IFPTE Local 196/Atlantic Area Vice President Sean McBride and Local 196 business manager Jimmy Robertello traveled to Washington, DC this week to attend an event with New Jersey Congressman Chris Smith. The Local 196 leaders also met with Pennsylvania Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick.
Read MoreThe IFPTE International and the IFPTE Atlantic Council is urging all IFPTE members represented by an IFPTE public sector local to ask your state Senator and Assembly Members to support the “Responsible Collective Negotiations Act” – also known as the “Janus 2” bill.
Read MoreCanada’s unions gathered this week for the Canadian Labour Congress’ (CLC) 29th Constitutional Convention. Over 4,000 union members logged on to participate in the online convention, including IFPTE delegates from Local 160, 161, 162, 222 as well as President Paul Shearon and Secretary-Treasurer Matt Biggs.
Read MoreNBC Nightly News aired a televised segment featuring National Association of Immigration Judges-Judicial Council 2 (NAIJ) President Amiena Khan and NAIJ Executive Vice President Dana Marks alongside retired Immigration Judges Charles Honeyman and Lisa Dornell. Separately, the Catholic Labor Network shared with its members Immigration Judges’ role in the immigration system, NAIJs efforts to defend due process rights, and the Trump Administration’s union busting against NAIJ.
Read MoreIFPTE applauds the U.S. Trade Representative's comments and the Biden Administration's affirmative steps to realign U.S. trade policy with the interests of working people.
Read MoreLegal scholars and leaders of 80 unions and organizations urge the Attorney General to stop the cynical attempt begun by the Trump administration to silence immigration judges and decertify their union.
Read MoreThe Society of United Professionals (SUP), Local 160 Pride and Society Committee has developed a learning module to provide a basic overview and understanding of some of the issues facing 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals, and how Society members can be allies within their locals to help move equity and diversity conversations forward.
Read MoreThe International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers’ (IFPTE) campaign to halt the Trump-era effort to decertify the National Association of Immigration Judges-IFPTE Judicial Council 2 (NAIJ) received a helpful boost today with the House Labor Caucus’ letter to Attorney General Garland requesting the Department of Justice withdraw the petition to decertify NAIJ.
Read MoreIFPTE Secretary-Treasurer/Legislative Director Matt Biggs expressed the union’s appreciation for the Senators, saying, "Chairman Richard Durbin, Chairman Alex Padilla and the Senate Judiciary Democrats have shown true leadership by standing up for immigration judges' union rights by urging Attorney General Garland to halt the previous Administration's assault on the NAIJ.”
Read MoreIFPTE locals throughout Manitoba, along with the Manitoba Federation of Labour, continue the fight against Bill 16, legislation championed by Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister that is aimed at eroding collective bargaining protections for Manitoba workers.
Read MoreIFPTE Sec.-Treas./Legislative Director Matt Biggs commented that, “IFPTE applauds and thanks SPEEA for continuing to be one of IFPTE’s leading locals in stepping up strong in support of the IFPTE PAC program.“
Read MoreAhead of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Committee’s consideration of Jennifer Abruzzo’s nomination for General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), IFPTE sent a letter urging Senators on the Committee to advance Abruzzo’s nomination to a confirmation vote.
Read MoreIFPTE stands in solidarity with the courageous auto workers in Mexico and Susana Prieto Terrazas, a labor lawyer and champion for workers who herself has been jailed by Mexican authorities for advocating for workers’ rights, and who also represents the workers who have been denied basic labor protections promised by the three countries covered by USMCA.
Read MoreThe Association of Administrative Law Judges (AALJ/IFPTE Judicial Council 1) has been in an ongoing labor dispute with the Social Security Administration (SSA). The union reports that it is extremely disappointed with the agency’s latest rejection of its contract offer. AALJ offered to resume negotiations if the agency would withdraw what it called a Trump-era union-busting order from the Federal Service Impasses Panel to impose nine disputed articles of the contract. SSA and AALJ-IFPTE have reached agreement on another 20 articles.
Read MoreSPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001 is leading the way within the IFPTE family in urging Congress to move quickly in passing historic labor law reform to bring fairness back to the private sector organizing process.
Read MoreThe organizing committees of Brookings United and the Urban Institute Employees’ Union has issued a joint statement calling “on the management of the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute to respect the right of staff to form a union and to refrain from any actions that could be construed as discouraging us from exercising this right.” The statement comes as the staff of these respective non-profits are organizing with NPEU/IFPTE Local 70.
Read MoreAnimal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) staffers have unionized! In late March, a super majority of staffers voted in an NLRB election to join the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU/IFPTE Local 70).
Read MorePresident Biden’s proposal commits to addressing the long-neglected physical infrastructure deficit as well as recommitting to federal policy that supports R&D, manufacturing and innovation, and workers rights.
Read MoreThis week, 25 organizations, including IFPTE, sent a letter urging the Biden Administration to move toward nominating board members for the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), a small but critically important federal agency that hears and decides cases impacting the jobs of millions of federal workers.
Read MoreIFPTE 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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