Join IFPTE: The Union for Power Generation Professionals

Our members are engineers, estimators, mappers, hydro and nuclear generation professionals, project managers, and many other utility employees responsible for maintaining and keeping our country’s public utility systems safe. With their unions, they have a say in workplace decisions, including those that impact safety. By standing together, IFPTE members are making their worksites safer, more equitable, and efficient.

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“I take a lot of pride in working for PG&E and I want to see the company continue to be successful. The company has always hired the ‘best of the best.’ Having our dedicated professionals represented by the ESC provides a level of compensation, benefits and security which will help the company to retain and continue to attract the best in the industry.”

— Senior hydro scheduling consultant and IFPTE member Craig Bolger

How our members are raising standards in the utility and power industries

Standing up for safer workplaces

Our members in the utility industry understand their work has the potential to turn dangerous. They have collaborated with their employers to develop policies, protocols, and trainings to ensure they are prepared when risks are encountered on the job. For example, IFPTE members at PG&E negotiated to have union safety representatives on each Safety Area Committee, and to make suggestions to company safety rules.

Securing fair pay and benefits

IFPTE members have negotiated with their employers for higher pay and better benefits. By securing minimum salaries and annual raises, wage increases are known and predictable. PG&E members’ contract, for example, includes annual wage increases between 3 and 3.5 percent. Union members also have higher quality health insurance plans with lower premiums and retirement plans with greater employer contributions, as well as more holidays, vacation days, and sick leave.

Creating paths for career advancement

Our members value opportunities for advancement and have negotiated for processes for promotion. They also recognize that additional training and education may be needed to reach their careers goals, which is why they’ve secured tuition reimbursement in their contracts. By joining together in union, IFPTE members are ensuring their quality jobs in the utility industry become long-term, quality careers.

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Where our members in power generation work

Contact the union of power generation professionals

We know that safety is a top concern among power generation professionals. Our members in the power and utility industries have joined together in union to have a say in work policies related to safety, as well as raise pay, secure better benefits, and improve working conditions.

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What is a union?

A group of employees who come together to negotiate with their employer over their wages, benefits, and working conditions. The employees are the union—they democratically elect their coworkers who oversee their union’s affairs and conduct negotiations with their employer. Unlike associations, employees in unions have the legal right to negotiate collectively with their employers.

What is collective bargaining?

Collective bargaining is the formal process employees in unions and their employers use to negotiate the terms and conditions of work—including wages, benefits, and working conditions. Similar to the contracts CEOs have that guarantee their pay, benefits, and other conditions of employment, the terms agreed upon during collective bargaining are solidified in a contract called the collective bargaining agreement. Collective bargaining agreements are commonly referred to as union contracts.

Why do power generation professionals need a union?

Power generation work comes with inherit risks, both to the employees performing the work and for the communities utility systems pass through. Power generation professionals need to have the ability to share concerns about their work and working conditions. IFPTE members’ employers have to listen when they bring up issues. As union members, they can demand additional training and extra safety precautions to ensure they have long, high quality power generation careers.