NPEU/IFPTE Local 70 president, Amy Chin-Lai, and Secretary-Treasurer, Sarah Rawlins, hosted members of the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU/IFPTE Local 70) this week for their general membership meeting.
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SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001 is strongly supporting Machinists Union members at Boeing, who voted by a 96% margin on Sept. 12 to go on strike against the company.
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SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001 Director of Strategic Development, Rich Plunkett, along with Matt Biggs, Faraz Khan, and Brian Kildee from the International, met this week with Transportation Secretary, Pete Buttigieg, and National Transportation Safety Board Chair, Jennifer Homendy.
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Fred Stafford writes for The Nation regarding TVA’s nuclear program and the need for public funding saying "However the TVA manages to secure funding for a new nuclear plant, and no matter whether it’s a small modular reactor or a modern large nuclear plant, it would be a tremendous achievement for clean energy and public power.
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The Manitoba Federation of Labour (MFL) will be hosting two info sessions on Sept 13 & 19 for affiliates to help understand what the government’s new anti-scab/essential services legislation means for how unions bargain and how strikes take place.
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The Society of United Professionals’ Bruce Power Local is making its mark in the Bruce region by championing nearly $2.5 million in donations to community organizations and projects since 2010.
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The Council of Canadian Locals (CCL) held its bi-annual meeting last week in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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IFPTE sent a letter to Senate Armed Services Committee leadership and members urging them to support the critical work that Navy civil service employees do at public shipyards and oppose efforts to grant the U.S. Navy the ability to use non-U.S. private shipyards for Navy ship repairs.
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IFPTE Locals from coast to coast celebrated Labour Day this week.
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Lewis Engineers and Scientists Association (LESA/IFPTE Local 28), held their inaugural Officer’s retreat/training session this week at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
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IFPTE is proud to announce the hiring of Pavel Gerardo as the newest IFPTE international staff member.
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Secretary-Treasurer Henson joined AT&T workers on the picket line this week in Chattanooga, TN.
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IFPTE's executive officers penned a Labor Day letter titled 'Thank a Worker'.
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An administrative law judge for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled that the American Civil Liberties Union illegally terminated Kate Oh, a rank-and-file NPEU/IFPTE Local 70 member who was punished for raising concerns about managers' mistreatment of staff and poor working conditions at the ACLU.
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On behalf of the 90,000 members and their families throughout North America, IFPTE issued statements of support for Vice President Kamala Harris’ selection of Tim Walz to be her vice-presidential running mate for the upcoming November presidential elections.
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On Wednesday night, IFPTE participated in a Zoom call hosted by the AFL-CIO in support of Vice President Kamala Harris’ candidacy for president of the United States.
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The Winnipeg Free Press published an opinion piece by the Society of United Professionals/IFPTE Local 160 President Michelle Johnston celebrating Canada’s model for nuclear fuel storage.
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SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001 president/IFPTE SPEEA Area Vice President, John Dimas, issued the following statement in response to the Boeing Company’s hiring of Kelly Ortberg as the corporation’s new CEO.
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