Posted on 01/02/2019 4:01:35 PM PST by mdittmar
AFGE President Cox to President Trump: “Sign this bill, end this shutdown, and stand up for America’s workforce.”
WASHINGTON – Democrats plan to officially introduce legislation to reopen the federal government at the start of the 116th Congress. The funding measure funds six of the seven remaining appropriations bills through the remainder of fiscal year 2019. The legislative package also includes a Continuing Resolution (CR) until February 8 for the Department of Homeland Security and a 1.9% pay adjustment for federal workers.
“We fully support the House Democrats’ plan to end the shutdown and reopen the government,” said American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox, “I urge the Senate to follow suit and immediately put this plan on President Trump’s desk for signature.”
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Federal employees are prohibited from striking.
Over the past 10 years they have 3 years with a ZERO percent raise. Hiring has been reduced, with further reductions through attrition. Pensions were slashed during the Clinton administration. Currently you can expect 1% of your top 3 year average, for every year you worked. No one since 1984 will see the 80% retirement.
Salary wise, at least for engineers the Govt Pay is about 30% lower than industry. My highest annual raise has been 1.9% and that was last year. My raises have been through merit promotions (ie Supervisor of a team of engineers).
I am assigned to NASA, perhaps you have heard of the Mars Mission? We now are sitting at home, unable to burn vacation or sick leave we have accrued and will lose what we had saved on Friday. We will likely not be paid backpay for this unplanned furlough. And will not get paychecks for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile we will still be expected to make mortgage payments and food bills.
We support Pres Trump and the wall. However I don’t think it’s fair that I pay for it by involuntarily having my livelihood stopped because Congress and the assorted RINOs cannot do their Constitional duty. We are Federal workers and an overwhelming percentage of us are Military retirees.
SORRY....NO BORDER WALL = ZERO FEDERAL PAY RAISE.
Yes, I was shouting it. Apologies to the minority of federal civilian workers who are hard working, competent and deserve a raise. It’s not your fault that civil service rules, in effect, keep all the lazy and/or incompetent slugs on the payroll.
A couple of points. You WILL be paid in full for the furloughed days off. As to the leave you will “lose”, you’ll be able to request that it be restored and it will be restored.
I don’t think it’s fair that I pay for alot of stuff,endlessly!
“Salary wise, at least for engineers the Govt Pay is about 30% lower than industry. My highest annual raise has been 1.9% and that was last year. My raises have been through merit promotions (ie Supervisor of a team of engineers).”
So if that is all true, why don’t you change jobs? And what a concept, getting paid more because you represent more value to your employer! COLAs are inflationary! The problem we have with government employees is that through “unlawful unionism” they have been paid more than what many of them are worth for decades. The Government Employee/ Democrat “connection” wherein you vote for the RATs and they, in turn, reward you with pay raises that are not fiscally warranted.
As for your inability to meet your personal obligations, have you ever heard of a savings account? My guess is that your “financial problems” will probably be of short duration. I’ve been out of work in my life, and I’ve never bitched about my lot in life when it happened.
Just for a laugh fire 10% of government “workers”...for the first year. Repeat.
So Dems advocate a budget to reopen govt and employees union only praises that version, not Trump’s. Govt unions deserve no respect. All full of Douchewater Democrats.
So how many billions of dollars are being allocated to the Mission to Mars which sorry, is a huge waste of money that will accomplish nothing, verses a wall that in the end will save us billions of dollars and maybe our democracy? I’m not unsympathetic to your current situation, but welcome to what we working schmucks have had to go through with the 8 years of Obama.
Gee, the Rats could have done this two weeks ago by getting just ten Rat Senators to Pass the original House Bill.
Then the Unions would be praising the ten Rat Senators.
Shouldn’t you be on DU complaining like this?
The Shutdown is the fault of ten Democrat Senators who refuse to break the Filibuster and pass the Bill the House sent to them two weeks ago.
POTUS Trump has no Bill to sign, it is collecting dust in the Senate Chamber.
Tell the unions that those not working will not be paid for the time they have been furloughed, and stick to it, once Trump signs legislation that included his funding for the wall Once that message is understood, the government unions will force the Democrats to fund the wall.
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