IFPTE Local 777

IFPTE Local 777 is active in advocating for our members’ priorities – no matter who needs to hear them. We primarily engage through meetings with the U.S. Congress (members, staff, and committees), commenting on proposed regulations (also known as “rulemaking”) and agency changes (through IFPTE’s “national consultation rights”), making comments in public hearings, and developing proposals for legislation and regulation. See examples of our work below.

Position Papers

2026: Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Federal Workplace
2026: Protecting Collective Bargaining Rights in the Federal Civil Service
2026: Restore the Federal Government’s Status as a “Model Employer” by Restoring Access to Justice in Civil Service Protections
2026: Federal Pay Erosion Across the Civil Service (see also 2023)
2026: Restoring Telework and Workplace Flexibility
2024: Repeal FERS-RAE and FERS-FRAE (see also 2023, 2022)
2024: Fully Staff the Federal Labor Relations Authority (see also 2023, 2022)
2024: Increase Oversight on USACE Plans to Remotely Control Locks and Dams (see also 2023, 2022)
2023: End Restrictions on Federal Employees Based on Vaccination Status
2022: Define USACE Park Ranger Functions as Inherently Governmental
2022: Restore and Protect Clean Record Settlement Agreements

Rulemaking Comments

2026: OPM, Uniform Allowances (direct final rule, Local 777 comments)
2026: OPM, Performance Appraisal for General Schedule, Prevailing Rate, and Certain Other Employees (proposed rule, Local 777 comments)
2025: FLRA, Implementation of the Administrative False Claims Act (proposed rule, Local 777 comments, final rule)
2024: OPM, Prevailing Rate Systems; Change in Criteria for Defining Appropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Areas (proposed rule, Local 777 comments, final rule)
2024: OSHA, Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings (proposed rule, Local 777 comments)

Hearing Testimony

2026: Chicago, Illinois Local Wage Survey Committee (Local 777 testimony)