This week Society of United Professionals/Local 160 leaders brought together government officials, SUP union members, and leaders from the larger Canadian labour movement to tour the world’s largest nuclear power plant, the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station.
Read MoreIFPTE officers made the following statements after the introduction of the Social Security 2100 Act, legislation sponsored by Rep. John Larson that strengthens Social Security’s finances while also expanding benefits.
Read MoreIFPTE officers issued the following statement in response to yesterday’s House introduction of the bipartisan Public Sector Freedom to Negotiate Act, sponsored by Congressmen Matt Cartwright (D-PA), and cosponsored by Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and over 150 other Representatives.
Read MoreLast week, IFPTE Western Federal Area Vice President/Local 121 President Jamie Uyeunten and IFPTE President Matt Biggs served as delegates to the 71st Convention of the Metal Trades Department (MTD).
Read MoreElections have consequences. This weeks’ announcement by Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh on boosting union representation in the federal sector is a positive consequence that stands in stark contrast to the policies of the previous administration.
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 MoreThe CLC President met this week in Ottawa with Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to discuss the challenges working people are still facing as Canada starts on the long road to an economic recovery.
Read MoreIFPTE joined with the Federal Workers Alliance (FWA) this week in calling on the Senate to finally advance President Biden’s nominations to the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA).
Read MoreWith a lapse of Congressionally appropriated funding set to shut the government down on October 1, IFPTE told Senators and Representatives that “The absurd threat of a government shutdown must be avoided in the next few hours.”
Read MoreIFPTE joined the larger labor movement this week in urging Congressional lawmakers to cosponsor The Public Sector Freedom to Negotiate Act, which will soon be formally reintroduced.
Read MoreIFPTE’s letter to the House applauded the bipartisan bill while informing lawmakers the legislation, “provides for our nation’s security, supports uniformed service members and their families, honors and meets the needs of our veterans, and addresses several important issues that directly impact IFPTE members.”
Read MoreThe letter calls on Education Secretary Cardona to take immediate executive action to deliver on the promise of PSLF by cancelling debts owed by all public service workers who have served for a decade or more and to address to improve the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
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
Read MoreThis week, the committees in the House of Representatives began debating legislative proposals for the 2022 Budget Reconciliation package. In a letter to the Ways and Means Committee, IFPTE advocated in favor of provisions to expand Trade Adjustment Assistance, strengthening the proposed paid family and medical leave benefit, expanding Medicare benefits, and for “progressive pay-fors to offset the cost of the bill’s investments in innovation infrastructure, resilient supply chains, housing, clean energy, education, healthcare, childcare, paid leave, labor law enforcement, and more.”
Read MoreThe Executive Office of Immigration Review is continuing the Trump-era policy of refusing to recognize NAIJ-IFPTE Judicial Council 2 in violation of federal labor law and despite widespread support for NAIJ and immigration judges’ union rights.
Read MoreOn the 58th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Justice, Americans will converge in Washington D.C. and throughout the U.S. to continue the call for restoring and updating a key victory for the Civil Rights Movement and for American democracy: federal protections for voting rights.
Read MoreIFPTE issued a statement applauding President Biden’s nominations of Susan Grundmann for Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) Member and Kurt Rumsfeld for FLRA General Counsel.
Read MoreOn Thursday, July 29, the Winnipeg Association of Public Service Officers-Local 162 (WAPSO) took a historic step in becoming the first labour organization in Manitoba to become a partner to the City of Winnipeg’s Indigenous Accord.
Read MoreIFPTE fully supports a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for workers in the federal sector. This country is in the middle of a terrible pandemic, more than 627,000 Americans are dead, and we don’t want any more of our members dying.
Read MoreIn a letter to Senator Diane Feinstein, IFPTE outlined concerns with NASA’s new policy for reviewing and approving human research.
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