NPEU/IFPTE Local Hosts General Membership Meeting

NPEU/IFPTE Local 70 president, Amy Chin-Lai, and Secretary-Treasurer, Sarah Rawlins, hosted members of the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU/IFPTE Local 70) this week for their general membership meeting.

Labor RightsCandace RhettSeptember 13, 2024IFPTE Local 70, membership meeting

IFPTE Endorses Heather Mizeur for Congress in Maryland's First Congressional District

Statement by IFPTE International President Matt Biggs, IFPTE Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson and IFPTE Local 70 President Katie Barrows

GovernmentCandace RhettMarch 25, 2022IFPTE Local 70, Heather Mizeur

Texas Labor Leaders Meet with Secretary Walsh

Texas AFLCIO gathered Texas labor leaders for a meeting with Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh to discuss good jobs in Texas.

Labor RightsCandace RhettMarch 15, 2022NPEU, IFPTE Local 70, Marty Walsh

CAP Union Members Vote to Use Any Means Necessary to Secure a Fair Contract, Putting a Strike on the Table

The staff union at the Center for American Progress (CAP) announced its membership voted to reject CAP management’s most recent offer on starting salaries and annual raises and to allow their collective bargaining agreement to expire.

Labor RightsCandace RhettFebruary 4, 2022IFPTE Local 70, NPEU, CAP

Solidarity for Good

Members of the Non-Profit Employees Union joined officers and staff from IFPTE at a watch party to view the returns from the Virginia and New Jersey state elections in downtown DC Tuesday night.

Faraz KhanNovember 3, 2021NPEU, IFPTE Local 70, Federal Elections 2021

NPEU Welcomes Two New Groups to the IFPTE Family

The Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU/IFPTE Local 70) announced that workers at the New American Leaders and the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc (CLINIC) have joined the Local. New American Leaders agreed to voluntarily recognize the union, while the CLINIC staff have requested that their employer do the same.

IFPTENovember 13, 2020NPEU, IFPTE Local 70, Organizing

NPEU Organizing Update: Feminist Majority Foundation Refuses to Recognize Staff Union -- NPEU Files for Election

The staff union of the Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF) filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) after President Eleanor Smeal and Executive Director Katherine Spillar refused to voluntarily recognize the union.

IFPTEOctober 9, 2020IFPTE Local 70, NPEU, Organizing

Organizing Update: New American Leaders Staff Unionizes with NPEU

The Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU/IFPTE Local 70) welcomed the staff at New American Leaders (NAL) to the Local's growing family of nonprofit workers. The NAL Workers United staff made a formal request to NAL management for voluntary recognition on September 8, and looks forward to reaching a formal agreement.

IFPTESeptember 9, 2020NPEU, Organizing, IFPTE Local 70

Black Workers and COVID-19 (WSN Spotlight)

The IFPTE Women’s Solidarity Network is continuing to spotlight resources and publications on Women & COVID-19. This week, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) released a study entitled “Black workers face two of the most lethal preexisting conditions for coronavirus—racism and economic inequality”.

IFPTEJune 2, 2020BLM, Black Lives Matter, EPI, IFPTE Local 70, Women's Solidarity Network, WSN, COVID-19

Nonprofit Employees Continue to Choose NPEU as Their Union of Choice

Nonprofit Professional Employees Association (NPEU/IFPTE Local 70) continue to grow their ranks by welcoming the workers from J Street and by achieving a super majority of the workers at Friends of the Earth.

IFPTEMay 22, 2020IFPTE Local 70, NPEU, Organizing