This joint action reaffirms two truths: that organized labor is leading the fight against the administration’s unprecedented and unlawful attack on federal workers’ rights, and that the more vicious and outrageous their attacks become, the stronger we stand in solidarity.
Read MoreSenators Van Hollen, Peters, and Johnson offered legislation this week, the Shutdown Fairness Act, to ensure pay for federal workers.
Read MoreLegislative Director Faraz Khan and Assistant to the Executive Officers, Brian Kildee, attended a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on the nominations of Mitch Graves, Jeff Hagood, Randall Jones, and Arthur Graham for the TVA Board of Directors.
Read MoreIFPTE sent an updated letter to Congressional leaders this week calling for “a bipartisan solution to this shutdown that funds the priorities and programs relied upon by the public, including those provided by IFPTE members.
Read MoreIFPTE is honored and humbled to report that International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) International President, Robert Olvera, offered his Union’s SOLIDARITY and support for IFPTE-represented federal sector members as we fight to preserve our jobs and our collective bargaining rights.
Read MoreIFPTE has endorsed the Fair Access to Swift and Timely (FAST) Justice Act, legislation that would give federal workers a private right of action and allow them to take their cases to federal court if the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) fails to act on an appeal within 120 days.
Read MoreIFPTE issued the following response to the Trump Administration’s announcement today that they are issuing RIF notices to furloughed federal workers.
Read MoreLate 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 MoreMembers of TEAM/IFPTE Local 161 voted to ratify their recently negotiated contract with Bell/MTS. The Memorandum of Agreement dated October 1, 2025, has been approved by the membership, with 84.4% of eligible TEAM members participating in the vote.
Read MoreMembers of the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU/IFPTE Local 70) held their annual membership meeting this week via Zoom.
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 MoreThe staff of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has officially unionized as CREW United, joining the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU/IFPTE Local 70).
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 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 MoreSPEEA/IFPTE Local 2001’s Wichita Technical and Professional Unit (WTPU) recently launched a survey to determine contract priorities for WTPU-represented employees.
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.
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