Despite the CARES Act’s provisions to support working Americans, implementation of the law has allowed an unaccountable corporate bailout.
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As congressional leadership works towards crafting another COVID relief bill, IFPTE outlines worker-centric priorities to ease the pain during the COVID pandemic.
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IFPTE was one of 45 organizations, including labor unions, urging congressional leaders to “apply strong conditions on current and future COVID-19 aid laws to prevent personal profiteering by senior executives of recipient corporations.
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AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka led a letter signed by many of America’s labor leaders, including IFPTE President Paul Shearon, informing Congress of the five economic essentials that must be at the center of the CARES 2 package.
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Congressmen Donald Norcross (D-NJ-01) and Chris Smith (R-NJ-04) led a bipartisan letter cosigned by the entire NJ Congressional Delegation to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Leader Kevin McCarthy, Leader Mitch McConnell and Leader Chuck Schumer as part of their effort to amend the critical COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program to include both labor and business member organizations, allowing them to tap into the loan program and sustain staff during the economic crisis.
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In an extensive letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer regarding the fourth COVID-19 pandemic relief bill, IFPTE outlined our list of priorities and recommendations to assist our diverse membership
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AFL-CIO Urges House to Pass CARES Act
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As Congress continues to negotiate the latest coronavirus relief package, IFPTE urges Congressional leaders that, “The COVID-19 relief legislation should focus first, second, third, and last on working people…”.
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