IFPTE Secretary-Treasurer Henson Discusses Nuclear Energy and Climate with U.S. Secretary of Energy

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm attended a virtual meeting of the AFL-CIO Executive Council Energy Committee on Thursday to discuss labor’s priorities for developing new clean power sources, creating jobs, and growing the labor movement.

IFPTE Officers Talk Workforce Development and Clean Nuclear Power with White House Officials

IFPTE’s Executive Officers and staff visited the White House this week to discuss IFPTE’s ongoing efforts to engage in and promote workforce development.

Labor Rights, Energy, GovernmentCandace RhettSeptember 15, 2023workforce development, John Podesta, Inflation Reduction Act, SMR, TVA

IFPTE Officers Meet with AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler

IFPTE met with AFL-CIO President, Liz Shuler, to discuss the major legislative issues impacting IFPTE’s diverse membership, including but not limited to the labor movement’s continued support for federal investment in green nuclear energy technologies such as Small Modular Reactors, and the importance of restoring a Biden majority of the Federal Labor Relations Authority.

Energy, Labor RightsIFPTEMarch 16, 2023AFL-CIO, Liz Shuler, FLRA, SMR, Nuclear

IFPTE Meets with John Podesta on Clean Energy Investments

IFPTE President Matt Biggs, Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson, Assistant to the Executive Officers Brian Kildee, and Legislative Director Faraz Khan met this week with John Podesta, President Biden’s top adviser on clean energy technologies and investments.

SUP Applauds CIB Announcement of Federal Investment to Combat Climate Action and Increase Economic Opportunity through New Nuclear Advances

The Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) President Michelle Johnston applauded this week’s announcement by the the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) that it will invest $970 million in Ontario Power Generation (OPG) to finance the construction of Canada’s first small modular reactor (SMR).

EnergyCandace RhettOctober 27, 2022SUP, Canada Infrastructure Bank, OPG, SMR

IFPTE Meets with DOE’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations on SMR Grants

This week, Local 1937 Engineering Association President Mike Cavote joined IFPTE Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson and IFPTE President Matt Biggs for a virtual meeting with representatives from the newly established Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

Energy, GovernmentFaraz KhanJuly 28, 2022SMR, TVA, Department of Energy, nuclear power

AFL-CIO Convention Passes EA-IFPTE Local 1937's Resolution Supporting TVA Eligibility for Zero-Carbon Advanced Nuclear Energy Grants

This week , AFL-CIO unions joined together to call for expanding clean energy union jobs and committing to advanced technology to combat climate change in the Tennessee Valley by passing a convention resolution titled “TVA Eligibility for Department of Energy Grants.”