IFPTE Local 121 sponsored Hawaii’s Salt Lake Elementary School’s Robotics Team at the First Lego League Invitational Robotics Competition on June 19th - 22nd in Daytona Beach Florida.
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a Federal Workers Alliance (FWA) delegation of federal sector local union leaders, including leaders from IFPTE Local 3, met with Biden-Harris Administration policy staff who focus on federal workforce and labor issues, including those responsible for developing and following up on the recommendations in the White House’s Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment report.
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Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced legislation to reauthorize Trade Adjustment Assistance, a support program for American workers impacted by trade.
Read MoreOver the last several weeks, IFPTE has been engaging with House and Senate Armed Services Committees to stop Congress from granting the U.S. Navy the ability to use non-U.S. private shipyards for Navy ship repairs.
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With several key amendments set to be debated and included in the House National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25 NDAA), IFPTE asked House Rules Committee members to support key amendments that protect the civil service, support veterans benefits, protect domestic supply chains, and labor standards for federal government contracting firms.
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As the Senate considers reauthorizing federal workforce development authorities and works on drafting the next version of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, IFPTE sent a letter to Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee leadership to request the Committee ensure employer fees from the H-1B visa program continue to support the Department of Labor’s (DOL) H-1B Skills Training Grants for domestic recruitment in STEM and STEM-related occupations.
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Led by SPEEA NW Area Vice President/SPEEA & IFPTE Veterans Committee member, Jeff Forbes, IFPTE sent a letter this week to Washington State Congressman, Rick Larsen, asking that he lead an effort in the United States Congress to fix a loophole in the law that prevents Veterans that use their earned Tricare benefit from participating in Health Savings Accounts (HSA) programs.
Read MoreSPEEA’s director of strategic development, Rich Plunkett, was in Washington, DC this week to attend a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing entitled “FAA Oversight of Aviation Manufacturing”.
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Canada is closer than ever to achieving a universal public drug plan. The Pharmacare Act, introduced to Parliament in February 2024, was passed this week.
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The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) announced the union’s support of Congressman Adam Smith for a 15th term in the United States House of Representatives.
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The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) endorses Rick Larsen as he seeks his 13th term to represent Everett, Bellingham, and surrounding areas in Washington State in the Second Congressional District.
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IFPTE, representing over 15,000 public sector workers in New Jersey, today announced their endorsement for Sue Altman to represent the citizens of New Jersey’s 7th District in the United States House of Representatives.
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IFPTE was one of several Union’s invited to participate in this week’s White House Summit on Domestic Nuclear Deployment.
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IFPTE President, Matt Biggs, Secretary-Treasurer, Gay Henson, and Assistant to the Executive Officers, Brian Kildee, met this week in Washington, DC with Energy Secretary, Jennifer Granholm.
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Before the House Agriculture Committee began an all-day markup of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024, IFPTE urged Members of the Committee to oppose the legislation as includes cuts to nutrition programs that the most vulnerable working Americans and their families count on.
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IFPTE Local 3 leaders and members joined an event last week with Pennsylvania Representative, Mary Gay Scanlon.
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The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) Local 98 and International members/officers/retirees responded today to the passing of former longtime Local 98 officer and President, Frank Tangorra.
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the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) considered two bills that would make substantial changes to federal telework law.
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IFPTE requested Senators and Representatives to cosponsor the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act (PSFNA), legislation that ensures that state, county, and local public sector employees will have unionization and collective bargaining rights.
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This week’s passage and enactment of the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act, legislation that extends the Federal Aviation Authority’s (FAA) authorization for five years, includes several key wins for IFPTE members.
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