IFPTE Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) Council joined officers joined IFPTE international officers and legislative director for a Zoom meeting last week to strategize around IFPTE’s continued legislative efforts to counter the Corps efforts to implement remote operations at our U.S. federal locks and dams.
Read MoreThe House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted on Monday to pass H.R. 8812, the Water Resources Development Act of 2024, legislation that includes IFPTE-backed language to bring oversight to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ ability to unilaterally and recklessly implement remote operation at navigational locks and dams and hydroelectric facilities.
Read MoreThe House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee marked up their version of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) with a version of IFPTE-requested language that protects lock and dam operations and hydroelectric operations from being performed and controlled through remote offsite operations.
Read MoreIFPTE Local 196 President/Atlantic Area Vice President, Sean McBride, notified the International this week that a Local 196 member working at the Barnegat Toll Plaza was injured but survived when a garbage truck collided with her toll booth on Wednesday.
Read MoreIFPTE endorsed John Morse for Maryland’s 3rd Congressional district.
Read MoreLocal 147 leaders Jerry Bouchard and Mike Croll attended an event in Malta, New York on Tuesday hosted by the United States Commerce Department to announce the $1.5 billion in funding upstate New York to expand and create new manufacturing capacity and capabilities to securely produce more essential chips for automotive, IoT, aerospace, defense, and other vital markets.
Read MoreLocal members and leaders from around the United States attended IFPTE’s annual legislative advocacy conference this week in Washington, DC. (photo: Brad Braswell, IFPTE Local 1)
Read MoreOfficers and staff from IFPTE, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Jobs with Justice (JWJ), and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) came together for two days of meetings in Chattanooga this week to discuss the coalition’s ongoing efforts to stand up a training center for STEM workers.
Read MoreSPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001’s Director of Strategic Development, Rich Plunkett, and Legislative Director, Brandon Anderson, traveled to Washington, DC this week to attend the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) first Aerospace Supply Chain Resilience (ASCR) task force.
Read MoreSPEEA/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.
Read MoreIFPTE 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.
Read MoreIFPTE Local 561 Steward and IFPTE Federal Caucus Legislative Chair, Mike Arendt, joined IFPTE Legislative Director, Faraz Khan, on Capitol Hill this week to meet with lawmakers and staff regarding the reauthorization of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA).
Read MoreDespite 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.”
Read MorePresident 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.
Read MoreSecretary-Treasurer Henson, along with Brian Kildee, IFPTE Assistant to the Executive Officers, attended an event at the United States Department of Labor (DOL) last week that further solidified the Biden Administration’s commitment to working families.
Read MoreOn Friday, the House passed the NDAA without the customary strong bipartisan support that the NDAA has received in years past. The House bill passed with several troubling amendments that would cut health services for armed service members and defund numerous DoD components and civilian positions related to diversity, without considering the impacts.
Read MoreIFPTE engaged with House and Senate Armed Services Committees to make sure key priorities. IFPTE will be working with Members of Congress to amend the NDAA to include our priorities.
Read MoreOn June 20, in partnership with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), TEAM - IFPTE Local 161 held a press conference announcing the release chronicling how the privatisation of MTS, once an engine of the Manitoba economy, has resulted in significant job loss, poor rural and northern phone service, and high rates.
Read MoreIFPTE staff, officers, and members participated in a two-day conference this week at the AFL-CIO national headquarters in Washington, DC, that took a close look at the ever-growing threat that Artificial Intelligence (AI) poses to jobs moving forward.
Read MoreThe White House unveiled a website that shows how much money the administration has invested in our communities by state, and even by municipality. Check out the interactive map.
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