President Barack Obama signed an executive order Monday making a 1 percent across-the-board pay raise for government employees a reality and ending a three-year federal pay freeze.
The President included the pay raise in his 2014 budget proposal. The 1 percent increase will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2014.
"Today's announcement by the President provides much-needed relief for America's hard-working, middle-class federal employees whose paychecks have been frozen while the cost of gas, groceries and housing has increased," said Joseph A. Beaudoin, president of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, in a statement. "As the pay gap between private- and public- sector workers has grown, ending the three-year pay freeze for public workers is an important investment in maintaining the strength of the federal workforce."
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, praised the first cost-of-living adjustment federal employees have had in four years.
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5 comments:
More votes for Democrats
yeah, I just sold my vote for $60 spread out over 12 months. You nailed it 1245. Some easy instructions for you;
Sit down, open mouth, insert Christmas cook, keep mouth closed. Oops, might have been one too many steps for you to follow.
Is there any new spending that Milkulski is not in favor of? If Obama said jump off the cliff Mikulski would be the first in line. It's time for her to be put out to pasture.
yeah, they really deserve it. Our veterans don't. my arse.
Hey the Obama's need money for their Hawaiian vacations.
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