Posts in Government
AFL-CIO’s Department of People Who Work for a Living Report Finds Deep Skepticism from Working Families with Current Trump Administration Policies

The AFL-CIO’s Department of People Who Work for a Living (DPWL) recently held a series of hearings across the country to provide a platform for working people to express their views on the current administration’s policies, the impact of those policies on their lives, and what working people want from their government.

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IFPTE Tells Lawmakers To Reject Trump Administration's Call to Willingly Abandon American Scientific Leadership at NASA

IFPTE’s letter tells the House and Senate Appropriation Committee’s Subcommittee on on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies that “The President’s requested FY26 spending levels for NASA and the NASA Science budget are a call to willingly abandon American ingenuity, scientific leadership, and decades of investment.

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IFPTE Sends Letter to Congressional Representatives Urging Them to Reject Anti-Worker Budget Reconcialtion Bill

Early this morning, as the House of Representatives continued a floor debate on the Republican budget reconciliation bill, IFPTE sent a letter outlining the disastrous impacts on working Americans, on low-income workers, on community and rural health systems, and American jobs if this bill were to be enacted.

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UDPATE -- Congress’s Assault on Federal Retirement and Compensation is an Assault on the Critical Government Services Americans Count On

On Wednesday, April 30, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is proposing to cut $50 billion over the next ten years from the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) and make other changes that undermine our nonpartisan civil service.

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From Bea Bruske, President of the Canadian Labour Congress, on the Swearing-in of Prime Minister Carney’s Cabinet

Canada’s unions, representing more than 3 million workers from coast to coast to coast, are ready to work with this new Cabinet. And we understand the stakes—and the urgency of bold action. Our economy cannot afford a wait-and-see approach, nor can we continue to rely on outdated structures or foreign markets. In this moment of economic uncertainty and mounting trade pressures from the United States, we need leadership that will meet the urgency of this moment with courage and ambition.

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IFPTE Participates in Congressional Labor Caucus and Congressional Roundtables on Federal Workforce This Week

IFPTE legislative director Faraz Khan, and President Matt Biggs were both on Capitol Hill on Wednesday participating on respective panels being hosted by the Congressional Labor Caucus and a group of House lawmakers working against the Trump attacks on federal workers.

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Labor Says NO to Medicaid Cuts – IFPTE is One of 38 Unions Opposing Medicaid Cuts

IFPTE, along with 37 other labor organizations, sent a letter this week to all House and Senate lawmakers urging them to, “reject the inclusion of any cuts to the Medicaid program in budget reconciliation legislation currently under discussion in Congress, and instead work to preserve and strengthen this crucial component of the American health system.” 

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