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President Donald Trump unveiled a new barrage of executive orders last week aimed at revitalizing the nation’s ​“beautiful clean coal” industry. But in reality, it’s already clear that his empty words will do no such thing.

Please call your member of Congress and demand they stand up for this critical health and safety agency and its workers against DOGE and the Trump administration.

We are asking every single American who cares about the fundamental freedom of all workers to join a union to call their member of Congress right now. Fill out the form on the right to receive a call or dial 844-896-5059.

Hawaii U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono is hoping to bring collective bargaining rights to the federal workforce and other public sector employees.

Citing his national security authority, President Trump signed an executive order Thursday rescinding the collective bargaining rights of a massive swath of the federal workforce in a historic attack on public unions.

Yesterday, Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) reintroduced the Performing Artist Tax Parity Act (PATPA) in the U.S. Senate. Following PATPA’s recent reintroduction in the House by Representatives Vern Buchanan (R-FL) and Judy Chu (D-CA), today this bipartisan effort to deliver tax fairness for entertainment professionals is one step closer to reality.

The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) unveiled their 2025 Federal Issue Agenda, Thursday. This annual roadmap outlines the union’s federal policy goals for the current Congressional term.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) strongly condemns President Trump’s firing of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Member Gwynne Wilcox, an unprecedented and unlawful attack on workers’ rights in the United States.