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Walkinshaw to push for 4.1% federal pay raise in lame duck!
The congressman, whose district is home to roughly 50,000 federal employees, told Editor-in-Chief Frank Konkel at GovExec’s After the Midterms event that the government must increase compensation in order to compete for talent, particularly after the last two years of buyouts, layoffs and mass firings. In August, President Trump formally ...
Unions Push for Pay Raise During Lame Duck
Following the drubbing of congressional Republicans in Tuesday’s midterm election, federal employee unions are hopeful that the change in control on Capitol Hill will precipitate action to roll back some of the Trump administration’s efforts to reshape the federal workforce. Click here for more! ...
Injunction Filed to Restore Bargaining Rights
A pair of federal employee unions on Monday urged a federal judge to issue a preliminary injunction restoring their collective bargaining agreements with the Defense Department, arguing that Secretary Pete Hegseth failed to follow the Trump administration’s own process for implementing two executive orders banning organized labor at most federal agencies. ...
Republicans Vote Stopgap Spending
The Republicans are working overtime to get a bill passed that would place employees in a "perpetual CR" while budget negotiations take place. This measure is supported by AFGE but reeks of desperation on the part of Republicans to avoid a shutdown so close to midterms ...
Expanding Paid Leave
The Comprehensive Paid Leave for Federal Employees Act, introduced by Reps. Don Beyer, D-Va., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa., would grant federal employees up to 12 weeks of paid family leave each year to attend to a serious health condition or to care for a spouse, child or parent. ...
