IFPTE Local 70

WASHINGTON, DC – In the wake of yesterday’s elections, International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) President, Gregory Junemann, issued the following statement regarding the repeal of Ohio Senate Bill 5 (SB 5):

“Last night Ohio voters overwhelmingly sent a strong message to Governor John Kasich as well as to like-minded, opportunistic lawmakers across the nation that unjustly pinning the blame for budget woes on dedicated public servants will not be tolerated. In defeating SB 5, Ohio voters made it clear that they will not stand idly by and allow lawmakers like Kasich to strip workers of their rights in the name of fiscal sanity. Governor Kasich, as well as Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, did not campaign on the platform of eliminating collective bargaining from public sector workers. Yet, upon entering office, their number one objective was not jobs; it was not education; it was not even deficit reduction. Instead, it was to achieve their ideological goal of eliminating the collective bargaining rights of workers.

This November, EPI celebrates 25 of developing and promoting policies that strengthen the economy and improve the lives of working families. A special reception and dinner will be held November 1, honoring Ray Marshall and Paul Krugman along with a tribute to the leaders of Wisconsin's labor movement.

Local 70 is proud to have workers from DC Jobs with Justice as part of our union, and last week they had their ninth annual "I'll Be There" awards, honoring labor and community activists. Read more about the awards here.

Chanting “We are one!” over a thousand activists marched through the streets of downtown Washington Monday -- the 43rd anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Members of IFPTE Local 70 joined hundreds of other union members for a rally outside of Wisconsin's DC state offices on February 23, 2011 in solidarity with protesting Wisconsin union members.