Hands Off TVA! – Tell Congress to Keep TVA Locally Run and Locally Accountable
Donald Trump wants to sick his DOGE dogs on TVA. Tell him no! For almost a century, TVA has delivered regional power and regional jobs for the region’s working families. Selling TVA to an outside energy corporation will put the shareholders’ bottom line over the needs of the rate payers. Company execs will pad profits by raising electricity costs on families living paycheck to paycheck. Keep TVA locally run and locally accountable. Keep energy costs down by keeping the DOGE dogs out. Read more…  Send a letter to your lawmakers…

IFPTE Calls on Congressional Representatives to Sign the Discharge Petition to Uphold Federal Workers’ Collective Rights and Stop the Single Largest Union-Busting Effort in American History
The executive officers of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) joined with Congressman Jared Golden (D-ME), Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Congressional Labor Caucus Co-Chairs Donald Norcross (D-NJ) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI), and Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Greg Casar (D-TX) to announce the discharge petition to bring the Protect America’s Workforce Act, H.R. 2550, to a House floor vote. Read more…

IFPTE Locals Throughout New Jersey Join State Labor Movement in Opposing Governor Murphy’s 37% Healthcare Cost Hike – Urge Legislature to Return to Trenton
IFPTE and the New Jersey AFL-CIO were among the more than a dozen unions representing well over 140,000 workers in New Jersey calling on state lawmakers to return to the state capitol in Trenton and pass legislation mitigating Governor Murphy’s proposed 37% hike in healthcare costs for state workers. Read more…

IFPTE Strongly Opposes Trump Administration and OMB’s First FY25 Rescission Request and Urges Senate to Reject All Rescission Proposals
On Tuesday, on a 51-50 Senate vote with a tie-breaking vote from Vice President Vance, the Senate advanced a $9.4 billion rescission package that would cancel Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) funding for foreign health aid and defund the entirety of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, FY25 funding that Congress enacted with bipartisan support. Read more…

IFPTE Secretary-Treasurer Gay Henson Attends AFL-CIO Annual Secretary Treasurers Meeting
IFPTE Secretary-Treasurer, Gay Henson, along with Assistant to the Executive Officers, Brian Kildee, were in attendance this week at the annual AFL-CIO’s Secretary-Treasurers’ meeting in Washington, DC. The annual meeting is an opportunity for AFL-CIO affiliated Secretary-Treasurers to meet and discuss the major issues impacting working families, as well as to complete internal business matters. Read more…

Biggs Lends Support to Carnegie Voluntary Recognition Campaign
President Matt Biggs adds his voice to the calls for @carnegieendow to move past Andrew Carnegie’s legacy of union busting and voluntarily recognize @carnegieworkers!

#recognizeourunionnow   #democracyatcarnegie ###

Calling all Federal Locals to ‘Get in the Queue’ – IFPTE EDues Program is Underway
IFPTE continues to roll out the new EDues program, with Locals 121 and 1 currently signing up members, and Locals 32, 1921, and 12 set to take part in phase two of the EDues program. Read more…

IFPTE Keeps Members and Allies Informed on the Trump Administration in the Federal Sector
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