Over 4.500 workers employed by the City of San Jose, California, and collectively represented by IFPTE Local 21 and AFSCME Local 101 are sending a clear and strong message to their employer that they will not back down from demands for better wages, benefits, and working conditions.
Read MoreAs the House of Representatives prepares to vote on H.R. 1163, the so-called ”Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment Fraud Act,” IFPTE urged members of the House of Representatives to vote against this misguided bill that weakens states’ unemployment insurance systems and may result in a surprise bill for workers who received an overpayment of pandemic UI benefits through no fault of their own.
Read MoreIFPTE executive officers sent to House lawmakers a letter urging them to request that House leadership schedule a floor vote to pass the Social Security Fairness Act, a bipartisan bill that would reverse cuts to the earned social security benefits of nearly two million public sector workers or their surviving spouses and dependents.
Read MoreIFPTE hosted a webinar with the U.S. Department of Education to highlight the limited Public Service Loan Forgiveness waiver and how IFPTE members can apply before the upcoming October 31 deadline. This program is meant to eliminate the balance of student loan debt for people who work or have worked in government or nonprofit jobs and made 120 payments.
Read MoreIFPTE Locals in New Jersey representing state, city, local and municipal workers will launch a grassroots member communications program next week. Starting with Locals 195 and 196, which has volunteered to be the pilot Locals for this endeavor, the public sector Membership Communications and Engagement Program.
Read MoreThe New Jersey State AFL-CIO racked up key legislative victories for the State’s public sector workers, including thousands represented by IFPTE, at the tail end of the 2021 legislative session that were signed into law by Governor Murphy
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