Impending Government Shutdown Effect on MTC Federal Contract Workforce
The Metal Trades Department, AFL-CIO, is monitoring the budget process as Congress works on a path that would fund the federal government past this Saturday, Sept. 30. To date, an agreement has not been reached, and a partial or full government shutdown could begin at...
Impending Government Shutdown Effect on MTC Federal Government Employees
The Metal Trades Department, AFL-CIO, is monitoring the budget process as Congress works on a path that would fund the federal government past this Saturday, Sept. 30. To date, an agreement has not been reached, and a partial or full government shutdown could begin at...
ACTION ALERT: Tell Congress to Fund the Federal Government
Congress needs to act urgently and pass a short-term government spending bill, called a continuing resolution (or CR), by September 30 to avoid a federal government shutdown on October 1, 2023. If Congress fails to pass a bill to fund the government, the...
US government shutdown: What is it and who would be affected?
Sept 22 (Reuters) - U.S. government services would be disrupted and hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed without pay if Congress fails to provide funding for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1. Workers deemed "essential" would remain on the job, but...
FACT SHEET: Republicans’ Extreme Continuing Resolution
Children, Families, Farmers Among the Most Impacted by Reckless Cuts House Republicans are still more focused on introducing extreme funding bills than working on a bipartisan solution that could be enacted. Their funding bill would only keep the government open until...
HAMTC Contract Increases Pay and Benefits
The Department is pleased to announce that Hanford Atomic Metal Trades Council has also negotiated a historic and ground breaking new five-year contract which includes unprecedented wage increases. The HAMTC negotiating committee reports that its members will receive...
Ironworkers Local 854 Internal Organizing Successes at Tidewater Federal Employees MTC
The Ironworkers Local 854, an affiliate of the Tidewater Federal Employees Metal Trades Council (TFEMTC) NAVFAC Groton Facility has been running an internal organizing campaign to sign up employees that had been nonpayers. The Local has successfully signed up 50 new...
Labor Day 2023: ‘It’s Better in a Union’
Labor Day marks a time to celebrate America’s workers for all they do to keep America moving. President Kennedy once said “labor unions are not narrow, self-seeking groups. They have raised wages, shortened hours, and provided benefits. Through collective bargaining...
IAMAW International President Martinez Announces Retirement, Names General Vice President Brian Bryant as Successor
Metal Trades Department Executive Vice President and IAMAW International President Robert Martinez, Jr., announced his retirement effective January 1, 2024. IAMAW Resident General Vice President Brian Bryant will succeed Martinez as the union’s next international...
Boilermakers International Elects Stapp as International Secretary-Treasurer
The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers announced on August 23 that Kathy Stapp was unanimously elected by the organization’s International Executive Council to serve as the union’s International Secretary-Treasurer. Stapp is the first woman ever to hold this...