On Wednesday, November 17, 2021, the Annual General Meeting (AGM) for TEAM/IFPTE Local 161 took place virtually, once again taking full advantage of the products and services offered by Local members at Bell Canada. The membership has been dealing with the extensive workload the COVID-19 pandemic has added to the telecommunications industry.
Read MoreIFPTE urged Representatives to vote yes on the Build Back Better Act and the Senate-passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, “complementary bills that meet the needs of working people, support good-paying union jobs, strengthen our economy’s competitiveness and resiliency, and address immediate and future challenges that climate change presents.”
Read MoreIFPTE President Matt Biggs appeared on Federal News Network to discuss the impact of President Biden’s Executive Order on worker organizing, particularly with respect to federal workers.
Read MoreIFPTE was one of 21 FWA unions urging the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to approve FLRA Board nominees Ernest DuBester and Susan T. Grundmann and FLRA General Counsel nominee Kurt Rumsfeld.
Read MoreThis week, after a breakthrough on the Build Back Better Act, IFPTE told Members of the House of Representatives “[t]he time to pass the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is now.”
Read MoreOn Sunday, November 7th, 2021, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) will be hosting its annual fundraising brunch for the Errol Black Chair in Labour Issues in Winnipeg, MB.
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 MorePresident Matt Biggs and Legislative Director Faraz Khan attended a talk by AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, at the National Press Club (NPC) this week.
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 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 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 MoreEvery Texan and its staff union, Every Texan United, part of the Nonprofit Professionals Employees Union-IFPTE Local 70 (NPEU), announced this week the ratification Every Texan United’s contract, marking the first NPEU contract in a right-to-work FOR LESS state.
Read MoreIFPTE President Paul Shearon: “The news of Rich Trumka’s passing is a terrible loss to the members of our union and for all workers. He was the leading voice for America’s workers, many of whom, despite their hard work, struggle day in and day out to provide for their families.”
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 was one of sixty unions signing onto a letter this week to the three Democratic Senators who have yet to cosponsor labor’s number one legislative priority, the PRO Act.
Read MoreSPEEA union members and allies across the U.S. participated in actions to demand the U.S. Senate pass the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act). This bill is a comprehensive and urgently needed labor law reform that restores workers' democratic right to form and join a union and bargain collectively.
Read MoreJust weeks after being elected President of the CLC, Bea Bruske took time last week to sit down with IFPTE International Representative David Sauer and discuss her vision for the future of Canada’s labour movement, share her take on the key Canadian industries that employ thousands of IFPTE members, and discuss how she see’s Canada’s unions working more cohesively together.
Read MoreOn this Canada Day, IFPTE Locals joined with communities, unions, and civil society groups across Canadians in a call to acknowledge the nation’s injustices to Indigenous peoples and commit to working toward reconciliation.
Read MoreDepartment of Justice’s Executive Office of Immigration Review has withdrawn its opposition to the National Association of Immigration Judges-IFPTE Judicial Council 2 (NAIJ) motion to reconsider the Federal Labor Relations Authority’s November 2, 2020 decision to decertify the immigration judges’ union.
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