IFPTE applauds Engineering Association/Local 1937 President Carolyn Wilson, who joined SAG-AFTRA workers on the picket line during a visit to New York last week.
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IFPTE issued the following statement regarding drastic changes to Ukrainian labor laws that undermine worker and union rights and curtail collective bargaining.
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IFPTE President Matt Biggs and Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson issued a statement from in response to an effort by NLRB Region 10 Director to fleece the United Mineworkers of America (UMWA) of over $13 million for supporting their members who on strike against Warrior Met Coal.
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IFPTE members in the metropolitan D.C. area are encouraged to join IFPTE International President Matt Biggs on Friday, October 15, to support our sisters and brothers in IATSE who are in negotiations with management at the Strathmore concert hall in North Bethesda, Maryland
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A "Solidarity Success Update'' on the Bakery workers strike victory at Nabisco and a Solidarity Alert calling IFPTE members and allies to support Kellogg workers on strike.
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IFPTE applauds the more than 1000 striking Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco and Grain Millers’ International Union (BCTGM) union members for, “taking a stand to protect good-paying union jobs from being sent to countries with lower wages and fewer worker protections,” while calling out their employer, Nabisco/Mondelēz, saying that the company should be, “particularly ashamed to attempt this move after your members have done so much to keep the company operating and its products flowing during an exceptionally difficult time, and at no small risk to them and their families.” Read the full IFPTE letter, and join the campaign to support the striking workers here.
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In a letter to Hilton executives, IFPTE joined hospitality workers union UNITE HERE in calling for the hotel chain to maintain housekeeping services and daily automatic room cleaning.
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IFPTE President Paul Shearon commented, “It is appalling that a corporation worth upwards of 1 trillion dollars, and owned by the richest person on the face of the earth, is going to extraordinary lengths to intimidate and threaten their workers in order to prevent them from forming a union.”
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