IFPTE applauds the Seante’s confirmation of Anne Wagner for Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) Member. IFPTE leadership and union delegates learned of the successful cloture vote for Wagner at the union’s 61st Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, and greeted the news with cheers. Wagner was confirmed with bipartisan support by a vote of 55 to 37, with eight Republican Senators supporting her confirmation. Her term as Member of the FLRA ends on July 1, 202
Read MoreThe International Plate Printers, Die Stampers, and Engravers Union of North America (Plate Printers) has been negotiating a contract with the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) for over six years, and the union demanded BEP’s parent agency tell BEP management bargain in good faith.. IFPTE members and leaders, including President Biggs, were on hand to support the Plate Printers union demands.
Read MoreIFPTE officers responded to Friday’s directive by White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients to “aggressively” reduce telework.
Read MoreIFPTE President Biggs commented that President Joe Biden has “lived up to his pledge once again by putting forward a budget that will decrease the national deficit, and do so while protecting and strengthening the programs that working families and retirees across the nation depend so heavily on. “
Read MoreIFPTE applauds President Biden’s signing of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, particularly the provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 that allow TVA the ability to receive federal incentives to expand its investment in green energy with additional nuclear energy power plants and other advanced energy generation and infrastructure.
Read MoreIFPTE executive officers issued a statement in response to the Bureau of Labor Statistics May jobs report, which shows 390,000 jobs created in the past month and signals the Biden Administration’s ongoing and successful economic plan to grow American manufacturing.
Read MoreSUP-Local 160 President Michelle Johnston, IFPTE President Matthew Biggs, and Gay Henson issued the following statement regarding recent occupations in Ottawa and Windsor, Ontario.
Read MoreIFPTE remarked on the introduction of the Real Courts, Rule of Law Act of 2022, which proposes to create an independent Article 1 immigration court, a long-held legislative priority for NAIJ-IFPTE Judicial Council 2.
Read MoreIFPTE International President Matt Biggs joined President Joe Biden in marking the passage and enactment of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Also attending the ceremony were Local 195 President Timothy Rudolph and Womens Committee Chair Sherry Thomas, both of New Jersey, and Local 561 steward Michael Arendt of Mississippi.
Read MoreThis week , Immigration Judges received an email message stating that the performance metrics imposed by the Trump administration which violated judicial ethics are now “suspended.”
Read MoreIFPTE Pres. Shearon called the framework “a good first step toward significant infrastructure investment to support millions of good paying, union represented jobs,” adding that Congress must work on adding “progressive offsets to pay for the larger package such as raising the minimum corporate tax, closing corporate tax loopholes that allow multi-nationals like Amazon to pay no taxes at all, and ensuring that our wealthiest wage earners finally pay their fair share in taxes, to help pay for the full scope of our infrastructure needs.”
Read MoreThe International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers’ (IFPTE) campaign to halt the Trump-era effort to decertify the National Association of Immigration Judges-IFPTE Judicial Council 2 (NAIJ) received a helpful boost today with the House Labor Caucus’ letter to Attorney General Garland requesting the Department of Justice withdraw the petition to decertify NAIJ.
Read MoreIFPTE stands in solidarity with the courageous auto workers in Mexico and Susana Prieto Terrazas, a labor lawyer and champion for workers who herself has been jailed by Mexican authorities for advocating for workers’ rights, and who also represents the workers who have been denied basic labor protections promised by the three countries covered by USMCA.
Read MoreIFPTE “looks forward to a productive working relationship” with Administrator-designate Nelson.
Read MoreIFPTE executive council members and New Jersey local leaders released this statement in response to today’s announcement that former Local 194 President Fran Ehret has been selected to lead CWA in the State of New Jersey.
Read MoreJudge Ashley Tabaddor, president of IFPTE Judicial Council 2, was selected by the Biden administration to serve as chief counsel of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
Read MoreIFPTE issued the following statements applauding the victories by Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff for Georgia’s two United States Senate seats.
Read More“IFPTE categorically condemns the violent act of insurrection by President Trump and thousands of his supporters.”
Read MoreIFPTE calls for “much more meaningful aid to working families, including providing robust funding to our State and Local governments.”
Read MoreIn response to last week's executive order "obliterating vast portions of the merit-based selection process for executive branch employees,” NAIJ/Judicial Council 2 released the following press release.
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