IFPTE Condemns Trump Administration’s Latest Attack on Federal Workers and Their Unions
Administration has “doubled down on being the most anti-labor, anti-worker Administration
in American history”
WASHINGTON, DC – As the nation prepares to honor and thank working families across the country this Labor Day weekend, the Trump Administration has issued another Executive Order (EO) attempting to strip collective bargaining rights from federal employees, including workers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). IFPTE’s Executive Officers responded to today’s news.
IFPTE President Matt Biggs:
“It is obviously disappointing that the Trump Administration continues to attack federal workers and their Unions. It is particularly upsetting that this administration has done so on the eve of Labor Day, a federal holiday intended to honor and thank workers. Make no mistake, the Trump Administration has doubled down on being the most anti-labor, anti-worker administration in United States history. Today’s Executive Order seeks to deny bargaining rights at NASA on a bogus national security rationale, despite long-established Unions and bargaining rights for NASA civil servants that extend back to the 1960s. As we have been doing since March 27th when his original Union-busting order was issued, IFPTE will continue to fight against these attacks in the courts, on Capitol Hill, and at the grassroots level.”
IFPTE Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson:
“Any attack on workers is unacceptable, including this latest one from the Administration. Given that IFPTE is NASA’s largest federal employee union, this is particularly damaging to IFPTE’s NASA Locals and members, as well as our members’ work on groundbreaking NASA missions that provide immense scientific value and advance aeronautics and space exploration. Rest assured, our Locals will continue to exist and continue to represent their membership, despite these illegal orders.”
On July 30th, IFPTE was one of several Unions filing a lawsuit challenging President Trump’s illegal March 27th Union-busting Executive Order. Today’s Order added NASA, where IFPTE is the largest Union, and other agencies to those impacted by the original directive. More than 1 million federal workers have had their Union rights stripped by the Trump Administration.
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