The Engineering Association (EA/IFPTE Local 1937) hosted their annual Designated Union Representative (DUR) training in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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IFPTE joined the Federal Workers Alliance letter to Defense Secretary Austin, Deputy Secretary Hicks, and Under Secretary of Defense Cisneros requesting DoD weigh in with Congress and support inclusion of language in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to prevent “Schedule F” or any similar effort from a presidential administration to weaken and politicize the federal civil service and circumvent merit principles, due process and competitive hiring for federal workers.
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The Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) joined the larger labour movement in applauding this week’s Ontario Superior Court of Justice’s ruling striking down the Ford government’s Bill 124.
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IFPTE Local 196 President/Atlantic Area Vice President Sean McBride and Business Manager Jimmy Robertello joined several board members this week while traveling across New Jersey to meet with the membership.
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IFPTE President Matt Biggs joined AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, Secretary Treasurer Fred Redmond, and other members of the AFL-CIO Executive Council, at a meeting this week with members of the United States Federal Reserve.
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IFPTE issued a strong statement of support last week in support of American Federation of Teachers (AFT) president Randi Weingarten, after she was the subject of a vile verbal attack from former Secretary of State MIke Pompeo.
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The IFPTE Executive Council held their Fall meeting on November 17th and 18th in Las Vegas.
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IFPTE Newark Council 21 reached an agreement with the City of Newark for its’ 900 plus members, employed by the city, after 3 years of contract negotiations.
IFPTE president, Matt Biggs, and Secretary-Treasurer, Gay Henson, attended the AFL-CIO post-election executive council meeting in Washington, DC.
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The Mercer County Central Labor Council celebrated the 34th Annual Knights of Labor Dinner. Former IFPTE Local 195 President, Timothy Rudolph, was the first ever to recieve the “Knights of Labor” Award posthumously, in honor of his life in labor.
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Less than a week after the introduction of Bill 28, which launched a full-frontal attack on workers’ rights, it was defeated by the collective power of the labour movement.
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Doug Ford’s government is launching a full-frontal attack on basic labour freedoms in Ontario, specifically Education Minister Stephen Lecce’s efforts to pull the plug on bargaining with CUPE while it’s still underway, and use legislation to forcibly impose a contract on education workers.
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The Ontario Association of Senior Crown Attorneys (OASCA) and the Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) announced this week that they have reached a shared services agreement that will see the two organizations work together to advance the interests of 70 Senior Crown Attorneys across Ontario.
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The IFPTE Women’s Solidarity Network (WSN) held an event recognizing Disability Employment Awareness Month which takes place every October to acknowledge and promote the contributions and inclusion of people with disabilities in the workplace.
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IFPTE Secretary-Treasurer, and Tennessee native, Gay Henson authored a strongly worded opinion column in the Chattanooga Times Free Press last Friday in opposition to the state’s ballot initiative aimed at enshrining the deplorable ‘right-to-work for less’ laws into Tennessee’s constitution.
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NWLC United and the National Women’s Law Center announced the end of negotiations and the ratification of their inaugural collective bargaining agreement (CBA). NWLC United and the National Women’s Law Center are affiliated with NPEU.
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IFPTE Union Council 8 held 2 days of shop steward training with a focus on member engagement and grievance handling. The training was held at the union office located in downtown Elizabeth NJ.
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This week, AALJ President Judge Som Ramrup and Treasurer Judge Kim Schiro joined IFPTE President Matt Biggs and Legislative Director Faraz Khan for a meeting at the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C.
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Paul Shearon talked this week directly to his fellow SPEEA/Local 2001 members about the importance of voting to pass a union referendum aimed at broadening the Local’s ability to organize in the aerospace industry.
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Members and leaders from IFPTE Local 98 and 777 traveled to Washington, DC this week to attend the annual Society of Federal Labor Relations Professionals (SFLRP) annual training.
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