IFPTE President Matt Biggs said, “Senators who voted to let this bill move forward shirked their responsibility to rein in an out-of-control administration, especially those Democrats who failed to stand with IFPTE members and against the ongoing assault on our civil service, our Constitution, and working families in every state.”
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Read IFPTE’s latest update on our continued fight against the illegal and unprecedented attacks by President Trump, the so-called DOGE, including Elon Musk and his associates, and the larger Trump Administration, against federal workers and the agencies they work for.
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Despite ongoing efforts to fire and RIF federal workers across federal agencies, IFPTE federal sector Locals across the nation have seen significant increases in membership, the latest being Local 12 representing workers at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington.
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The Washington State AFL-CIO released the names last week of the Union members who have been accepted into their highly competitive Path to Power program, and IFPTE Local 12 President, Tiera Beauchamp, was among those who were accepted.
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The Society of United Professionals (UP/IFPTE Local 160) proudly took to the streets in Toronto on Saturday, March 8, to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) and stand in solidarity with those fighting for gender equality and social justice.
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The Manitoba Federation of Labour (MFL) has launched a new pilot project to help workers connect with unions that may represent them.
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Senate Bill 5041, which would grant unemployment insurance benefits to striking workers, was approved by the Washington state Senate and sent to the state’s House of Representatives for consideration.
Read MoreIFPTE told Congressional lawmakers to vote against passing a wholly inadequate continuing resolution (CR) that does nothing to limit the illegal and unconstitutional over reach of the executive branch.
Read MoreToday IFPTE urged House and Senate leaders to commit to a process that will allow for an open and democratic budget process. Specifically, IFPTE calls on House Speaker Johnson to instruct his Rules Committee chair to permit members to offer, debate, and vote on amendments that will protect federal workers and the important services they provide.
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Read IFPTE’s latest update on our continued fight against the illegal and unprecedented attacks by President Trump, the so-called DOGE, including Elon Musk and his associates, and the larger Trump Administration, against federal workers and the agencies they work for.
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IFPTE’s executive officers welcomed the reintroduction of the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act, or the PRO Act.
Read MoreRead IFPTE’s latest update on our continued fight against the illegal and unprecedented attacks by President Trump, the so-called DOGE, including Elon Musk and his associates, and the larger Trump Administration, against federal workers and the agencies they work for.
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AALJ President, Judge Som Ramrup, said, “Administrative law judges carry out the law and should be free from political pressures. They are not at-will employees.
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The Federal Workers Alliance sent a letter to Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins and Vice Chair Patty requesting the lawmakers include in the next government funding bill language to stop the illegal and unconstitutional actions of the Trump Administration that seek to dismantle federal agencies, politicized the civil service, and instigate a constitutional crisis by ignoring Congress’ authority.
Read MoreOn February 24, 2025, the Office of Special Counsel, led by Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger, found that President Trump’s firing of probationary employees at six different agencies was unlawful and requested that the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) reinstate the affected employees.
Read MoreIFPTE’s executive officers released a statement regarding the OPM/OMB directive on widespread RIFs in the federal government. “IFPTE strongly condemns the OPM/OMB memo on RIFs that was released earlier today. Sadly, it continues the practice by the Trump Administration to callously demean the services provided by dedicated federal employees while laying out four phases by which they expect agencies across the government to imprudently RIF thousands upon thousands of workers.”
Read MoreToday, a judge ordered that the Department of Education and Office of Personnel Management must bar Elon Musk and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing key databases. IFPTE is a named plaintiff in the lawsuit, as its members who work in the federal sector and those who have participated in student loan programs have had their rights violated by DOGE’s unlawful actions.
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The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) invites you to join a rally on Monday, Feb. 24 at 1 PM to voice your opposition to the Trump administration’s reported executive order mandating an illegal takeover of the USPS and support America’s postal workers.
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Last Friday, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) fired 20 immigration judges, including 13 immigration judges represented by the National Association of Immigration Judges (NAIJ/IFPTE Judicial Council 2). IFPTE President spoke to numerous news outlets, sharing why firing Immigration Judges “makes no sense.”
Read MoreIFPTE’s executive officers and staff, along with our Union partners at the Federal Workers Alliance (FWA), continue to work in coalition on all fronts – Legal, Legislative, Grassroots, PR – to fight against the illegal and unprecedented attacks by President Trump, the so-called DOGE, including Elon Musk and his associates, and larger Trump Administration, against federal workers and the agencies they work for.
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