Statement by President Joe Biden On Kellogg Collective Bargaining Negotiations
Collective bargaining is an essential tool to protect the rights of workers that should be free from threats and intimidation from employers.
The EPI report, “New Evidence of Widespread Wage Theft in the H-1B Visa Program,” analyses an internal document from India-based IT staffing firm HCL Technologies and reveals an offshore-outsourcing model that abuses the H-1B program to hire foreign guestworkers at wages below what U.S. workers are paid. The HCL document shows H-1B workers at the firm were underpaid at least $95 million in just one year.
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Today’s announcement of a settlement between the Department of Justice and IFPTE’s affiliate, the National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ/IFPTE Judicial Council 2), restores basic rights to the nation’s immigration judges and helps to protect judicial independence.
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DoorDash workers in San Francisco will receive restitution from $5.13 million dollar settlement.
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ESC/IFPTE Local 20 struck Kaiser Permanente in sympathy with colleagues from Local 39, alongside 40,000 other SEIU-UHW and OPEIU Local 29 union members. The sympathy strike was held on November 18.
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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.
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IFPTE 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.”
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IFPTE 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.
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IFPTE 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.
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This 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.”
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On 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.
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IFPTE 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.
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President Matt Biggs and Legislative Director Faraz Khan attended a talk by AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, at the National Press Club (NPC) this week.
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IFPTE 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).
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IFPTE 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.
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The 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.
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Every 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.
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IFPTE 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.”
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IFPTE 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.
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On 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.
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