IFPTE Condemns Senate Republican Bill That Extends Billionaire Tax Cuts on the Backs of Working Americans, Children, Veterans, and Seniors
IFPTE Condemns Senate Republican Bill That Extends Billionaire Tax Cuts on the Backs of Working Americans, Children, Veterans, and Seniors

The executive officers of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) commented on the Senate’s passage of the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” H.R. 1, budget reconciliation, which extends President Trump’s tax cuts for billionaires and corporations and offsets some of the costs through cutting nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) while adding over $4 trillion to the national debt through 2034. Republican leadership in the House of Representatives is considering amendments and racing to pass this bill before July 4.

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Government, Energy, Labor RightsFaraz KhanBudget Reconciliation, Senate, Artificial Intelligence, Medicaid, SNAP, healthcare, Veterans, civil service protections, FERS
IFPTE Urges Senate to Reject Budget Reconcialtion Bill That Wrecks Our Safety Net, State Budgets, the Economy and Jobs for the Benefit of the Very Wealthy and Corporations
IFPTE Urges Senate to Reject Budget Reconcialtion Bill That Wrecks Our Safety Net, State Budgets, the Economy and Jobs for the Benefit of the Very Wealthy and Corporations

As the Senate began debating a partisan budget reconciliation bill that will increase the national debt by $4.5 billion over 10 years to deliver tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the very wealthy and corporation, IFPTE told Senators to oppose this bill on the grounds that it “will deprive millions of Americans of health coverage, increase the cost of living and lower the standard of living for working Americans, hurt our nation’s health systems and health insurance coverage, burden on state and local governments with budget deficits.”

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Government, InfrastructureFaraz KhanBudget Reconciliation, Senate
Southern California Edison Workers Celebrate Overwhelming & Historic Union Election Victory with ESC Local 20
Southern California Edison Workers Celebrate Overwhelming & Historic Union Election Victory with ESC Local 20

Today, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced that in a 562 - 351 vote, over 1,100 planners, designers, and field technicians at Southern California Edison have won their election for a union. A total of 83% of the unit voted in the election. The bargaining unit is represented by Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC/IFPTE Local 20).

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Energy, Labor RightsCandace RhettESC, Southern CA Edison election
IFPTE Asks House Appropriations Committee to Fund GAO and CRS So Congress Can Support Robust Oversight and Good Governance
IFPTE Asks House Appropriations Committee to Fund GAO and CRS So Congress Can Support Robust Oversight and Good Governance

This week, IFPTE sent a letter requesting the House Appropriations Committee and the Legislative Branch Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee provide funding for the Government Accountability Office and the Congressional Research Service at adequate levels that allow these agencies “to provide nonpartisan, objective, and authoritative research and analysis that Members of Congress from across the political spectrum can trust.”

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GovernmentFaraz KhanLegislative, CREA, CRS, GAO, oversight
IFPTE Attends Meeting with Manitoba’s New US Trade Representative
IFPTE Attends Meeting with Manitoba’s New US Trade Representative

Representatives from the IFPTE, Richard Mahé, Canadian Area Vice-President and WAPSO Local 162 President, and Erin Spencer, International Representative, attended a meeting yesterday at the Manitoba Legislative Building to meet the province’s newly appointed Provincial Trade Representative to the US, Richard Madan, who will be working out of Washington, D.C.

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Canada, TradeCandace RhettProvincial Trade Rep Richard Madan
“Solidarity, Unity, Resistance” - IFPTE Participates in ‘Presidents Panel’ at APALA Convention
“Solidarity, Unity, Resistance” - IFPTE Participates in ‘Presidents Panel’ at APALA Convention

IFPTE was invited this week to take part in a ‘Presidents Panel’ discussion at the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance’s (APALA) 18th biennial convention in Los Angeles.  The convention’s theme is “Solidarity, Resistance, Unity”, and includes workshops and presentations geared towards combating the unprecedented attacks of the Trump Administration against Unions and Union members, communities of color, and immigrants.

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Labor RightsCandace Rhett2025 APALA biennial convention
SPEEA, IFPTE Attend NTSB Board Meeting on Boeing Door Plug Separation
SPEEA, IFPTE Attend NTSB Board Meeting on Boeing Door Plug Separation

SPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001 Director of Strategic Development, Rich Plunkett, along with International Legislative Director Faraz Khan, and President Matt Biggs, attended this week’s National Safety Transportation Board (NTSB) meeting in Washington, DC to determine the probable cause of the in-flight separation of a mid-exit door plug on a Boeing 737-9 passenger airplane near Portland, Oregon last year.

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AerospaceCandace RhettNTSB meeting, mid-exit door plug
IFPTE, SUP Attend 2025 North American Young Generation Nuclear Conference
IFPTE, SUP Attend 2025 North American Young Generation Nuclear Conference

IFPTE Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson, Society of United Professionals (SUP/IFPTE Local 160) President Rebecca Caron, SUP/IFPTE Local 160 External Relations Director, Mike Belmore, and IFPTE Assistant to Executive Officers, Brian Kildee, joined hundreds of young professionals and industry leaders from Canada and the United States at the North American Young Generation Nuclear (NAYGN) 2025 Continental Conference in Denver. 

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Canada, Energy, Labor RightsCandace RhettNAYGN conference