IFPTE Canadian Area Vice-President and President of @thesocietysays.bsky.social/IFPTE Local 160, Rebecca Caron joined union leaders from across Canada to send one clear message to Parliament: No more trade deals and economic decisions that leave workers behind. www.ifpte.org/news/canadas...

Members and staff of TEAM/IFPTE Local 161 and WAPSO/IFPTE Local 162 attended the Manitoba Federation of Labour’s (MFL) annual Health and Safety Conference last week in Winnipeg. www.ifpte.org/news/team-an...

Nearly 100 IFPTE leaders and members from across the United States and Canada traveled to Washington, DC for IFPTE’s annual legislative advocacy conference. www.ifpte.org/news/ifpte-m...

IFPTE Local 21 stands in solidarity with United Educators of San Francisco as they launch their HISTORIC strike against SFUSD! These brave educators are fighting for a fair contract that invests in their classrooms and students. Education is a right, this is our shared fight! ✊💙 #1U

DPE enjoyed the chance to meet with SPEEA members in town for @ifpte.bsky.social’s legislative conference, and to update them on issues facing union professionals. We were joined by Howard University professor Ron Hira.

Special thanks to @vanhollen.senate.gov for addressing the IFPTE Legislative Week participants

IFPTE thanks Janet Gerhardt for her inspirational message about combating mental health challenges and FHE Health's commitment to helping union members.

IFPTE's 2026 Leg Week Starts!

We showed up strong for Natalie Gee’s kickoff last weekend! Local 21 member and D4 resident JR Santos shares why he’s excited to support Natalie Gee for Supervisor. 👇

@thesocietysays.bsky.social Applauds Completion of Darlington Nuclear Reactor Refurbishment www.ifpte.org/news/society...

@speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social Says Boeing Violated Contract; Seeks ‘No Layoff’ Guarantee for 787 Engineers www.ifpte.org/news/union-s...

Members 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. www.ifpte.org/news/layoffs...

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. www.ifpte.org/news/ifpte-a...

Administration rule aims to undermine our merit-based, nonpartisan civil service and government for the people www.ifpte.org/news/ifpte-c...

@ifpte.bsky.social's statement: www.ifpte.org/news/ifpte-c...

IFPTE President, Matt Biggs, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast as a partial federal government shutdown disrupted pay and operations across major agencies."

IFPTE is proud to honor Black History Month. This year’s Black History Month is as important as it has ever been, and is a time for those of us in the Labor Movement to reinforce and recommit to fighting to reverse these attacks. #BlackHistoryMonth.

Our labor movement could not exist without the work of Black union members and leaders. During #BlackHistoryMonth and every month, America’s unions celebrate the elders and ancestors who came before us and those fighting now for racial justice in the workplace and beyond.

The International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, IFPTE Local 21 seeks a Political Organizer to be based in Northern California. Details can be found at: unionjobs.com/listing.php?... #1u #UnionStrong @ifpte21.bsky.social @ifpte.bsky.social

A message from our union’s president, Bianca Polovina, of solidarity with our immigrant communities and the everyday people who are bravely standing up to the brutality and injustices of ICE. We must keep showing up to observe, to document, to protest. An injury to one is an injury to all.

The power of the people is stronger than the people in power.

“The average WTPU-represented worker will be making more than $117,000 a year when this contract is done in 2030. In addition, we’ll see significant improvements to our health care benefits with lower premiums, we’ll have more days off from work," the #union said. leehamnews.com/2026/01/30/f...

In a show of cross-border Solidarity, the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) released a statement last week affirming full support for workers and unions in Minnesota as they mobilize against what they call intimidation and state violence by ICE. www.ifpte.org/news/cross-b...

“By standing in solidarity with the people of Minnesota, we affirm that working people will not be silent in the face of oppression. As we continue into 2026, we encourage all members to take action alongside other people of conscience...” www.ifpte.org/news/npeuifp...

At 2024 IFPTE Convention, passage of Resolution 15, titled "Black and Racialized Professionals Committee,” is tasked with advancing and advocating for “issues faced in the union, the workplace, and the communities where we live."  www.ifpte.org/news/calling...

