IFPTE LOCAL 4

Local 4, a Local affiliate of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE), is a Charter Local of the IFPTE and has been headquartered at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) since 1918. We formally represent the scientific, engineering, professional, and technical employees of PNS, Submarine Maintenance Engineering Planning and Procurement Office (SUBMEPP), the Defense Commissary Agency Portsmouth (DECA-COMM), and Chapter 1 of Local 4, which represents all employees of the Army Corps of Engineers at the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) in Hanover, NH. We are the recognized AFL-CIO-CLC affiliated Union for these employees.