Late on Thursday night, the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026. The defense policy and authorization bill legislation reaffirms Congress’s bipartisan support for strengthening America’s defense capabilities and supporting the civilian and uniformed workforce that sustain it.
Read MoreIn a major legal victory for IFPTE's federal membership and for all federal workers, a federal judge granted our petition for an injunction protecting IFPTE-represented employees working at the Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency from the Trump Administration’s March 27th union-busting executive order.
Read MoreIFPTE filed Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charges against the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of the Army after identifying over 30 instances where both the DoD and the Army have failed to honor IFPTE’s National Consultation Rights (NCR).
Read MoreThis week, IFPTE and other labor unions worked with Senators and a bipartisan group of Congressional Representatives to make sure Congress had a strong response supporting federal workers’ collective bargaining rights and told President Trump that his executive order (EO) to deny collective bargaining for 1.5 million federal workers is a illegitimate overreach, totally outside the law, and hurts the federal government.
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 MoreIFPTE issued the following statement in response to a Biden-Harris Administration final rule that increases domestic content preferences in federal government procurement.
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