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 MoreNational Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ/IFPTE Judicial Council 2) members, Judges Anam Petit and Emmett Soper, joined President Biggs as panelists this week at a symposium held in Washington, DC, by the National Press Foundation.
Read MoreIFPTE Locals from the Northeast Area met in New York as a part of their annual meeting.
Read MoreIFPTE Atlantic Area Locals met this week in New Jersey to discuss a myriad of issues impacting IFPTE’s membership in New Jersey.
Read MoreIFPTE executive officers issued the following statements in relation to IFPTE’s legal challenge to President Trump’s August 28th Union-busting executive order.
Read MoreIFPTE executive officers issued the following statements in response to the Trump Administration’s latest plan to illegally deny salaries to hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal employees.
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 MoreCanada’s unions are marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation by calling on the government to fulfill its obligations under the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (UNDRIP).
Read MoreThe Society of United Professionals released a video message to mark September 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada—a day to reflect on the tragic legacy of the residential school system.
Read MoreOn October 1, GESTA/IFPTE Local 29 members joined AFSCME members and IFPTE International staff on Capitol Hill at a press conference sponsored by members of the Maryland Congressional delegation regarding the damage the government shutdown is inflicting on federal employees.
Read MoreIFPTE responded to the findings in “The Destruction of NASA’s Mission,” released by Senate Commerce, Science, and Technology Committee Democrats and the Committee’s Ranking Member , Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA). The report provides oversight of NASA’s unlawful implementation of the President’s Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) before Congress has finished the appropriations process and well before the start of the FY26.
Read MoreIFPTE followed up on last week’s meetings and letters to Congress to protect NASA missions and capabilities with another letter to House and Senate leadership, insisting that any funding deal must contain legislative language protecting congressionally approved funding levels from impoundments and prevent a unilateral implementation of the President’s budget contrary to Congressional intent.
Read MoreFollowing last weekend’s firing of over a dozen Immigration Judges (IJs), IFPTE, which represents IJs nationwide and members of the National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ/IFPTE Judicial Council 2), stated that, “the removal of experienced judges is hypocritical, undermines the law, wastes taxpayer dollars, and further delays justice for citizens and immigrants alike.”
Read MoreIFPTE joined AFGE, NFFE, SEIU, and a broad alliance of labor unions in a march from the AFL-CIO to the headquarters of the Veterans Administration in Washington, DC.
Read MoreMake no mistake, Mr. Vought is trying to ruin the careers of dedicated public servants who take the oath to serve our nation and defend the Constitution. This is not only cruel and morally bankrupt, but it will also do great harm to the poor, the vulnerable, the sick, and all Americans who rely on the benefits that federal workers provide every day, and it weakens us as a nation.
Read MoreIFPTE President Biggs said, “We have long endorsed the Durbin-Grassley H-1B and L-1 reform bill and the Keep STEM Talent Act and we welcome serious efforts by the Administration to award H-1B visas based on the highest pay and skill levels, raise wage levels, and require employers to only recruit outside of the U.S. when they have proven they cannot find qualified workers in the U.S.”
Read MoreSeveral IFPTE NASA Locals were in Washington, DC, this week to meet with congressional lawmakers, particularly appropriators. During the meetings, IFPTE discussed legislative items urging lawmakers to reject the Trump Administration’s budget request to cut NASA’s overall budget by 25%, with a whopping 48% cut to NASA science work and another 39% cut to aeronautics research.
Read MoreU.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), and Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced the Protect America’s Workforce Act – bipartisan legislation to repeal two union-busting executive orders and restore collective bargaining rights and workplace protections for federal workers.
Read MoreOn behalf of its 90,000 members throughout North America, as well as the thousands of workers it represents at Maine’s Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers endorses Graham Platner for United States Senate.
Read MoreThis week, the House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act with language that prevents the Department of Defense (DOD) from implementing the March 27 Executive Order that revokes collective bargaining agreements and bargain rights for at DOD and 17 other agencies.
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