IFPTE Joins Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Attempt to Politicize the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA)

IFPTE was one of eight Unions signing onto an AFGE-led lawsuit last week in the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts challenging the Trump Administration’s interim final rule shifting employee representational petitions, unit makeups, and election agreements and certifications from the non-partisan, career FLRA Regional Directors to the national FLRA board made-up of three political appointees. 

IFPTE president, Matt Biggs, stated in the IFPTE declaration to accompany the lawsuit that, “Under the Interim Final Rule, IFPTE Local unions and members will lose the ability to obtain a decision on representation issues from career, apolitical Regional Directors. Instead, the Authority will make all decisions in the first instance, reducing a layer of accountability and risking politicizing the representation process.” 

See the full lawsuit here.