Posted on 09/30/2008 9:47:47 AM PDT by Poundstone
3.9% Average Pay Raise for Feds in 2009 in Temporary Spending Bill By Ralph Smith
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
As of now, it appears that an average 3.9% pay raise for federal employees will become effective in January 2009. Federal retirees are in line to get a COLA that is going to be about 6% in January (the final figure will be calculated in October).
full article at: http://www.fedsmith.com/article/1729/
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Inflation is averaging about 5% the last year but most of it was due to gasoline prices.
If you walk a lot its a nice increase.
Six percent. Wow, that would be nice all by itself...
I don’t burn any gasoline to get to work. I use Washington’s Metrorail subway system (fare paid by my employer, to boot).
If they would fire the paper shufflers, maybe the
workers would get a real raise!
I also don't believe lifetime government employment was either the intention of this nation's founders OR a good idea.
Well, you got 1% more than I did in the private sector. Congratulations! Spend my dime wisely.
That’s a ton more than doctors who see Medicare patients received. (you can’t divide by zero)
I thought we were in financial crisis, nearing a depression and the govt was in such dire straits they have to have the taxpayers bail them out.
Appropriates $7.5 billion to the Department of Energy for direct loans to auto manufacturers (Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program). Commitments for direct loans using this funding may not exceed $25 billion. The bill also directs the Secretary to establish rules for the administration of such loans within 60 days of enactment. The Secretary is also allowed to hire personnel to discharge these functions. These provisions are provided as emergency funding.
Not to change the subject,but have you read the bill?It's full of giveaways while Congresscritters are busy telling us that the "end is near".
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Are these contractual increases?
3.9% more than I got. Congrats.
We federal employees don’t have contracts. Our annual pay raise is up to Congress and the President.
In exchange, we agree not to strike.
We barely avoided a 10% cut which was to be topped in early 2010 with an already approved 20% FURTHER cut.
“We federal employees don’t have contracts. Our annual pay raise is up to Congress and the President.
In exchange, we agree not to strike.”
I am a retired federal employee and I don’t recall any deal where I agreed not to strike. I always assumed, correctly I think, I had no right to strike against the taxpayers regardless of what I was getting paid.
Exactly right, Yazoo.
I didn’t mean to imply there’s a contract that spells that out — I was explaining the implied conditions.
Understand, Cyman. Well, I wish you good luck. People in the private sector have a more uncertain pay outlook than we federal employees. We know our pay will never go down, but it will rise only gradually. Folks in the private sector have more uncertainty, but they also have occasions when their pay skyrockets.
I find the concept of unions in government to be absurd. You can’t collective bargain with the taxpayers. Government workers get good benefits, are virtually employed for life, and know exactly what they are signing up for when the take the job. A government union is nothing more than a political action committee for the Democrats.
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