Union That Represents IRS Agents Makes Presidential Endorsement

The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), a labor union representing 150,000 employees of 35 departments and agencies of the United States government, has endorsed Kamala Harris.

The NTEU represents tens of thousands of IRS workers.

IRS Agents Union Endorses Kamala Harris, Cites Inflation Reduction Act Windfall https://t.co/ZSdip1bamd

— Media Research Center (@theMRC) September 21, 2024

“When it comes to treating federal employees with respect, valuing their service and investing in their work, Kamala Harris is the clear choice,” NTEU National President Doreen Greenwald said.

“She shares our values and our commitment to making sure that the federal government works for all Americans. She has been a strong advocate for the issues that matter most to federal employees: fair pay, paid family leave, adequate agency funding and staffing, and robust collective bargaining rights,” Greenwald added.

BREAKINNG: IRS agents union has announced it is endorsing Kamala Harris for president.

— Leading Report (@LeadingReport) September 21, 2024

Per NTEU:

Harris’ role as vice president in one of the most pro-labor administrations in history is another major factor in the endorsement decision. Vice President Harris personally led the administration’s efforts to expand workers’ rights as Chair of the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment, which leveled the playing field for federal employee unions and improved organizing efforts. Working with Congress, the administration also delivered agency budgets that provide federal employees with additional staffing and resources, including significant new investments to rebuild the IRS under the Inflation Reduction Act.

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“Harris’ commitment to sign the 2024 bipartisan border bill and increase staffing so our members at Customs and Border Protection can do their jobs securing the border at the ports of entry are examples of her commitment to ensuring federal agencies are properly funded and staffed, which is one of the many reasons why all Americans should vote for Kamala Harris,” Greenwald said.

“Kamala Harris has a long career in public service, which has given her a keen understanding of how the skilled civil servants who perform the day-to-day work of government are vital to our democracy,” Greenwald said. “She is a powerful voice for workers and their unions, recognizing that taxpayers are better served when the federal workforce is organized and empowered to help agencies meet their important public service missions.”

Harris also has an established relationship with NTEU and our members. She supports the issues that matter most to our members and leaders, and as a Senator from California, she attended our Legislative Conference in 2020 and met with many of our members.

NTEU also strongly supports longtime labor advocate Tim Walz for vice president, Greenwald said.

The Harris campaign considers the endorsement a win.

BREAKING: The IRS Union just announced they are endorsing Kamala Harris. Let’s go!

— Kamala’s Wins (@harris_wins) September 21, 2024

X users reacted:

Imagine thinking this is a “win.”

— Libertarian Party (@LPNational) September 21, 2024

Getting endorsed by Cheney and the IRS is all you need to know about the Kamala regime

— Sara Rose (@saras76) September 21, 2024

Wow, you guys are on a roll: Dick Cheney and the IRS?

Who’s next, Satan?

— Usually Right (@normouspenis) September 21, 2024

OMG

Kamala is backed by:
Dick Cheney
Fortune 100 CEOS
Wall Street
Hollywood Celebrities
IRS

Kamala is backed by the elites and swampy government.

Kamala is NOT for the middle and has never been middle-class.

Vote for Trump #MakeAmericaGreatAgain

— David (@Mr_NiceGuy_007) September 21, 2024

Media Research Center reports:

Indeed, the Inflation Reduction Act, for which Harris cast the deciding vote to break a Senate deadlock, boosts the IRS budget by $80 billion, enabling the agency to hire an additional 87,000 employees – while increasing the union’s membership in the process.

However, the IRS expansion won’t just increase union membership, it’ll also help the agency to collect an additional $5 trillion of tax increases Harris wants, analysis by Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) finds:

“Harris-proposed tax increases will kill jobs in the private sector but create jobs for IRS agents.

“Agents certainly appreciate her call to make the IRS even larger and more powerful if she wins the presidency. Agents will be hired and deployed to implement the $5 trillion of tax increases Harris wishes to impose over the next decade.”

ATR research also found that 97% of political contributions by the IRS agents’ union went to Democrats in the 2022 election cycle. In all, the union gave $635,170 to Democrats during that election cycle.

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