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Hundreds of employees rally behind 8.7% proposed federal pay raise

Federal employees, union officials and lawmakers heightened calls for an 8.7% federal pay raise in 2024 at a rally in front of the Capitol building.

Unions

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Union leaders, lawmakers call for expanded pay, benefits for federal workforce

Congress

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Initial plans to cap pay raise for hundreds of NSF employees gain major union pushback

Pay

Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget in Washington, Tuesday, April 26, 2022. (Al Drago/Pool Photo via AP)

Democrats reintroduce bill to give feds 8.7% average pay raise next year

Pay

Why a continuing resolution is ‘not enough’ to resolve staff issues at SSA

Budget

AFGE heightens calls for major SSA workforce improvements at union rally

Unions

Federal judge finalizes $63M settlement for OPM data breach victims

Workforce

Feds’ pay lags 22.5% behind private sector, the Federal Salary Council reports

Pay

Long-term implications of AFGE’s ‘difficult decision’ to disclaim ICE officers’ union chapter

Unions

FILE - The U.S. Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Federal groups, unions back paid leave for feds seeking abortion services

Workforce

OPM outlines more steps for agencies to highlight collective bargaining rights for feds

Unions

AFGE confirms 600 COVID-19 deaths, stresses safety in office reentry plans

The American Federation of Government Employees says more than 600 members have died from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.

Unions

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Biden calls for ‘vast majority’ of federal employees to return to office as COVID-19 conditions improve

President Joe Biden is calling for more federal employees to return to the office, saying “significant progress” made fighting the COVID-19 pandemic…

Workforce

Returning to the office will not solve the backlogs lawmakers are worried about

Federal Report

The IRS, SSA, State Department and other agencies face backlogs around citizen services, but returning to the office is not the best solution as some lawmakers believe.