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AFGE Applauds Obama Action Giving Federal Employees 2.1% Pay Raise in January
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) ^
| December 09, 2016
| The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)
Posted on 12/09/2016 9:14:39 AM PST by mdittmar
Move recognizes sacrifice of federal workers, maintains tradition of pay
raise parity between military and civilians
WASHINGTON The American Federation of Government Employees, the nations largest federal employee union, applauds President Obamas decision to provide federal workers with a 2.1% pay raise in January.
Federal employees certainly deserve this modest boost in their pay, following years of pay freezes and miniscule increases that have left them worse off today than they were at the start of the decade, AFGE National President J. David Cox Sr. said. This pay adjustment will help employees pay their bills, reduce their debts, and cover the everyday costs facing working-class Americans.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afge; unions
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Well,we are $20 trillion in debt,the raise for 670,000 workers in the federal government and the government of the District of Columbia must be coming from obamas stash.
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posted on
12/09/2016 9:14:39 AM PST
by
mdittmar
To: mdittmar
Congress applauds him as well.
To: mdittmar
How much did social security recipients receive?
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posted on
12/09/2016 9:16:24 AM PST
by
caver
(Obama: Home of the Whopper)
To: mdittmar
Meanwhile SS recipients missed out on two or three COLA adjustments sometimes only ten dollars or so extra a month.
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posted on
12/09/2016 9:16:24 AM PST
by
SkyDancer
(Ambtion Without Talent Is Sad - Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
To: mdittmar
Is this really up to a President?
What if she, or he, decides to double their pay?
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posted on
12/09/2016 9:16:36 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: mdittmar
I thought that the military was WAY underpaid vs. Fed bureaucrats.
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posted on
12/09/2016 9:17:05 AM PST
by
Paladin2
(No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
To: DoodleDawg
Social Security recipients——meh. They’re retired. What do they need a raise for?
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posted on
12/09/2016 9:17:16 AM PST
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
To: mdittmar
Will Trump do away with government unions?
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posted on
12/09/2016 9:17:35 AM PST
by
Art in Idaho
(Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
To: mdittmar
What are Trump’s layoff options for new hires at all the depts? You know zero is stuffing them right now.
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posted on
12/09/2016 9:18:17 AM PST
by
txhurl
(Chode: a word about taglines)
To: mdittmar
Just lay off 20% of them to pay for the increase.
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posted on
12/09/2016 9:18:30 AM PST
by
Cboldt
To: Cboldt
Someone noted earlier that RWR’s firing the striking ATC was to bring this union to heel for the remainder of his admin.
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posted on
12/09/2016 9:21:20 AM PST
by
txhurl
(Chode: a word about taglines)
To: Cboldt
Just lay off 20% of them to pay for the increase Just lay off 20% 50% of them to pay for the increase
To: mdittmar
When we cut 50 percent of the federal employees maybe this will be more feasible.
Restaurant workers losing jobs due to minimum wage raise; federal employees losing jobs due to Barky’s raise.
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posted on
12/09/2016 9:23:38 AM PST
by
angry elephant
(My MAGA cap is from a rally in Washingon state in May 2016)
To: mdittmar
WERE’S MY PAY INCREASE? I’m earning considerable less then 2015!
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posted on
12/09/2016 9:23:54 AM PST
by
Lockbox
To: mdittmar
I hope Trump fires at least half of them.
To: SkyDancer
Five or six....and one of them, they raised Medicare Part B and I wound up with $1 increase a month.
To: caver
How much did social security recipients receive? Not a damn penny. We got fuc-ed royally. Living on credit cards sure is great in this great communists State of, rotten tax to death, California.
To: mdittmar
Would I be wrong to suspect that the Armed Forces will be getting a lot less?
To: mdittmar
The “42 Days till Trump” cramdown is in high-gear.
To: caver
0.3%, up from nothing the previous 2 (or more) years.
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