IFPTE welcomed the reintroduction of the Richard L. Trumka PRO Act, sponsored in the House by Education and Workforce Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Chair
Read MoreAlthough the Americans’ approval of labor unions is at the highest point since 1965 and union organizing is surging across the country, our broken labor laws desperately need to be updated to support workers’ democratic right to form and join unions and bargain collectively. To that end, IFPTE is asking Members of Congress to cosponor the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO ACT),which is expected to be introduced in the coming days.
Read MoreIn an open letter to Congress, the American Federation of Teachers and dozens of unions, nonprofit organizations, and community groups, including IFPTE, urged Congress to raise the national debt ceiling.
Read MoreNational Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) Executive Director, Steve Lenkart, took issue this week with a Federal News Network columnist who said that he, “doesn’t think of federal employees as “workers,”…”.
Read More184 Members of Congress joined a comment letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce requesting that federal investments flowing from the CHIPS and Science Act require strong labor standards, commitments to workforce development, support good paying union jobs, and benefit American workers.
Read MoreIFPTE joined the AFGE members from across the nation this week in calling on Congress to pass the Federal Adjustments of Income Rates (FAIR) Act granting the nation’s over 2 million federal workers a 8.7% pay raise.
Read MoreIFPTE executive officers issued a statement supporting the Saving Our Civil Service Act, legislation introduced in the House of Representatives and the Senate that limits a presidential administration’s ability to convert civil service positions into excepted service positions, undermine merit system principles, and fire federal employees without due process or cause.
Read MoreThe International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE), representing 90,000 workers across North America, including upwards of 12,000 public sector workers in New Jersey, has declared their support for Dan Benson to be Mercer County’s next County Executive.
Read MoreIFPTE joins the American and Canadian Labour movements in celebrating Black History Month throughout North America. In doing so, we honor black workers worldwide, and recognize their unique and ongoing struggles seeking equality in the workplace, and in our society.
Read MoreThe Society of Union Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) and Canadian Area Vice President, Michelle Johnston and External Relations Director, Mike Belmore, joined unions from across Canada to meet with national lawmakers on Parliament Hill Ottawa this week.
Read MoreSPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001 and IAMAW District 751 are partnering again this year to bring aerospace analysts and experts together to look at the vitality and competitiveness of the aerospace industry in Washington state and across the nation.
Read MoreThe Ford government announced plans in January to expand private, for-profit health care in Ontario, prompting the labour movement, including the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) to call the move, “entirely out of touch with what Ontarians want and need.”
Read MoreIFPTE International President Matt Biggs and Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson sent Clayola Brown, a longtime fighter for economic justice and civil rights within the labor movement, a letter recognizing her recent promotion at the AFL-CIO.
Read MoreThe Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001), representing 17,000 workers at Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems, sent a large delegation in order to cover as many Congressional offices as possible.
Read MoreDuring IFPTE’s Legislative Advocacy Conference, IFPTE in conjunction with Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen, hosted a Congressional reception on Capitol Hill to recognize the contributions of the union and its members.
Read MoreLeaders from the Federal Caucus held a formal meeting to discuss issues particular to the Federal sector, as well as to exchange insights and best practices regarding recent challenges and changes within the federal workforce.
Read MoreAlmost 100 IFPTE leaders and activists came together to review the union’s legislative achievements, plot the course for the next year, and lobby key members of Congress on issues important to IFPTE members and their families.
Read MoreAhead of the House of Representatives floor vote on the SHOW UP Act (H.R. 139), legislation sponsored by House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) that would revert federal agencies’ telework policies back to December 2019 and undermine negotiated agreements, IFPTE requested Representatives vote against passing this costly and ill-considered bill.
Read MoreTEAM/IFPTE Local 161 board members gathered together in Winnipeg for training and strategic planning.
Read MoreIFPTE was disappointed to learn that a fix from the New Jersey legislature and Governor to skyrocketing health insurance premiums for local and municipal workers in the state is not imminent.
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