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.”
Read MoreIFPTE applauds Engineering Association/Local 1937 President Carolyn Wilson, who joined SAG-AFTRA workers on the picket line during a visit to New York last week.
Read MoreIFPTE international and Engineering Association, (EA/IFPTE Local 1937) leaders sent a joint letter this week to TVA CEO Jeff Lyash in support of the Southeast Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub’s request for a Department of Energy grant to support the building and operation of regional clean hydrogen hubs.
Read MoreIFPTE Secretary Treasurer Gay Henson joined colleagues and volunteers the last two weeks to sponsor two giveaways to children in the greater Chattanooga region as a part of the annual Sequoyah Spirit Fund Easter and Book Fair events.
Read MoreThis week IFPTE sent a 13-member delegation to the AFL-CIO convention. IFPTE delegates spoke in favor of and helped pass several significant AFL-CIO resolutions, including resolutions that strengthen labor unions and support IFPTE members.
Read MoreIFPTE sent a letter to Senate lawmakers urging them to support strong funding for legislative branch agencies, including the Congressional Research Service (CRS) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO), agencies where thousands of IFPTE represented members are employed.
Read MoreThis week in Chattanooga was a time to celebrate Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson’s 17 years of service as President of the Engineering Association (EA/IFPTE Local 1937), and over 37 years of service to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
Read MoreThis week IFPTE President Matt Biggs, Secretary-Treasurer/TVA EA Local 1937 President Gay Henson, Eastern Federal Area VP Renae McKenzie, and Legislative Director Faraz Khan met with Tennessee Valley Authority leaders in Washington, D.C.
Read MoreAfter tough negotiations throughout the summer, the Engineering Association/Local 1937 (EA) finalized a three-year contract with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) this week.
Read MoreThe article quotes former IFPTE President Paul Shearon remarking on Henson’s record as a labor leader who “has organized and rallied workers in the deep South and proven that she can take on the big bosses and win.”
Read MoreIn a letter to Atlantic Council President Tim Rudolph, IFPTE’s executive officers outlined the union’s opposition to Bill S-3522. This bill threatens “the retirement security of current and future IFPTE members and other New Jersey state workers.”
Read MoreEA/Local 1937 President Gay Henson was notified that the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has renewed the recognition agreement between the union and TVA through May 8, 2032. The recognition, which is required in the TVA Act, comes at a time when the union and TVA have been working together to reverse management’s misguided decision to outsource over 200 EA represented TVA IT jobs.
Read MoreAfter nearly a year long fight to prevent 220 EA, Local 1937 represented IT jobs from being privatized and sent overseas, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) management has finally seen the error in their ways and agreed to the union’s request to sack the four IT offshoring contractors they intended to do business with.
Read MoreMembers and leaders from the Engineering Association (EA/IFPTE Local 1937) and the IFPTE national travelled to Huntsville, Alabama to continue to bring transparency and community awareness around the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) reckless off-shoring of 220 IT jobs.
Read MoreLeaders and staff from the Engineering Association (EA/IFPTE Local 1937) were joined by the Knoxville and Chattanooga Central Labor Councils and other community organizations in the Tennessee Valley to protest the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) continued efforts to export as many as 220 federal jobs.
Read MoreEA/IFPTE Local 1937 President Gay Henson and IFPTE President Paul Shearon called in to the Valley Labor Report to share what the Tennessee Valley Authority is trying to do to its IT workers.
Read MoreAs the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) moves full-steam ahead in offshoring federal jobs, Tennessee Congressman Steven Cohen urged Congress to block any outsourcing of federal jobs, informing House leaders that “it is incomprehensible that TVA would outsource jobs held by hard-working Americans.”
Read MoreIFPTE sent a letter to Congress alerting lawmakers that the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will outsource hundreds of IT jobs to companies "based overseas, or otherwise outside of the US," and whose business model "relies heavily on knowledge transfer."
Read MoreAs Congress was just completing another spending package this week worth nearly $500 billion aimed at saving jobs, the Tennessee Valley Authority, a federal government entity, was moving full steam ahead in outsourcing hundreds of IT jobs.
Read MoreDespite millions of workers losing jobs due the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) continues to move full steam ahead to unnecessarily outsourcing hundreds of IT jobs.
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