The executive officers of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) issued the following statements in remembrance of the January 6, 2021 insurrection on Capitol Hill.
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In a letter sent to Senator Manchin urging him to rethink his opposition to President Biden’s historic Build Back Better infrastructure plan, IFPTE reminded the West Virginia senator that, “American working families need the BBB now and, after years of neglect, West Virginia is at the forefront of that critical need.”
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IFPTE Women’s Solidarity Network (WSN) is preparing for our 7th Women & Unions International Speaker Series. Save the date (January 29th) and meet the women on the IFPTE Executive Council! We’re taking this opportunity to spotlight the incredible women who lead our union.
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IFPTE’s International staff and executive officers pooled together more than $1,200 in donations to deliver to Community Family Life Services (CFLS), a non-profit organization in Washington, DC providing programs and services that include transitional housing, mentoring for individuals and families, employment coaching and placement, case management, family education, and emergency services such as food and clothing distribution.
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Before the Senate voted to pass the National Defense Authorization Act, IFPTE sent letter urging lawmakers pass the bill and highlighting key items of importance to IFPTE members included in the bill.
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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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Ontario Power Generation (OPG) announced that it selected GE Hitachi as the contractor to deliver its first small modular reaction (SMR).
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IFPTE shall never forget December 4, 2019 when our Local 121 and Hawaii Federal Employees Metal Trades Council Brothers, Ronald Agustinand and Vincent Kapoi, Jr, were tragically killed while on the job at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. We also pay tribute to Local 136-13 member, Anne Marie Murphy, who was one of 26 people killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012.
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December 3rd was International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Awareness days are a time to celebrate our achievements and remind us of the work still to do as we strive for equity and inclusion in all aspects of our lives.
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SPEEA associate member and former IFPTE Vice President, Donna Lehane, was sworn in last month as a Vice President for the Kansas AFL-CIO.
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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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With the House and Senate Armed Services Committees working to craft a compromise bill, IFPTE urged the Committees’ chairs and ranking members to maintain the union’s priorities that were included in NDAA bill passed by the House in late September, H.R. 4350.
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Winners in the 2021 International Labor Communicators Awards (ILCA) include SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001 Publications Editor Karen McLean and Graphic & Web Designer Lori Dupuis. The awards are all in the "National" category which puts SPEEA in competition with the largest labor unions in the U.S.
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Members of IFPTE were represented at yesterday's White House tree lighting ceremony by Daniel Perez, Vice President for Organizing of the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU/IFPTE Local 70). Brother Perez and other attendees were treated to a star-studded musical performance that included the great Patti LaBelle.
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In what will become an annual event, IFPTE hosted its first legislative conference in Western Canada earlier this week. The conference, which was held virtually and included virtual visits with lawmakers, was attended by leaders and members from TEAM/IFPTE Local 161 and WAPSO/IFPTE Local 162.
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The Manitoba Federation of Labour (MFL), on behalf of the Partnership to Defend Public Services, welcomes the repeal of the Public Services Sustainability Act (Bill 28) as an important and long overdue step announced earlier this week under the new Progressive Conservative leadership of Heather Stefanson.
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During this week’s Hawaii AFL-CIO Convention, IFPTE Local 121 President/Western Federal Area Vice President, Jamie Uyeunten, was re-elected to serve a two year term on the State Federation’s executive council.
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The Ontario government has passed new rules that will change work-life balance for employees. Ontario businesses with 25 or more workers will have to have a written policy about employees' rights when it comes to disconnecting from their job at the end of the day.
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The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) is excited to endorse a commitment by Andrea Horwath and the New Democratic Party (NDP) to raise Ontario’s minimum wage to $20.
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