IFPTE celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month and honors ESC/Local 20 executive director Frankie Preciado.
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President Matt Biggs, along with AFGE president, Everett Kelley, NTEU president, Doreen Greenwald, and NFFE president, Randy Erwin, participated in a Capitol Hill press conference urging Congress to reject President Trump’s federal worker pay freeze proposal.
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Canada’s unions are united in opposition to proposed changes to the Canada Labour Code that would give the federal government broad new powers to end legal strikes in the “national interest.”
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Last week, members of the Society of United Professionals/Local 160 came together in five locations for the union’s Empowerment Day 2026, a day of learning, connection and reflection centered on the theme of Wellbeing, Psychological Safety and Belonging.
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The Bargaining Unit Councils for SPEEA’s Professional and Technical units both recommended that their members accept the company’s latest contract offer.
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IFPTE joined members and leaders from dozens of unions and AFL-CIO staff and departments on Capitol Hill this week as a part of a Senate lobby day to advocate for defending the bargaining rights for federal workers and stopping the largest union busting effort in American history.
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On the last day of the House of Representatives’ September session, IFPTE-backed Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) was passed with a overwhelming majority of support, by a vote of 415-9.
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Members of The Society of United Professionals’ Bruce Local gathered for their Annual General Meeting to receive updates on local activities, bargaining, and the work underway to strengthen member engagement.
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IFPTE was pleased to see that 110 members of Congress, lead by Federal Workforce Caucus leaders, Reps. James Walkinshaw, Steny Hoyer and Brian Fitzpatrick, and Senator Chris Van Hollen, signed a letter to House and Senate leadership this week urging them to, “reject the Trump Administration’s proposed pay freeze.
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The SPEEA Negotiation Team has concluded bargaining with Boeing and has received the company’s final offer.
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Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson was one of countless IFPTE leaders and members that participated in Labour Day festivities across the United States and Canada.
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The Society of United Professionals has officially opened its new Oshawa, Ontario office, marking an important milestone in its growing presence across Canada.
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IFPTE Local 777 President Agan Smalley attended an event in Chicago for IFPTE’s longtime friend, Congressman Danny Davis, on the occasion of his birthday on September 6, 2026.
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After the Trump Administration issued an “Alternative Pay Plan” in late August that includes a 2027 pay freeze for federal employees, IFPTE sent letters to Congressional Appropriations leadership and to all Members of the House and the Senate to request any year-end appropriations legislation include a pay increase for all federal employees that is equal to the pay increase for military personnel for 2027.
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IFPTE issued the following statements in response to today’s launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, the wide field infrared survey telescope mission built and managed by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
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In a letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee leadership, IFPTE requested that lawmakers deny funding for the Trump Administration’s 50% tariffs on certain Canadian imports.
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This approach toward our Canadian siblings, along with the Trump Administration’s continued attacks on Canada are detrimental to working families on both sides of the border.
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO President, Patrick Crowley, alerted his senior Senator, Jack Reed, that the entire labor movement in his state stands strong behind bipartisan legislative language authored by New Jersey Congressman, Donald Norcross, to restore collective bargaining rights for DOD workers.
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On Saturday, August 1 over 50 Society Members participated and volunteered in the 59th annual Toronto Caribbean Carnival (TCC).
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IFPTE was proud to lend our support to the members and leaders of one of Chile’s largest public sector Unions, and fellow affiliate of Public Services International (PSI), the National Association of Fiscal Employees (Agrupacion Nacional de Emploeados [ANEF]), who testified before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), an autonomous affiliate of the Organization of American States (OAS).
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