IFPTE Endorses Bipartisan NATO Unity Protection Act, Strongly Rejects U.S. Threats to Canada and Allies
In light of the recent shocking remarks by President Donald Trump that threaten the sovereignty of Canada and other U.S. allies, IFPTE requested that all U.S. Senators support and pass the bipartisan NATO Unity Protection Act.
In IFPTE’s letter to Senators, union leadership affirmed that, as an international union representing working professionals in Canada and the U.S., “IFPTE believes that working families in Canada, the United States, and across the globe thrive when peace, cooperation, and mutual respect exist between nations.”
The legislation is sponsored by Republican Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski and Democratic New Hampshire Senator Jean Shaheen. If enacted, the NATO Unity Protection Act would prevent the U.S. Department of Defense from expending any funds to blockade, occupy, annex, conduct military operations against or otherwise assert control over the sovereign territory of a NATO member state without that country’s authorization or approval by the North Atlantic Council, which is NATO’s principal decision making body.