IFPTE President Matt Biggs commented that Rep. Chavez-ReDemer “established herself as a supporter of unions and workers across the private, public, and federal sectors” during her term in the House of Representatives.
Read MoreIFPTE shipyard Local presidents signed a letter last week urging shipyard lawmakers to back two key amendments being authored by Washington State Congressman Derek Kilmer to the House National Defense Authorization Act to make whole Navy workers who lost pay and other benefits as a result of the Accellerated Promotion Program (APP) loophole, and the expand the scope of overtime pay for civilian shipyard employees working abroad
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