Following up on last week’s meeting with the staff of Senator Cory Booker, NJCSA 21 President Sean Small and Secretary Jerusha Schulze, along with IFPTE international officers and staff, met with staff from United States Congressman Donald Payne.
Read MoreWorkers all across Ontario gathered together in over 20 locations provincially to show disdain for Ford’s anti-worker actions, to celebrate workers across the province who deserve better, and to demand a workers-first agenda after Ontario’s June 2 election.
Read MoreCanada’s unions welcomed progress in Monday’s Budget Implementation Act on a number of vital issues the labour movement has long pushed for but were disappointed with new delays and restrictions implementing the new paid sick leave policy for all federally regulated workers.
Read MoreThis week members of the IFPTE Executive Council met in Las Vegas to discuss the business of the Federation. The meeting, which was held both in person and virtually, focused on the internal business of the International.
Read MoreAccountable Northwest - an organization that fights anti-union tactics, organizations and employers - has an interesting piece on its blog that discusses why and how anti-union employers use this popular union-busting tool when their workers want to organize.
Read MoreAs Parliament returns, the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) urges MPs to back workers and reject the push for a low-wage austerity agenda.
Read MoreMay 1, or May Day, is the traditional workers’ holiday, a day that working people celebrate the gains they have won over the years and commit to fighting for a better future for everyone.
Read MoreIFPTE Local 400, representing Rhode Island State workers, is calling on high school seniors from Local 400 families to apply for the Book and Tool Award (BTA), to recognize students who have excelled in school and in their communities.
Read MoreIFPTE NJCSA 21 President, Sean Small, along with IFPTE national officers and staff met this week with the Washington, DC office staff of New Jersey Senator Cory Booker.
Read MoreIFPTE was one of 17 organizations signing a letter this week in support of HR 7376, The Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act.
Read MoreThe Ontario provincial election is set to take place on Thursday, June 2. After two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, which disproportionately impacted women, gender issues should be at the forefront of this election.
Read MoreThe Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) is troubled about the government’s decision this week, to reverse course on changes to patented drug regulations, potentially forcing Canadian families to pay billions more for needed medicines.
Read MoreIFPTE Newark Council 21 President Sean Small addressed the Newark City Council this week seeking “justice” for the upwards of 1,000 city workers that he represents. Brother Small was accompanied by Atlantic Area VP/Local 196 President Sean McBride, Local 196 business manager Jimmy Robertello, and IFPTE representative Karen Bellamy Lewis.
Read MoreAt a labor briefing for Senate staff, Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson shared the experiences of the TVA Engineering Association-Local 1937 members who successfully blocked their employer’s efforts to privatize their work to offshore-outsourcing firms replying on the H-1B work visa program.
Read MoreIn response to the latest decision and order from the FLRA against the National Association of Immigration Judges-IFPTE Judicial Council 2, the Federal Workers Alliance sent letter to remind Senate Democrats that the Trump appointed majority on the FLRA is carrying out the previous administration’s anti-federal union agenda and other policy priorities as it attacks federal employees’ union rights.
Read MoreIFPTE responded to the Federal Labor Relations Authority’s revocation of NAIJ-IFPTE Judicial Council 2’s union certification, denying over 530 immigration judges employed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) their statutory union rights. NAIJ was recognized and certified as the exclusive union representative for immigration judges in 1979.
Read MoreIFPTE leadership sent a letter to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights requesting the Commission recognize that California Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5), which was signed into California state law in 2019, protects labor rights of women, people of color, immigrant workers, and all workers by requiring a straightforward three-part test to make sure that independent contractors are not in fact employees who have been misclassified.
Read MoreSharon Ostermann doesn’t have a lot of free time. She’s one of only two veterinarians at a municipal animal shelter in California, and she’s the mom of a 3-year-old boy. So she was grateful to find out that refinancing through the Union Plus Mortgage Program could mostly be done online and catered to her family’s needs.
Read MoreFrances Hsieh is the Vice President for Legislative & Political Action for IFPTE Local 21, overseeing and coordinating the political and legislative advocacy work in San Francisco, the East Bay, and South Bay on statewide issues and candidates.
Read MoreThe federal Liberal government has talked a good game on climate action, but they are making a colossal mistake that will prevent Canadians from reaching our climate goals and hurt Canada’s nuclear sector.
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