While any month is a good time to join a SPEEA committee, June is particularly good because members gain immediate voting rights by attending the first committee meeting after the Council Convention, which this year was June 2.
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As the United States Senate prepares to consider critically important voting rights legislation next week, which will include votes to end the filibuster, America’s labor movement called the undemocratic procedure, “a constant source of gridlock.”
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IFPTE urged Senators “In the strongest possible terms, we urge you to reform the Senate’s filibuster rules and pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act.” The AFL-CIO also sent a letter with Executive Council members, including IFPTE President Biggs, requesting filibuster reform and passage of voting rights legislation.
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IFPTE joins the AFL-CIO and Americans throughout the country to demand that Senators take swift action to reform the filibuster, the Senate procedural rule that prevents legislation that is critical to democracy and worker rights from being passed.
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On the 58th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Justice, Americans will converge in Washington D.C. and throughout the U.S. to continue the call for restoring and updating a key victory for the Civil Rights Movement and for American democracy: federal protections for voting rights.
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This week, IFPTE urged Representatives to pass H.R. 4 and ensure participation in our democracy is available to all American citizens and not constrained by discriminatory election laws and policies.
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President Liz Shuler and AFSCME President Lee Saunders will speak to the importance of our democracy and securing voting rights at the D.C. event.
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This morning, IFPTE sent a letter requesting Senators vote to allow floor debate on S.1, the “For the People Act of 2021,” sponsored by Sen. Jeff Merkley (OR). A companion bill, H.R.1, was passed by the House on March 3rd.
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