IFPTE is proud to endorse Adam Hamilton to represent the citizens of Kansas in the United States Senate.
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President Matt Biggs, along with AFGE president, Everett Kelley, NTEU president, Doreen Greenwald, and NFFE president, Randy Erwin, participated in a Capitol Hill press conference urging Congress to reject President Trump’s federal worker pay freeze proposal.
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Canada’s unions are united in opposition to proposed changes to the Canada Labour Code that would give the federal government broad new powers to end legal strikes in the “national interest.”
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IFPTE joined members and leaders from dozens of unions and AFL-CIO staff and departments on Capitol Hill this week as a part of a Senate lobby day to advocate for defending the bargaining rights for federal workers and stopping the largest union busting effort in American history.
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On the last day of the House of Representatives’ September session, IFPTE-backed Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) was passed with a overwhelming majority of support, by a vote of 415-9.
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IFPTE was pleased to see that 110 members of Congress, lead by Federal Workforce Caucus leaders, Reps. James Walkinshaw, Steny Hoyer and Brian Fitzpatrick, and Senator Chris Van Hollen, signed a letter to House and Senate leadership this week urging them to, “reject the Trump Administration’s proposed pay freeze.
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IFPTE Local 777 President Agan Smalley attended an event in Chicago for IFPTE’s longtime friend, Congressman Danny Davis, on the occasion of his birthday on September 6, 2026.
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IFPTE issued the following statements in response to today’s launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, the wide field infrared survey telescope mission built and managed by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
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In a letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committee leadership, IFPTE requested that lawmakers deny funding for the Trump Administration’s 50% tariffs on certain Canadian imports.
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This approach toward our Canadian siblings, along with the Trump Administration’s continued attacks on Canada are detrimental to working families on both sides of the border.
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO President, Patrick Crowley, alerted his senior Senator, Jack Reed, that the entire labor movement in his state stands strong behind bipartisan legislative language authored by New Jersey Congressman, Donald Norcross, to restore collective bargaining rights for DOD workers.
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IFPTE was proud to lend our support to the members and leaders of one of Chile’s largest public sector Unions, and fellow affiliate of Public Services International (PSI), the National Association of Fiscal Employees (Agrupacion Nacional de Emploeados [ANEF]), who testified before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), an autonomous affiliate of the Organization of American States (OAS).
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This week IFPTE weighed-in against the Trump Administration’s latest attack on federal workers through the Promoting Employee Accountability proposed rule.
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The Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), of which IFPTE is affiliated, honoured Emancipation Day on August 1st, marking the day in 1834 when Canada and other British Colonies abolished slavery.
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The Federal Workers Alliance (FWA) resent a letter signed by 19 labor unions, including IFPTE, to all Senate offices urging Senators to reject the nomination of Charlton Allen, the Trump Administration's nominee for General Counsel for the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA).
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This week IFPTE met with Maine Senate candidate, Troy Jackson, to discuss his candidacy and priorities if elected to represent the citizens of Maine in the United States Senate.
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IFPTE Local 195 recently scored a victory for members when they reached a settlement with the state of New Jersey to guarantee reimbursements to impacted workers for their Clothing Maintenance Allowance (CMA).
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The IFPTE International issued their latest endorsement this week in support of our longtime friend, Elaine Luria, who is seeking to again represent the constituents of Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District.
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As the House of Representatives considered HR 8800, the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act, IFPTE sent a letter urging all House lawmakers to oppose amendments filed by Representatives Onder and Grothman taking aim at DOD civilian jobs and their collective bargaining rights.
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As Bell Canada continues to offshore Union-represented telecommunications jobs, including jobs of TEAM/IFPTE Local 161 members in Manitoba, IFPTE leaders sent a letter this week to the federal Minister of Industry, Mélanie Joly.
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