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CatWoman

(79,302 posts) Thu Oct 17, 2013, 01:40 PM Oct 2013

WOW!!! Something else the Prez did for me and my working brethren

Shutdown Deal Gives Federal Workers First Raise In 3 Years

WASHINGTON -- Barring a change of heart among lawmakers, the bill that Congress passed late Wednesday night to end the government shutdown will lead to the first across-the-board raise for federal workers in three years.

It's a modest raise -- just 1 percent -- but it would effectively end the pay freeze that's been in place since 2010.

The legislation doesn't explicitly include a pay bump for workers. But it's notable for what it doesn't include -- a stipulation preempting President Barack Obama's recommendation in August of a 1-percent hike starting on New Year's. Unless Congress moves to scuttle the raise, the president's plan goes into effect by default.

"The [continuing resolution] does not have any language in it about federal pay," Colleen Kelley, president of the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents 150,000 federal workers, said on a call with reporters Thursday. "So the president's alternative plan … can move forward. Congress is taking no action for or against it."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/17/government-shutdown-over_n_4116368.html