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 www.ifpte.org/news/ifpte-u...

This partial government shutdown is expected to end early next week, as early as Monday. Under this agreement, DHS would be funded on a short-term continuing resolution while outstanding issues are resolved. www.ifpte.org/news/partial...

IFPTE members in New Jersey and throughout the nation have had no better friend in Congress than our Union Brother, @norcross.house.gov

"Alex Jeffrey Pretti, an AFGE Local 3669 member and a nurse at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center who dedicated his life to serving American veterans, was killed during protests in Minneapolis connected to the administration’s immigration actions. Our union is heartbroken."

“Just yesterday, tens of thousands of Minnesotans peacefully exercised our right to free speech without incident. When ICE is involved, nonviolent protesters and legal observers are gassed, assaulted, and shot." aflcio.mn/4abNrfk #iceoutmn #iceout

SPEEA officers and staff met with #union members in Everett this week to discuss workplace issues and our upcoming negotiations with Boeing.

Snapshots from our IFPTE Local 21 Jan. 2026 Delegate Assembly this morning ➡️ This is what building collective power looks like. We’re showing up for each other, our work, & our communities. We’re feeling #UnionStrong in 2026 and ready to strike back to defend public services across the Bay Area. ✊

IFPTE Endorses Bipartisan NATO Unity Protection Act www.ifpte.org/news/shocked...

:..union members will join with our fellow Minnesotans to reject fear and speak with one voice as we call for ICE to leave our state, no additional funding for ICE, legal accountability for ICE and for large corporations to stop cooperating with ICE.” aflcio.mn/4sMMp0A

Dr. King knew then, as we know now, that our fight to bring fairness for workers will be an enduring one, but one that we are more than capable of pursuing. www.ifpte.org/news/ifpte-h...

IFPTE members and staff attended the “Rally for America’s Workforce: PAWA to the People” on Capitol Hill on 1/14/26. The rally, which was organized by the Federal Unionist Network (FUN) and sponsored by IFPTE, along with AFGE, NFFE, NTEU and many other Unions representing federal workers

IFPTE 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. www.ifpte.org/news/steve-p...

Employees of the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) have unanimously voted to join the @thesocietysays.bsky.social (SUP/IFPTE Local 160). The newly certified bargaining unit includes all employees, including lawyers.

As 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. The Committee, which was unanimously approved at the 2024 IFPTE Convention

President 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 www.ifpte.org/news/standin...

Aerospace professionals in Wichita reached a tentative agreement with Boeing on a new collective bargaining agreement. @speea-ifpte2001.bsky.social

Congress rejected the the destructive Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) budget cuts sought by the Trump Administration by passing a package of bipartisan appropriations bills www.ifpte.org/news/congres...

"IFPTE and SPEEA/Local 2001, which represents thousands of workers in Kansas, will continue to advocate with state lawmakers on the issues of importance to @ifpte.bsky.social in particular, and Kansas working families overall." www.ifpte.org/news/standin...

SPEEA President John Dimas briefed #union members this morning on the status of contract talks between Boeing and our #Wichita Technical & Professional Unit.

Strength in numbers! Photos from Strike Day 1. 📸 Our solidarity in Solano County is our power. See you back on the lines today. ✊

"Matt Biggs noted that the 2022 Goddard master plan outlining the facility’s consolidation actually called for the renovation of the library’s building, not its elimination." www.astronomy.com/science/unio...

IFPTE provides factual clarity on Goddard NASA Library shuttering

The rapid and haphazard shutdown of the library at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, reported on by The New York Times, decimated this valuable collection housed at NASA’s largest research library. www.ifpte.org/news/ifpte-r...

IFPTE does not condone the practices of the Maduro government. At the same time, we firmly believe that no government should be removed through military intervention... Respect for international law, national sovereignty, and the right of people to determine their own future...

IFPTE Local 21 is proud to give our sole endorsement to Natalie Gee for San Francisco D4 Supervisor. Natalie is running to make sure working families and everyday people are prioritized at City Hall. Her priorities include safe streets, funding transit, and helping small businesses thrive.