Posts tagged KAPL
Local 147 Attends Commerce Department CHIPs Act Announcement
Local 147 Attends Commerce Department CHIPs Act Announcement

Local 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. 

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Aerospace, Energy, Infrastructure, Labor RightsCandace RhettIFPTE Local 147, Department of Commerce, CHIPS, KAPL
IFPTE Thanks Senator Schumer, Senator Gillibrand and Congressman Tonko for Standing Up for Local 147 Members and Good Union Jobs in the NY Capitol Region
IFPTE Thanks Senator Schumer, Senator Gillibrand and Congressman Tonko for Standing Up for Local 147 Members and Good Union Jobs in the NY Capitol Region

IFPTE President Matt Biggs commented, “Senators Schumer and Gillibrand and Representative Tonko know full well the importance of good union jobs at KAPL and the importance of this work to national security and the economic prosperity of the Capitol Region” of New York.

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Energy, Government, Labor RightsFaraz KhanKAPL, Senator Gillibrand, Congressman Tonko, Senator Schumer
Senators Schumer and Gillibrand, Congressman Tonko, Stand Up in Support of Local 147
Senators Schumer and Gillibrand, Congressman Tonko, Stand Up in Support of Local 147

After hearing from IFPTE Local 147 leaders during IFPTE's legislative week about the unjust movement of work from the Local's bargaining unit to non-represented workers elsewhere, New York Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, along with Congressman Paul Tonko, issued a strong letter to the Department of Energy (DOE), with a statement of support for the union and their members.

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Energy, Labor RightsCandace RhettKAPL, Local 147, Senator Schumer, Senator Gillibrand, Congressman Tonko, DOE, Secretary Granholm