IFPTE Local 777, Chicago, IL

04/27/2026

Federal workers in Chicago stand in solidarity with UIC Graduate Employees Organization as they start their strike tomorrow! We’ll be out on the picket line with you this week. 📢

02/17/2026

We had a great week last week in DC. We advocated with the offices of 4 U.S. Senators and 8 U.S. Representatives – from California to Illinois to Wisconsin to Pennsylvania. This is the power of union membership – direct action to get our priorities to those who need to hear them.

02/11/2026

IFPTE is in DC this week, exercising our right to take our views to Congress. We’re advocating for better public services, a better civil service, and better working conditions for all the employees we represent!

01/07/2026

USACE union members (and friends!) please wear green on Wednesday!

12/10/2025

Local 777 is looking for federal unions, federal workers, and other interested groups to sign our petition to bring accountability and transparency to the FLRA. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/petition-to-protect-workers-from-flra-abandonment?source=signal&

12/06/2025

Our Local President spoke last month at the Teamsters for a Democratic Union conference. He shared about what’s up in the Federal Sector, and how it relates to the broader labor movement.

12/04/2025

One of the things our union does is advocate for our Agency to be properly funded. Here’s some of that work:

More than 900,000 passengers and 80,000 vessels traveled through the Chicago Harbor Lock last year. Federal funding cuts have become a source of worry for boaters.

11/28/2025

FYI: the IFPTE has a Political Action Committee to help get pro-worker candidates elected to federal office. It should be clear why we need this.

I (Colin Smalley) just signed up for a $10/mo donation. If you can, please join now.

https://ifpte.democracyengine.com/pac/contribute

The Legislative Education Action Program (LEAP) PAC is the way that IFPTE members across the United States speak collectively in support of a pro-worker, pro-union legislative agenda that is set by IFPTE local unions and members.

11/13/2025

Things the Chicago District Commander doesn’t care about:

11/06/2025

ICYMI: New Shutdown Update

Update on the Government Shutdown and a few other topics from IFPTE Local 777. This meeting was open to all of the employees represented by our local, as wel...

10/07/2025

📰 Our President of Local 777 in the Chicago Sun-Times:

Three workers who spoke with the Sun-Times said they haven’t been furloughed, but they’ve dealt with uncertainties and fragmented coordination since the federal government shut down Oct. 1.