Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD), and Congressman James Walkinshaw (D-VA) launched the Federal Workforce Caucus, a Congressional caucus committed to protecting and strengthening America’s civil service workforce.
Read MoreIn response to the Office of Personnel Management issuing the Schedule P/C final rule, IFPTE President Matt Biggs commented that Schedule P/C "jeopardizes the stability and effectiveness of the federal agencies the public depends on every day and undermines the data and evidence-based missions that federal employees perform.”
Read MoreMembers of TEAM/IFPTE Local 161 can breathe a sigh of relief, with Bell Canada announcing this week that its plans to eliminate 46 more jobs from the bargaining unit have been cancelled.
Read MoreThe failure of the company to honor its contractual obligation to notify us of such decisions is profoundly disappointing. Worse yet, the company has not yet answered basic questions about timing and process of the move.
Read MoreLearn how to join the Committee, through passage of Resolution 15, tasked with advancing and advocating for “issues faced in the union, the workplace, and the communities where we live."
Read MoreWith the Senate Republican Leadership looking to advance a package of six appropriations bills that will not get bipartisan support due to the inclusion of Homeland Security funding, IFPTE sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) requesting they pass the five funding bills with bipartisan support and hold back the Homeland Security funding bill, which lacks the bipartisan support needed to pass the Senate.
Read MoreOn behalf of its 90,000 members throughout North America, including more than 10,000 IFPTE members throughout New Jersey, IFPTE is proud to endorse Congressman Donald Norcross for a 7th term representing the First Congressional District of New Jersey.
Read MoreWe at IFPTE, in solidarity with our Labor Movement and people across the nation, honor and celebrate Dr. King this year, and we hope that you will also take time to listen to that historic speech. And let us, as IFPTE members and Trade Unionists, continue to honor our unfettered partnership with the Civil Rights Movement through our actions while understanding that no fight is too big for us to conquer.
Read MoreCanada’s unions are sending a clear and urgent message to the federal government ahead of the 2026 review of the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement (CUSMA): workers must come first.
Read MoreEmployees of the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) have unanimously voted to join the Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160).
Read MoreIFPTE Atlantic Area Vice President, Brother Steve Pinto, was officially sworn in as President of IFPTE Local 195 on Thursday. Joining President Pinto was Brother Melvin Dwyer to serve a second term as Local 195 Vice President, along with ten other Local 195 officers.
Read MoreIFPTE members and staff attended the “Rally for America’s Workforce: PAWA to the People” on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
Read MorePresident Biggs and Secretary-Treasurer Henson, along with SPEEA Area Vice President Matthew Joyce and former longtime SPEEA Area Vice President Donna Lehane, joined hundreds of Union members for a rally this week in Topeka in support of working families and against both statewide and national attacks on working families.
Read MoreAs we plan to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, January 19th, as well as recognize Black History Month this February, IFPTE is standing up the Black and Racialized Professionals Committee.
Read MoreRegistration for the Manitoba Federation of Labour Health and Safety Conference is open.
Read MoreIn its recent report, Living the High Life: A Record-Breaking Year for CEO Pay in Canada, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) reveals that pay for Canada’s 100 top-earning CEOs climbed to record levels in 2024, averaging $16.2 million and further accelerating the growing gap between executive compensation and what most workers earn.
Read MoreEarlier this week, Bell initiated another round of workforce reductions impacting TEAM Local 161 members.
Read MoreIFPTE is proud to salute and honor Brother George Gammad as he retires this week from federal government service.
Read MoreThis week, the Senate passed the final compromise National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), S. 1071, and President has signed and enacted the bill.
Read MoreAfter the successful effort to pass the bipartisan Protect America’s Workforce Act (PAWA) in the House last week, IFPTE turned its sights to the Senate urging Senate Appropriations Committee Chair, Susan Collins, and Vice Chair, Patty Murray, to add PAWA to the remaining Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) Senate funding bills.
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