Congressional Republicans were barely able to scrape together enough votes from their own party to pass their bill that contains the broad policy agenda of their own president. This political win for a handful of out-of-touch Washington insiders represents a devastating loss for American families living paycheck to paycheck.
Read MoreDespite the best efforts of IFPTE and IFPTE Locals nationwide, including Local 21, the Senate passed, by a single vote, their version of the budget reconciliation bill that will go down in history as one of the cruelest pieces of legislation that has passed in Congress in recent history, if not ever.
Read MoreThe executive officers of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) commented on the Senate’s passage of the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” H.R. 1, budget reconciliation, which extends President Trump’s tax cuts for billionaires and corporations and offsets some of the costs through cutting nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) while adding over $4 trillion to the national debt through 2034. Republican leadership in the House of Representatives is considering amendments and racing to pass this bill before July 4.
Read MoreAs the Senate began debating a partisan budget reconciliation bill that will increase the national debt by $4.5 billion over 10 years to deliver tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the very wealthy and corporation, IFPTE told Senators to oppose this bill on the grounds that it “will deprive millions of Americans of health coverage, increase the cost of living and lower the standard of living for working Americans, hurt our nation’s health systems and health insurance coverage, burden on state and local governments with budget deficits.”
Read MoreCongress has not passed cuts to NASA’s budget, but the Trump Administration and NASA leadership is moving forward as if they have the authority to unilaterally dismantle NASA’s missions and workforce, and the fundamentally diminish the agency!
Read MoreThis week IFPTE joined a letter led by the AFL-CIO to strongly oppose the nomination of Jonathan Berry to serve as the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Solicitor of Labor.
Read MoreA total of 10 SPEEA officers, staff, and retirees took part in the June 25 informational picket outside the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building in Seattle.
Read MoreThis week, IFPTE sent a letter requesting the House Appropriations Committee and the Legislative Branch Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee provide funding for the Government Accountability Office and the Congressional Research Service at adequate levels that allow these agencies “to provide nonpartisan, objective, and authoritative research and analysis that Members of Congress from across the political spectrum can trust.”
Read MoreMembers of Local 777 after a successful informational picket and oath re-affirmation at Federal Plaza in Chicago on June 25, 2025.
Read MorePresident Biggs joined radio legend and host of America’s Workforce Podcase, Ed “Flash” Ferenc, this week to discuss the Senate Republican majority’s efforts to ram through a budget reconciliation package.
Read MoreIFPTE leaders in New Jersey attended the New Jersey State AFL-CIO Endorsement Conference held in Atlantic City on June 16-18, 2025. Members from Locals 18, 194, 195, 196, and 200 were in attendance.
Read MoreThe Senate Parliamentarian has ruled that several anti-federal worker and anti-government provisions in the Senate's budget reconciliation bill violate procedural rules and must be removed.
Read MoreAs Senate Republicans try to hastily assemble their version of a budget reconciliation bill that extends tax cuts for the wealthiest individuals and for large corporations on the backs of working people, IFPTE and our coalition partners sent a letter to Senate Leadership opposing key provisions in the Senate bill.
Read MoreIFPTE weighed in with key Senators against the Senate budget reconciliation bill, particularly the draconian and ideologically-driven language from the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) aimed at eliminating federal labor unions, turning the federal government into an at-will employer, and abrogating the co-equal branch of government constitutional responsibilities of the legislative branch over to the President.
Read MoreLewis Engineers and Scientists Association (LESA/IFPTE Local 28) President, Dr. John Betterson, and Vice President, Samantha Yousef, hosted an information session this week for NASA workers employed at the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.
Read MoreIFPTE’s executive offered comments condemning the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s (HSGAC) proposals for the Senate Budget Reconciliation Bill, which includes language that would eliminate official time and attack unions, among other things.
Read MoreThis is our response to Trump's birthday military parade in DC, so let's make it really HUGE!!! Find an event or host one. Organize unions into a labor contingent.
Read MoreIFPTE issued an endorsement for James Walkinshaw, who is running to fill the seat left vacant after the sad passing of Congressman Gerry Connolly on May 21st.
Read MoreNearly 200 Society members from Hydro One joined a solidarity rally in support of striking Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) workers, calling on the Ford government and the WSIB to deliver fair wages, end U.S. outsourcing, and improve workplace health and safety.
Read MoreOn Thursday evening, Senator Josh Hawley and leaders of the House Homeland Security Committee launched an alarming and politically motivated campaign targeting over 200 non-government organizations (NGOs), announcing a sweeping investigation into these organizations' activities related to immigration, protest, and humanitarian support—without any evidence of wrongdoing.
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