By a strong bipartisan vote of 86 to 11, the Senate passed a National Defense Authorization Act that paves the way for a 5.2% pay increase for federal employees and supports IFPTE members working in the private sector aerospace industry, and continues infrastructure investments at DoD facilities where IFPTE members work and support our national defense.
Read MoreOn Friday, the House passed the NDAA without the customary strong bipartisan support that the NDAA has received in years past. The House bill passed with several troubling amendments that would cut health services for armed service members and defund numerous DoD components and civilian positions related to diversity, without considering the impacts.
Read MoreIFPTE engaged with House and Senate Armed Services Committees to make sure key priorities. IFPTE will be working with Members of Congress to amend the NDAA to include our priorities.
Read MoreAhead of a vote in the House of Representatives to pass the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, IFPTE asked Representatives to vote for the legislation which includes “continued infrastructure investments for Navy shipyards, depots, and other DOD facilities,” the Water Resources Development Act, and other IFPTE priorities.
Read MoreIFPTE joined the Federal Workers Alliance letter to Defense Secretary Austin, Deputy Secretary Hicks, and Under Secretary of Defense Cisneros requesting DoD weigh in with Congress and support inclusion of language in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to prevent “Schedule F” or any similar effort from a presidential administration to weaken and politicize the federal civil service and circumvent merit principles, due process and competitive hiring for federal workers.
Read MoreIFPTE continued to push Congress to pass legislation that protects "the federal civil service so that it cannot be undermined by a presidential administration that seeks to replace nonpartisan career federal employees... with political operatives who are hired and fired at the whim of the administration." This is urgent and high priority for IFPTE, for federal unions, and for organizations that support good governance, democracy and accountability, and quality public services.
Read MoreAs the Senate and House Armed Services Committees continue to work on the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2023 (NDAA), IFPTE shared the union's list of Senate amendments to the NDAA that advance good governance and protect merit system and competitive hiring, improve DoD personnel policies and federal employee benefits, and support good union jobs in the defense industrial base.
Read MoreAs the House of Representatives prepared to consider the FY23 National Defense Authorization Act, IFPTE sent a letter to all House lawmakers outlining the Federation’s support for the underlying bill, as well as providing positions on several proposed amendments filed as a part of the bill’s consideration.
Read MoreBefore the Senate voted to pass the National Defense Authorization Act, IFPTE sent letter urging lawmakers pass the bill and highlighting key items of importance to IFPTE members included in the bill.
Read MoreWith the House and Senate Armed Services Committees working to craft a compromise bill, IFPTE urged the Committees’ chairs and ranking members to maintain the union’s priorities that were included in NDAA bill passed by the House in late September, H.R. 4350.
Read MoreThis week, IFPTE shared the union’s list of endorsed amendments to the Senate National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022.
Read MoreIFPTE’s letter to the House applauded the bipartisan bill while informing lawmakers the legislation, “provides for our nation’s security, supports uniformed service members and their families, honors and meets the needs of our veterans, and addresses several important issues that directly impact IFPTE members.”
Read MoreIFPTE shipyard Local presidents signed a letter last week urging shipyard lawmakers to back two key amendments being authored by Washington State Congressman Derek Kilmer to the House National Defense Authorization Act to make whole Navy workers who lost pay and other benefits as a result of the Accellerated Promotion Program (APP) loophole, and the expand the scope of overtime pay for civilian shipyard employees working abroad
Read MoreU.S. House and Senate passed a legislative package with a $900 billion in COVID relief, an omnibus bill, and a package of authorization and reform legislation.
Read MoreAs House and Senate Armed Services Committee leaders work to reconcile the final Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, IFPTE weighs-in with key lawmakers on several issues impacting IFPTE’s membership.
Read MoreDuring last week’s House consideration of the FY21 NDAA, lawmakers approved an amendment authored by New Hampshire Congresswoman Ann Kuster to prevent the shuttering of a child care facility that is critically important to workers, including IFPTE members.
Read MoreAs the House is set to consider the FY21 National Defense Authorization Act, IFPTE penned a letter to House members applauding many of the pro-worker provisions in the bill.
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