Secretary-Treasurer Henson visited with Volkswagen (VW) workers in Tennessee on Sunday as the April 17th vote to unionize with the United Auto Workers (UAW) quickly approaches.
Read MoreOn March 26 TEAM/IFPTE Local 161 and IFPTE representatives, Dave Eyjolfson, Erin Spencer, Bill Fitzpatrick, and Anna Liu participated in a meeting with the Manitoba Minister of Labour and Immigration, the Honourable Malaya Marcelino.
Read MoreThe NASA Council of IFPTE Locals (NCIL) selected new leaders: Tryshanda Moton to serve as President, and Dr. John E. Betterson, Jr., to serve as Vice President.
Read MoreThe United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued its final rule this week to protect the due process and civil service worker protections of federal workers from attacks similar to the Schedule F attacks promulgated by the Trump Administration.
Read MoreThe IFPTE Executive Council met virtually this week to consider and complete constitutionally required pre-convention business.
Read MoreThe Senate prepared to vote to confirm Jose Javier Rodriguez, a key labor nominee that has proven himself a capable and committed advocate for the needs of working families.
Read MoreIFPTE and AFSCME joined together this week to host an event in support of New Jersey Congressman Andy Kim, who is a candidate for the United States Senate.
Read MoreThe NDP government in Manitoba announced their plans to introduce legislation that Unions have been fighting for over 50 years to achieve.
Read MoreThe campaign to highlight more than 6000 jobs eliminated by Bell Canada over the last eight months launched yesterday with a rally in Ottawa.
Read MoreIFPTE Local 121 was notified this week by the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) that they prevailed against the Office of Civilian Human Resources (OCHR), San Diego, and the Overseas Processing Centers involving a representational dispute for Navy civilian workers represented by Local 121 living and working in Guam.
Read MoreIFPTE endorsed John Morse for Maryland’s 3rd Congressional district.
Read MoreIFPTE Local 196 President/Atlantic Area Vice President/New Jersey AFL-CIO Vice President, Sean McBride, was appointed to chair the Election Committee for the upcoming New Jersey AFL-CIO Convention.
Read MoreSPEEA’s 2024 Wichita Engineering Unit (WEU) negotiations team was named this week. The team, which consists of Benjamin Blankley, Laura Dame Santry, R Matthew Joyce, Brennan Macklin, and Derek Milligan, was elected after the WEU Bargaining Unit Council (BUC) met and elected the negotiations team.
Read MoreThe governing body of the AFL-CIO held their Winter meetings this week in Washington, DC.
Read MoreTEAM/IFPTE Local 161 held two webinars on financial and retirement planning for members, geared especially for members who have been impacted by Bell Canada’s recent announcement to cut 4,800 positions across the country.
Read MoreSCMMA/IFPTE Local 222 Stewards and Executive Board Members gathered last week to develop a campaign plan for the upcoming round of bargaining with the City of Saskatoon.
Read MoreA delegation of 10 SPEEA officers and staff were on hand to show support as Machinists Union members began talks with Boeing on a new labor agreement.
Read MoreIFPTE’s executive officers sent a letter this week to Vice President Harris and Labor Secretary Su urging them to step in to help reverse the Executive Office of Immigration Review’s (EOIR) gag order placed on IFPTE members represented by the National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ/IFPTE Judicial Council 2).
Read MoreAs part of TEAM/IFPTE Local 161’s ongoing campaign to keep telecommunications jobs in Manitoba, TEAM President, Dave Eyjolfson, sent a letter to the Honourable Hedy Fry, Chair of the Canadian Parliament’s Heritage Committee, to highlight concerns about Bell’s current round of job cuts and the impact of continued job reductions on our members, our communities, our economy, and the future of telecommunications work in Canada.
Read MoreThe Manitoba Federation of Labour (MFL) welcomed news from Manitoba’s NDP government to lift the ban on project labour agreements (PLAs) introduced by the former Conservative government.
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