MOBILIZATION CLEARINGHOUSE
Find info on labor events, rallies, and Congressional email and call-in campaigns to defend federal government workers and union rights, make sure public services that working families count on are funded, stop the Trump/DOGE privatization agenda, and protect our democracy.
If you have an upcoming event or action that you’d like to add to this list, please send information to info@ifpte.org.
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EVENTS
Saturday, April 5
Hands Off! National Day of Action. On April 5, workers are joining with our allies and community members across the country to tell President Trump and Elon Musk: Hands Off Our Unions! The Hands Off! rallies will bring together working people, including union households and federal sector union members, to send a message to our political leaders and lawmakers: Hands off our Social Security, Hands off our public schools, Hands off our Medicare and Medicaid, Hands off our jobs. Hands off our union rights.
Rallies will be held throughout the United States. Find an event nearby here: www.mobilize.us/handsoff/
In Washington, D.C., the Labor Walk to the Hands Off! Rally will meet at the AFL-CIO building at 10am and join the larger D.C. rally at noon: www.mobilize.us/aflcio/event/772483/
For more information, including social media toolkit, signs, and events, visit: handsoff2025.com
Tuesday, April 8
Kill The Cuts National Day of Action. On April 8, IFPTE joins our sibling unions representing federal, higher education, and private sector researchers and science professionals to stand up and oppose the Trump Administration’s federal funding cuts to lifesaving research, medical care, and world-leading science priorities.
Find an action near you: www.killthecuts.org/action-near-you
Sign up to attend a Kill the Cuts event: https://airtable.com/
TAKE ACTION
Make a Call: Restore federal bargaining rights now
Ask your representatives to support the Protect America’s Workforce Act - pass bipartisan legislation to stop the Trump EO that seeks to end bargaining rights for federal workers.
On April 1, Reps. Jared Golden (D-ME) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced a bipartisan bill in Congress that would nullify Trump’s executive order stripping the right to collectively bargain from hundreds of thousands of federal employees. It’s time for Congress to hear from supporters of working people on a bill that will help working people across the country.
Read AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler’s statement on the Federal Collective Bargaining Executive Order: “Very Definition of Union-Busting”
Read IFPTE President Matt Biggs and Sec.-Treasurer Gay Henson’s statement.
Send a Letter to Congress: Do Not Cut Federal Employees' Retirement Security & Health Insurance Benefits
Email your Representative and Senators. Tell Congress to oppose any cuts or "reforms" to earned federal employment benefits, including changes to the Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) and Federal Employees Health Benefit Program (FEHB), as a cost offset for budget reconciliation legislation.
Congressional Republicans are considering cutting $50 billion or more in federal employee benefits over the next ten years, including cuts to FERS and FEHB, to help offset a small portion of $4.5 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthy and for corporations. These spending cuts and tax cuts are being considered as part of the Republican budget reconciliation bill that extends the 2017 Trump tax cuts.
Protecting federal employee compensation, retirement, and health care will preserve the government’s ability to recruit and retain the best talent America has to offer to address the challenges our nation faces, support our national security and economic prosperity, provide the American people with high-quality services, and keep our communities safe.
