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Federal contract workers’ calls for higher wages reveal deeper questions of contractor pay

Without better pay and benefits, call center workers at federal contractor Maximus threaten a strike ahead of open enrollment for the Affordable Care Act…

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Justin Doubleday/Federal News NetworkHydrick Thomas, the president of TSA Council 100 for the American Federation of Government Employees, speaks about TSA pay raises during a July 27 press conference at Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC.

‘Long overdue’ TSA pay raises bring salaries in line with rest of federal workforce

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Labor leaders urge Biden administration to investigate systemic racial inequity at large federal contractor

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Christmas in July: Omnibus would give TSA employees pay raise next summer

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(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)FILE - In this May 18, 2020, file photo, Transportation Security Administration officers wear protective masks at a security screening area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. The Biden administration says it is moving to increase the pay and union rights for security screeners at the nation’s airports. The Department of Homeland Security directed the acting head of the TSA to come up with a plan within 90 days to raise the pay of the screeners and expand their rights to collective bargaining.  (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

House advances bill to boost pay, benefits for TSA employees

The bill would bring 60,000 TSA employees, including transportation security officers, under the same personnel system as other federal employees under…

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The Homeland Security logo is seen during a joint news conference in Washington, Feb. 25, 2015. The Homeland Security Department said Friday that Cameroonians would be temporarily shielded from deportation, saying extreme violence between government forces and armed separatists in the African nation made conditions unsafe for people to return. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

DHS reviewing misconduct discipline processes after unpublished IG reports come to light

Draft findings from the office of the inspector general show sexual misconduct and domestic violence are going uninvestigated, unreported or unpunished…

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White House proposes major pay raise for TSA screening workforce in 2023

The Biden is asking Congress to bring TSA employees pay and benefits in line with much of the rest of the federal workforce.

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