On October 3, Manitobans elected the New Democratic Party (NDP) —the labor party— to form the next provincial government.
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The striking Society/IFPTE Local 160-represented safety professionals at the Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) have reached an agreement with the employer after 13 days on the picket line. The members and the employer have now both voted to ratify the agreement.
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After more than a week since going on strike, IFPTE members represented by the Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) continue their fight for a fair compensation package and respect on the job at the Electrical Safety Authority (ESA).
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The Society of United Professionals/IFPTE Local 160 members employed at the Electrical Safety Authority (ESA) begin strike action on September 20.
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IFPTE’s Executive Officers and staff visited the White House this week to discuss IFPTE’s ongoing efforts to engage in and promote workforce development.
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Earlier this week, the Society of United Professionals’ (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) Hydro One Local held their annual council meeting.
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The 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.
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President Biden signed an Executive Order last Friday in Maine which directs federal government agencies leverage federal government resources towards policies and programs laser focused at increasing domestic manufacturing.
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On Friday, the House passed the NDAA without the customary strong bipartisan support that the NDAA has received in years past. The House bill passed with several troubling amendments that would cut health services for armed service members and defund numerous DoD components and civilian positions related to diversity, without considering the impacts.
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The Times of London published an opinion piece authored by President Matt Biggs, Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson and Sue Fern, Senior Deputy General Secretary of the British Union Prospect, which represents professional workers in the energy sector throughout the United Kingdom.
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The White House unveiled a website that shows how much money the administration has invested in our communities by state, and even by municipality. Check out the interactive map.
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Try the Society of United Professionals Energy Mixer to see what it will take to get to net-zero. Solving the climate crisis is humanity’s greatest challenge.
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The SocietyFPTE Local 160 President and IFPTE Canadian Area Vice President Michelle Johnston and External Relations Director Mike Belmore were in Washington, D.C. to attend the signing of a historic joint agreement between Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization and the U.S. Department of Energy.
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This week, members of the Society of United Professionals/IFPTE Local 160 who work at Bruce Power voted an overwhelming 98.6% in favor of strike action, if necessary, to support meaningful bargaining and to reach a fair collective agreement.
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Congress needs to act urgently and pass a clean debt limit increase before June 1st. If Congress fails to raise the debt limit, the U.S. government will default on it's debt with catastrophic impacts for our economy, for working people, for retirement savings, and for essential government services.
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IFPTE leaders and members from across Canada travelled to Montreal this week to attend the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) convention.
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IFPTE international and Engineering Association, (EA/IFPTE Local 1937) leaders sent a joint letter this week to TVA CEO Jeff Lyash in support of the Southeast Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub’s request for a Department of Energy grant to support the building and operation of regional clean hydrogen hubs.
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IFPTE Secretary Treasurer Gay Henson joined colleagues and volunteers the last two weeks to sponsor two giveaways to children in the greater Chattanooga region as a part of the annual Sequoyah Spirit Fund Easter and Book Fair events.
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IFPTE President Matt Biggs commented, “Senators Schumer and Gillibrand and Representative Tonko know full well the importance of good union jobs at KAPL and the importance of this work to national security and the economic prosperity of the Capitol Region” of New York.
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After hearing from IFPTE Local 147 leaders during IFPTE's legislative week about the unjust movement of work from the Local's bargaining unit to non-represented workers elsewhere, New York Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, along with Congressman Paul Tonko, issued a strong letter to the Department of Energy (DOE), with a statement of support for the union and their members.
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