SPEEA Hosts Annual Leadership Conference and Council Convention
IFPTE President Matt Biggs and Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson were among the speakers at SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001’s annual convention and leadership conference held on May 30-31 near Seattle. Biggs, in his remarks to the full SPEEA Council before its business meeting, updated SPEEA activists and officers on the Trump administration’s attacks against federal workers, including engineers and scientists represented by the IFPTE. He thanked SPEEA for its donation to the EDues system, which is allowing IFPTE members to continue their financial support of the union as it fights back for the workplace rights of the federal workforce. Read more…
The Society and IFPTE Meet US Ambassador to Canada
Earlier this week, IFPTE President Matt Biggs joined the Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) to hear remarks from the US Ambassador to Canada, the Honorable Pete Hoekstra, at an event hosted by the Empire Club of Canada. IFPTE along with Local 160 are sparing no effort on keeping our finger on the pulse as developments unfold in Canada-U.S. relations. Canadian Labour Congress President, Bea Bruske, and Ontario Federation of Labour President, Laura Walton, were also in attendance joining the Society’s table. Read more here…
IFPTE’s New Jersey Locals, Labor Rally in Trenton Against Skyrocketing Healthcare Costs
Members and leaders from Locals 194, 195, Council 21, and International Representative, Karen Bellamy Lewis, rallied in Trenton this week to protest the state’s neglect of healthcare insurance reform for public sector and local government workers. Rally attendees, which also included members from CWA, AFSCME, AFT, AAUP, and HPAE, demanded action from state lawmakers to pass legislation aimed at capping increases in healthcare premiums paid by public sector workers. Read more…
IFPTE Tells Lawmakers to Reject Trump Administration’s Call to Willingly Abandon American Scientific Leadership at NASA
IFPTE’s letter tells the House and Senate Appropriation Committee’s Subcommittee on on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies that “The President’s requested FY26 spending levels for NASA and the NASA Science budget are a call to willingly abandon American ingenuity, scientific leadership, and decades of investment. Read more…
CALL TO ACTION: Unite for Veterans, Unite for America Rally
Today, June 6, the Unite for Veterans, Unite for America Rally will bring thousands of union members, veterans, military families and community leaders to the National Mall in Washington, D.C. This is more than a protest—it’s a recommitment to the promises made to those who served and a defense of the values that define our democracy. Read more…
Calling All Federal Local to ‘Get in the Queue’ – IFPTE EDues Program is Underway
IFPTE continues to roll out the new EDues program, with Locals 121 and 1 currently signing up members, and Locals 32, 1921, and 12 set to take part in phase two of the EDues program. As all IFPTE Locals are aware, particularly federal Locals, the EDues program became necessary because of President Trump’s Executive Order eliminating Union dues payroll deduction across most federal agencies. Read more…
IFPTE Keeps Members and Allies Informed on the Trump Administration on the Federal Sector
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Labour News
The Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA) Convention is approaching fast! The Convention is the highest governing body of APALA where we discuss, debate, and decide important policy and programmatic priorities for the organization. This year’s theme reflects the urgency of the moment: “Solidarity. Resistance. Unity.” Read more…
AFL-CIO’s Department of People Who Work for a Living Report Finds Deep Skepticism from Working Families with Current Trump Administration Policies
The AFL-CIO’s Department of People Who Work for a Living (DPWL) recently held a series of hearings across the country to provide a platform for working people to express their views on the current administration’s policies, the impact of those policies on their lives, and what working people want from their government. The hearings found that working people are concerned about ongoing cuts to federal jobs, programs and services. Workers objected to the Trump administration’s callous disregard for career civil servants, many of them veterans, and the administration’s attacks on the institutions, programs and regulations that protect working people. Read the Report here.
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