IFPTE Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson was joined by Legislative/Political Director Faraz Khan and Assistant to the Executive Officers Brian Kildee this week for a labor-sponsored event in support of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner.
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IFPTE issued the following statement in response to the House of Representatives passing H.R. 2550, the Protect America’s Workforce Act (PAWA), nullifying Executive Order 14251, which strips union rights from over 1 million federal workers and is the greatest single union-busting effort in U.S. history.
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This week, the House of Representatives passed the House-Senate compromise text of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026. The legislation does not include the language originally in the House-passed NDAA that protects Department of Defense workers’ collective bargaining rights from being revoked by the Trump Administration’s Executive Order 14251 (EO).
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TAKE ACTION: Congressional Leadership Must Protect DOD Workers Union Rights in Final NDAA.
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Manitoba Minister of Labour Malaya Marcelino announced major new workplace health and safety rules that will literally save lives.
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IFPTE weighed in this week on several bills impacting federal workers and their Unions that were considered by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
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Despite the actions of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to cancel the DOD wage survey committee, IFPTE learned last week that pressure from labor, including IFPTE, and Congress, most notably Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman and the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (HSGAC) staff, wage-grade workers employed by DOD will finally receive their long-awaited raises.
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IFPTE responded to the Trump Administration’s upcoming release of its final rule aimed at large-scale politicization of the United States government’s federal workforce, as well as to eliminate employee whistleblower protections.
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IFPTE applauded the bipartisan support that has lifted Discharge Petition #6 for floor consideration of H.R. 2550, the Protect America’s Workforce Act (PAWA), in the House of Representatives to the 218-vote threshold.
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The Partnership for Public Service (PPS) is running a federal employee work survey from now until December 19th.
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IFPTE issued the following statement in response to Discharge Petition No. 6, which would provide floor consideration of H.R. 2550, the Protection America’s Workforce Act (PAWA), in the House of Representatives.
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IFPTE sent a letter to the Senate and House lawmakers this week providing qualified support for the “Continuing Appropriations Act 2026,” to fund the government to January 30, 2026.
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IFPTE sent a letter to the Senate providing qualified support for a continuing resolution (CR), the “Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026,” to fund the government to January 30, 2026 and reminded Senators that this CR is not “clean” so long as it does not protect the Legislative Branch’s power as a co-equal branch of government.
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Former National Association of Immigration Judges Emmett Soper, Anan Petit, and Ted Doolittle, along with IFPTE International President Matt Biggs, addressed the recent dismissal of dozens of immigration judges and its implications for due process at a National Press Club’s Headliners Newsmaker.
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This week’s federal budget lands at a moment of deep uncertainty. Workers are facing rising prices, a growing trade crisis, and public programs stretched to the limit.
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On behalf of its 90,000 members throughout North America, including thousands of members employed by the State of New Jersey, IFPTE issued the following statement in response to yesterday’s statewide election results in New Jersey and Virginia and state and local elections across the United States.
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With Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) about to expire for 42 million Americans on November 1, IFPTE joined the AFL-CIO’s union letter urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins to disburse SNAP emergency funding.
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IFPTE renewed the call for Congress to pass a bipartisan Continuing Resolution (CR) to end the shutdown and fund the federal government. The letter reaffirmed IFPTE’s position that. “The common-sense path forward out of the current impasse is a truly clean CR that protects Congressionally approved spending levels and extends funding to provide time for Congress to pass full-year appropriations.”
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President Matt Biggs joined legendary radio host Ed 'Flash' Ferenc on America's Workforce Union podcast to discuss IFPTE’s views on the ongoing government shutdown/lockout, and efforts to combat the Trump Administration's unprecedented union-busting.
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“This is not only a win for the dedicated federal workforce who make up our nonpartisan civil service, but a victory for the American people and the public services our communities and our economy count on,” said IFPTE President Matt Biggs.
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