IFPTE, IBEW, NFFE, and AFGE have voiced their concerns with the chair and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) to discuss federal lock and dam operators employed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and the possible implementation of off-site remote operations and the reduction of on-site operations staff on these critical infrastructures.
Read MoreAs House Republicans continue putting politics above people and fail to agree on a path to funding the federal government, IFPTE has once again urged Congress to embrace bipartisan efforts in the Senate to fund the government and avert a federal government shutdown.
Read MoreThe members of the GAO Employees Organization (GAO/IFPTE Local 1921), representing roughly 2,500 employees of the Government Accountability Office, announced today that they have overwhelmingly voted to ratify a new agreement, which also has been approved by the agency’s top leader, U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro.
Read MoreOfficers of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers welcomes the Biden-Harris Administration's announcement that Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has proposed rulemaking to strengthen and clarify the status of civil service positions and protections, and establish procedures regarding transferring positions from competitive service to the excepted service as well as within the excepted service.
Read MoreThe executive officers of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) issued the following statement in solidarity with the members of the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) who are on strike against General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis.
Read MoreIFPTE Local 561 Steward and IFPTE Federal Caucus Legislative Chair, Mike Arendt, joined IFPTE Legislative Director, Faraz Khan, on Capitol Hill this week to meet with lawmakers and staff regarding the reauthorization of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA).
Read MoreIFPTE’s Executive Officers and staff visited the White House this week to discuss IFPTE’s ongoing efforts to engage in and promote workforce development.
Read MoreEarlier this week, the Society of United Professionals’ (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) Hydro One Local held their annual council meeting.
Read MoreThe Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC/IFPTE Local 20) made history with their recently ratified contract extension with the Pacific Gas and Electric Company by replacing all references in the contract using gender identifying pronouns to gender neutral references.
Read MoreThe horrific tragedy of the Maui Wildfires and the devastation it has caused to life, families, and property of our Sisters and Brothers in Hawaii has affected us all, and there has been an outpouring of assistance from around the world.
Read MoreOn Wednesday, the Senate voted to confirm Gwynne Wilcox to serve a full term on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) with bipartisan support
Read MoreThe 2023 Manitoba Federation of Labour (MFL) Women’s Conference, “Women Belong In All Places Where Union Decisions Are Being Made,” is an intensive two-day conference for union women and non-binary folk to lean and share in a supportive environment.
Read MoreCanada’s unions welcome today’s Bank of Canada decision not to raise rates further but warned that with so many struggling to get by the Bank must signal an end to rate hikes while governments must act to help families being left behind.
Read MoreThe Canadian Council of IFPTE Locals (CCL) held its biannual meeting in late August in Winnipeg, Canada, and featured reports from all IFPTE Canadian Locals and a planning discussion around the scheduling/focus of the annual IFPTE legislative conference in Manitoba next year.
Read MoreTo mark the Labor Day weekend and the efforts and dedication of union members-activists and union leaders, Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Julie Su sent the following message to America’s labor unions.
Read MoreRead the Labour Day message from President Matt Biggs and Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson highlighting the historic alliance between the Civil Rights Movement and the Labor Movement.
Read MoreThis week, IFPTE requested Members of the House of Representatives cosponsor the Pay Compression Relief Act, H.R. 5171, sponsored by Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
Read MoreOver 4.500 workers employed by the City of San Jose, California, and collectively represented by IFPTE Local 21 and AFSCME Local 101 are sending a clear and strong message to their employer that they will not back down from demands for better wages, benefits, and working conditions.
Read MoreIFPTE officers responded to Friday’s directive by White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients to “aggressively” reduce telework.
Read MoreDespite IFPTE’s urging Congress over the last two years to put a stop to efforts by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to replace on-site workers at hydroelectric and navigational lock and dam facilities with remote operation, the USACE doubled down in mid-July by issuing a directive that stipulates that, “USACE will establish a unified, consistent, national lock & dam remote operation program.”
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