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.
Read MoreIFPTE Local 196 announced major wins for their members at the bargaining table.
Read MoreMembers 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.
Read MoreNinety-six percent of IFPTE Local 195 dues-paying members voted last week to approve a historically worker-friendly contract to run to July 1, 2026.
Read MoreAfter 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.
Read MoreThe Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) attended the Ontario Federation of Labour’s (OFL) biennial Convention last week.
Read MoreThe Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) held its 22nd biennial convention, November 9-13, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The theme for the convention was “Hear Us Roar…Ready For 2024” with a focus on the 2024 elections.
Read MoreFormer IFPTE president, Paul Shearon, took to the picket lines with Macy’s workers in Washington State on Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year.
Read MoreIFPTE 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.
Read MoreTEAM/IFPTE Local 161 held its AGM over 3 days this week in Winnipeg and Brandon, Manitoba. The meetings were a great success with over 200 members in attendance.
Read MoreThe IFPTE Federal Caucus met this week to discuss several matters impacting IFPTE Locals and members employed in the federal government.
Read MoreThe Department for Professional Employees (DPE) held their biannual Executive Committee meeting this week. IFPTE is a longtime and proud DPE affiliate and was represented at the meeting by Secretary-Treasurer, Gay Henson.
Read MoreThe GAO Employees Organization/IFPTE Local 1921, hosted their annual membership meeting via Zoom earlier this week. The meeting’s theme was “Year in Review.”
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreThis week, IFPTE President Matt Biggs, Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson, and Assistant to the Executive Officers Brian Kildee attended the AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting in Washington, D.C. The meeting’s agenda included a full analysis of Tuesday’s election results, including but not limited to the many victories by labor backed candidates in New Jersey, Ohio and Virginia.
Read MoreIFPTE President Matt Biggs and Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson issued the following joint statement on behalf of IFPTE in response to last night’s election results.
Read MoreIFPTE’s Executive Council met this week in San Francisco at the Union’s biannual board meeting. The meeting was hosted by and held at the offices of IFPTE Local 21 in San Francisco.
Read MoreIFPTE joined other unions and consumer, health, human rights, faith, and human rights organizations in a letter today to President Biden supporting his stated position against Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) and urging him to eliminate ISDS terms in existing free trade agreements and bilateral investment treaties.
Read MoreESC/IFPTE Local 20 members joined fellow Union Siblings employed by Kaiser Permanente in walking the picket line last week to bring to light the bad faith bargaining practices of Kaiser Permanente.
Read MoreNearly 200 members and leaders from the Association of Administrative Law Judges (AALJ/IFPTE Judicial Council 1) gathered in New Orleans, Louisiana to attend the union’s 2023 Education Conference.
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