Posts in Aerospace
IFPTE Responds to President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget

IFPTE President Biggs commented that President Joe Biden has “lived up to his pledge once again by putting forward a budget that will decrease the national deficit, and do so while protecting and strengthening the programs that working families and retirees across the nation depend so heavily on. “

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IFPTE Endorses Reps. Sánchez, Pascrell, and 182 Representatives' Letter to Commerce Dept. Urging Federal Funds Support Commitment to High-Skilled STEM Jobs and High-Road Labor Practices

184 Members of Congress joined a comment letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce requesting that federal investments flowing from the CHIPS and Science Act require strong labor standards, commitments to workforce development, support good paying union jobs, and benefit American workers.

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IFPTE Requests Senate Passage of the Omnibus Appropriations Bill, Which Includes Several Union Priorities

IFPTE urged Senators to pass the omnibus government funding package which includes several funding and policy priorities that IFPTE advocated for. The current short-term government funding measure expires on December 23.

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IFPTE Asks Biden Administration and Congress to Modify Certification Deadline for 737 MAX-10 and -7, Include Safety Enhancements

IFPTE asked the Biden Administration, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to support Senator Maria Cantwell’s legislative proposal to modify the December 27, 2022 deadline for certification for the flight crew altering system on Boeing MAX-10 and Max-7 passenger airplanes.

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IFPTE Weighs In on House Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act

As the House of Representatives prepared to consider the FY23 National Defense Authorization Act, IFPTE sent a letter to all House lawmakers outlining the Federation’s support for the underlying bill, as well as providing positions on several proposed amendments filed as a part of the bill’s consideration. 

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