IFPTE President Matt Biggs remarked, “Governor O’Malley’s swift confirmation and strong bipartisan support serve as a testament to his lifetime of service, putting outcomes and results over political considerations.”
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IFPTE Local 121 President/Eastern Federal Area Vice President, Jamie Uyeunten, was re-elected to serve on the Hawaii State AFL-CIO executive board’s vice council.
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With the Senate wrapping up for the Senate’s 2023 session, IFPTE and the Association of Administrative Law Judges-IFPTE Judicial Council 1 urged Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and all Senators to confirm former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley to be the next Commissioner of the Social Security Administration.
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SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001’s director of strategic development, Rich Plunkett, was named to the United States Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Aerospace Supply Chain Resilience (ASCR) task force this week.
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In response to the House and Senate’s passage of the bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24), IFPTE applauded the inclusion of pro-worker provisions that the union supported and requested Congress include in the bill.
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The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is pleased to see the federal government launch a union-led Advisory Table to help workers succeed in Canada’s economic future, announced today.
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IFPTE President, Matt Biggs, was one of twenty-one panelists who participated in a bipartisan forum this week hosted by Senate Majority Leader, Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and Senators Mike Rounds (R-SD), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and Todd Young (R-IN). The forum is the ninth of a series of Senate forums held this year to examine Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on all facets of society.
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Members of the Executive Board and Northwest Legislative & Political Affairs Committee from the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001), attended the kick-off luncheon for Washington state gubernatorial candidate Bob Ferguson on Dec. 5 in Seattle.
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Secretary-Treasurer, Gay Henson, and Legislative Director, Faraz Khan, were panelists at the AFL-CIO’s virtual Workers’ Voice State and Local Legislative Conference.
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Ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, IFPTE sent a formal request to Senators and Representatives on the conference committee for the National Defense Authorization Act of 2024 (NDAA).
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The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) welcomed progress on housing affordability in the federal Fall Economic Statement last week.
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After seven years of PC cuts, chaos in health care, and disrespect for working people, it is refreshing to hear the new tone coming from the provincial government, said Manitoba Federation of Labour president Kevin Rebeck.
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IFPTE issued the following statement in response to the latest public comment by Elon Musk, the majority owner and chairman of X (formerly Twitter) and Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX, NASA’s 2nd largest contractor.
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The IFPTE Federal Caucus met this week to discuss several matters impacting IFPTE Locals and members employed in the federal government.
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The GAO Employees Organization/IFPTE Local 1921, hosted their annual membership meeting via Zoom earlier this week. The meeting’s theme was “Year in Review.”
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IFPTE President, Matt Biggs, and Secretary-Treasurer, Gay Henson, released the following joint statement in response to this week’s deal to keep the federal government funded into early next year.
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The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) welcomes federal Labour Minister, Seamus O’Regan’s introduction of Bill C-58, legislation to ban the use of replacement workers.
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As Canadians and Americans head into the November 11 holiday, IFPTE honors and thanks the service and the contributions of our nations’ veterans. We take this time to recognize the sacrifices veterans and their families have made and we recommit the fulfilling the promise we’ve made to them.
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Earlier this week, IFPTE sent a letter to Congressional leaders requesting any national security and domestic supplemental funding bills, which were requested by President Biden last month, include IFPTE priorities that support our members’ work, working families, and American communities.
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IFPTE was one of 19 labor organizations warning House lawmakers about the potential harm to policies and programs that workers and retirees hold sacred if a Fiscal Commission comes to fruition.
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