olvera, offered his Union’s SOLIDARITY and support for IFPTE-represented federal sector members as we fight to preserve our jobs and our collective bargaining rights.
Read MoreIFPTE Local 777’s Chicago District Chapter participated in a rally on October 8 calling for a just end to the shutdown on Federal Plaza in Chicago.
Read MoreIFPTE has endorsed the Fair Access to Swift and Timely (FAST) Justice Act, legislation that would give federal workers a private right of action and allow them to take their cases to federal court if the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) fails to act on an appeal within 120 days.
Read MoreIFPTE issued the following response to the Trump Administration’s announcement today that they are issuing RIF notices to furloughed federal workers.
Read MoreLate on Thursday night, the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026. The defense policy and authorization bill legislation reaffirms Congress’s bipartisan support for strengthening America’s defense capabilities and supporting the civilian and uniformed workforce that sustain it.
Read MoreNational Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ/IFPTE Judicial Council 2) members, Judges Anam Petit and Emmett Soper, joined President Biggs as panelists this week at a symposium held in Washington, DC, by the National Press Foundation.
Read MoreMembers of TEAM/IFPTE Local 161 voted to ratify their recently negotiated contract with Bell/MTS. The Memorandum of Agreement dated October 1, 2025, has been approved by the membership, with 84.4% of eligible TEAM members participating in the vote.
Read MoreMembers of the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU/IFPTE Local 70) held their annual membership meeting this week via Zoom.
Read MoreIFPTE Locals from the Northeast Area met in New York as a part of their annual meeting.
Read MoreIFPTE Atlantic Area Locals met this week in New Jersey to discuss a myriad of issues impacting IFPTE’s membership in New Jersey.
Read MoreIFPTE executive officers issued the following statements in relation to IFPTE’s legal challenge to President Trump’s August 28th Union-busting executive order.
Read MoreIFPTE executive officers issued the following statements in response to the Trump Administration’s latest plan to illegally deny salaries to hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal employees.
Read MoreIn a major legal victory for IFPTE's federal membership and for all federal workers, a federal judge granted our petition for an injunction protecting IFPTE-represented employees working at the Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency from the Trump Administration’s March 27th union-busting executive order.
Read MoreCanada’s unions are marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation by calling on the government to fulfill its obligations under the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (UNDRIP).
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