IAM Union Urges Bipartisan Solution to Keep Government Open, Condemns White House Threat of Mass Firings

IAM Union Urges Bipartisan Solution to Keep Government Open, Condemns White House Threat of Mass Firings

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2025 – Brian Bryant, International President of the 600,000-member IAM Union (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers), released the following statement on the possibility of a government shutdown:

 “The IAM Union strongly urges Congress to fund the federal government and avoid a shutdown, which would affect tens of thousands of IAM federal employees and federal contract workers, as well as countless others across our nation.

 “The IAM strongly urges a bipartisan funding solution, which should be negotiated in good faith to reach a solution between both Democrats and Republicans to offer a temporary funding measure and avoid a shutdown. 

“The IAM also strongly condemns the White House’s threat to use a shutdown as a means to justify illegally firing scores of federal workers. Threats of such an action are unjust and cruel to civil servants, many of whom are Veterans who have already sacrificed and given so much to our great nation.

“Federal workers should not be treated as political pawns in such a fight. These civil servants are so crucial for our nation, from our food inspectors, to social security, air traffic controllers and TSA agents, and even to the military personnel we depend on every day to keep our nation moving forward.

 “IAM Union is a diverse labor union representing thousands of federal workers, including those represented by the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM), an affiliate representing approximately 110,000 federal workers across the U.S.

 “Government shutdowns are even more destructive for our private sector federal contract worker membership, who work alongside federal employees and perform equally essential work for our nation and often do not get any backpay at all after a shutdown ends. 

“The IAM strongly encourages both Democrats and Republicans in Congress to work together on a funding measure that places the American people first and does not include any layoffs of federal workers.”

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IAM Union Urges Senate Approval of Protect America’s Workforce Act

IAM Union Urges Senate Approval of Protect America’s Workforce Act

Help us restore collective bargaining for federal workers by sending a letter to your congressional representatives NOW asking them to support the Protect America’s Workforce Act!

President Donald Trump’s illegal March 27 executive order (EO) ended collective bargaining for federal unions, an attack on civil servants and their rights as workers.

IAM International President Brian Bryant sent this letter to members of the U.S. House of Representatives and this letter to members of the Senate, urging their support for the Protect America’s Workforce Act (H.R. 2550), a bipartisan piece of legislation aimed at restoring collective bargaining rights of federal workers.

This bill has already been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Reps. Jared Golden (D-ME) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and has strong bipartisan support.

IAM Union strongly supports the Protect America’s Workforce Act for restoring collective bargaining rights to the nation’s federal workforce.

Federal workers are essential, and they’re committed to serving the American people. These workers deserve the right of collective bargaining, which provides protections in the workplace and better service to the public, just to name a few benefits.

IAM Union is a diverse labor union representing thousands of federal workers, including those represented by the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE-IAM), an affiliate representing approximately 110,000 federal workers across the U.S.

Join us in supporting workers and their rights by writing to your Representative and Senators asking them to cosponsor and support the successful passage of the Protect America’s Workforce Act (H.R. 2550).

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