IFPTE's executive officers penned a Labor Day letter titled 'Thank a Worker'.
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An administrative law judge for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled that the American Civil Liberties Union illegally terminated Kate Oh, a rank-and-file NPEU/IFPTE Local 70 member who was punished for raising concerns about managers' mistreatment of staff and poor working conditions at the ACLU.
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On Wednesday night, IFPTE participated in a Zoom call hosted by the AFL-CIO in support of Vice President Kamala Harris’ candidacy for president of the United States.
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About a dozen SPEEA members and staffers attended a rally at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park on July 17 to support more than 20,000 Machinists Union members who voted nearly unanimously to support their union’s strike sanction vote.
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IFPTE applauds the Seante’s confirmation of Anne Wagner for Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) Member. IFPTE leadership and union delegates learned of the successful cloture vote for Wagner at the union’s 61st Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, and greeted the news with cheers. Wagner was confirmed with bipartisan support by a vote of 55 to 37, with eight Republican Senators supporting her confirmation. Her term as Member of the FLRA ends on July 1, 202
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The House of Representatives considered the Defense Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2025 with floor amendments that seek to limit telework for some Department of Defense employees and defund President Biden’s Executive Order 14019, “Promoting Access to Voting,” which provides federal employees with needed time (up to four hours) to vote and engage in nonpartisan voter registration activities, as well as improve voting access for uniformed service members.
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The House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee marked up their version of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) with a version of IFPTE-requested language that protects lock and dam operations and hydroelectric operations from being performed and controlled through remote offsite operations.
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IFPTE Local 121 sponsored Hawaii’s Salt Lake Elementary School’s Robotics Team at the First Lego League Invitational Robotics Competition on June 19th - 22nd in Daytona Beach Florida.
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a Federal Workers Alliance (FWA) delegation of federal sector local union leaders, including leaders from IFPTE Local 3, met with Biden-Harris Administration policy staff who focus on federal workforce and labor issues, including those responsible for developing and following up on the recommendations in the White House’s Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment report.
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The TEAM Board is pleased to announce the hire of their new Executive Director, Katherine Johnson.
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With several key amendments set to be debated and included in the House National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25 NDAA), IFPTE asked House Rules Committee members to support key amendments that protect the civil service, support veterans benefits, protect domestic supply chains, and labor standards for federal government contracting firms.
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As the Senate considers reauthorizing federal workforce development authorities and works on drafting the next version of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, IFPTE sent a letter to Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee leadership to request the Committee ensure employer fees from the H-1B visa program continue to support the Department of Labor’s (DOL) H-1B Skills Training Grants for domestic recruitment in STEM and STEM-related occupations.
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SPEEA’s director of strategic development, Rich Plunkett, was in Washington, DC this week to attend a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing entitled “FAA Oversight of Aviation Manufacturing”.
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SPEEA Contract Administrator Peter Campbell was among the union’s staff and activists who joined unionized flight attendants from Alaska and American Airlines near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for an International Day of Action called by the Association of Professional Flight Attendants and Association of Flight Attendants-Communications Workers of America on Thursday, June 13.
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President Biggs was the final speaker at this year’s SPEEA Annual Convention and Leadership Conference, which was held June 7-8 near Seattle. More than 100 SPEEA officers and Council Reps from Washington, Kansas, Oregon, California, and Utah attended.
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IFPTE is sad to report the passing of IFPTE Local 21’s, Kim Thompson, who has served the Local for many years, most recently as Vice President for the San Francisco chapter.
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The Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) celebrated its 50th-anniversary celebration and education conference in Niagara Falls, NY on May 8-11, 2024.
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The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) announced the union’s support of Congressman Adam Smith for a 15th term in the United States House of Representatives.
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The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) endorses Rick Larsen as he seeks his 13th term to represent Everett, Bellingham, and surrounding areas in Washington State in the Second Congressional District.
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IFPTE, representing over 15,000 public sector workers in New Jersey, today announced their endorsement for Sue Altman to represent the citizens of New Jersey’s 7th District in the United States House of Representatives.
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