Illinois Federation of Public Employees |  Local 4408
A Union of Professionals

Please watch this video message from Secretary of State Area Vice-President Ryan Franklin and read her letter below. Then, take action to ensure full funding for the services that Illinois state government provides on a daily basis! Hello, IFPE Local 4408, The IFT has a new initiative: Full Funding Fridays . We need our state to be fully funded, for us and for the people of Illinois. Full funding affects everyone: Want to FIX Tier 2? Want programs of the state to continue

Follow the lead of your siblings in the Attorney General’s Office and wear blue (or, even better, a union shirt if you have one) this Friday! Showing solidarity across the union is vital for conveying to our elected officials the importance of full funding for state services. Encourage your co-workers to participate! If you have any photos of people in your bargaining unit wearing blue on Friday, please e-mail them to ifpe4408comdept@gmail.com .

(via the IFT and Action Network) Urge Governor JB Pritzker to stand up to MAGA billionaires and Trump's threats to public schools and universities, occupations of our cities, cuts to vital healthcare, state services, transit, and more. Illinois must lead the way for students and families by putting people over profits! To write the Governor a letter, please go here .

Less than two weeks from today, we're asking our members to once again stand together for full funding. 📆 Mark your calendars for February 6 and join us in showing that educators, PSRPs, higher education faculty and staff, public service workers are united in our vision for what Illinois communities need to thrive. ✅ Learn more about why it's long overdue to ask the ultra-rich to pay their fair share. 📝 Sign our letter to Governor Pritzker and add your voice to make our s

Today, we are once again confronted with the deadly consequences of a president with a cabinet full of billionaires that are bankrupting SNAP, healthcare and public education to fund a war on Americans defending our democracy. They choose cruelty, brutality and force over humanity and repression over democracy. The killing of another person by Trump’s Troops is the predictable result of policies rooted in fear, cruelty, and white supremacy. This time around, it is an ICU nurs