This week, IFPTE and the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) sent the House and Senate Appropriations Committees a letter urging them to direct NASA to continue supporting the VIPER mission.
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IFPTE, IBEW, NFFE, and AFGE have voiced their concerns with the chair and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) to discuss federal lock and dam operators employed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and the possible implementation of off-site remote operations and the reduction of on-site operations staff on these critical infrastructures.
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IFPTE joined the AFGE members from across the nation this week in calling on Congress to pass the Federal Adjustments of Income Rates (FAIR) Act granting the nation’s over 2 million federal workers a 8.7% pay raise.
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