Twenty-six federal employee organizations, mostly unions, including IFPTE, signed a letter this week to Congress asking lawmakers to sign their name onto HR 5995, the bipartisan Federal Retirement Act.
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SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001’s Director of Strategic Development, Rich Plunkett, and Legislative Director, Brandon Anderson, traveled to Washington, DC this week to attend the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) first Aerospace Supply Chain Resilience (ASCR) task force.
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IFPTE commends the Biden-Harris Administration for nominating Anne Wagner to serve as a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) and for renominating Suzanne Summerlin to serve as FLRA General Counsel.
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The Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU/IFPTE Local 70) Interim-President, Amy Chin-Lai, provided a snapshot to their members this week about the union’s plans for 2024, including continuing to aggressively organize the unorganized.
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In Manitoba this week the new NDP government has taken an important step forward toward establishing a simple one-step unionization process (50%+1 card check) and implementing a long overdue ban on the use of replacement workers (anti-scab).
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IFPTE Atlantic Area Vice President/Local 196 President, Sean McBride, recently attended the swearing-in ceremony for Hinds County (Jackson), Mississippi District Attorney, Jody E. Owens, II.
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The Canadian Labour Congress is outraged by the political games on display in Parliament this week as opposition leader Pierre Poilievre and his Conservative Party use procedural tactics to delay, derail, and ultimately block critical pieces of legislation designed to benefit workers across Canada.
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SCMMA/IFPTE Local 222 Executive Board members came together this week for bargaining training that occurred over two days, which involved learning about the bargaining process, reviewing legal responsibilities, understanding what happens at the bargaining table, mapping out issues, and developing a plan.
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Last week Secretary-Treasurer Henson took time to shop for and provide holiday gifts to her fellow citizens in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The annual Soddy Daisy Headstart holiday gift-giving event sponsored 20 families and provided 106 children in Chattanooga with gifts and food during this holiday season.
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When management at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth NH, decided to reduce parking space widths to door-ding size and refused to abide by Federal Property Management regulations on how parking spaces should be allocated, IFPTE Local 4 fought back.
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IFPTE President Matt Biggs remarked, “Governor O’Malley’s swift confirmation and strong bipartisan support serve as a testament to his lifetime of service, putting outcomes and results over political considerations.”
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IFPTE Local 121 President/Eastern Federal Area Vice President, Jamie Uyeunten, was re-elected to serve on the Hawaii State AFL-CIO executive board’s vice council.
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With the Senate wrapping up for the Senate’s 2023 session, IFPTE and the Association of Administrative Law Judges-IFPTE Judicial Council 1 urged Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and all Senators to confirm former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley to be the next Commissioner of the Social Security Administration.
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IFPTE President Matt Biggs was a guest this week on one of America’s most popular podcast’s, America’s Workforce Union Podcast, hosted by the legendary radio host, Ed “Flash” Ferenc.
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The Society of United Professionals/IFPTE Local 160’s Bruce Local held their annual council meeting in Port Elgin. Close to 40 delegates and guests participated in the full-day gathering including Society Executive Vice President, Chris Graham, and IFPTE International Representatives Bill Fitzpatrick and Anna Liu.
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SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001’s director of strategic development, Rich Plunkett, was named to the United States Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Aerospace Supply Chain Resilience (ASCR) task force this week.
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IFPTE President, Matt Biggs; Secretary-Treasurer, Gay Henson; Legislative Director, Faraz Khan, and; Assistant to the Executive Officers, Brian Kildee, attended a holiday gathering this week in Washington, DC with colleagues and top federal officials tasked with moving forward President Biden’s pro-worker, pro-union agenda.
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The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) welcomes the next phase of the Canadian Dental Care Plan – a much needed program to help address the ongoing affordability crisis many workers and their families are confronted with.
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A new report released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Manitoba highlights the growing gap between Manitoba’s minimum wage and the hourly wage that workers need to earn to meet their basic needs.
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Matthew Joyce, SPEEA Council Chair/IFPTE Area Vice President, has served his Derby County community for 14 years as a member of the Derby School Board of Education. This week marked his last meeting as a Board member after announcing earlier this year that he was not going to run for another term.
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